[Fwd: Ceremonies of Innocence, or, a Secret Affinity with theLynchers]

[Alexandre Fenelon]

At 16:42 09/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> >no one i've read has spoken
>> >of atoning, no one has said "americanism" is to be embraced,  said they
>> >were "horrified" by Julius Rosenberg's act,
>>
>>Well I will. I *am* horrified by Julius Rosenberg's act. Certainly
>>Hitler is number 1 bad guy of this century. But history and all of
>>Lenin's other close associates attest that Stalin is number 2.


>>To work to give the #2 bad guy in the twentieth century access to
>>nuclear weapons seems to me to be a horrifying act.
>>
>>Brad DeLong
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well, but how many people did the USSR killed with their
nuclear weapons? Do you really think USA monopoly would
be better to mankind? In fact Stalin's USSR was not a
"rogue state" in search for global domination. They
were very happy with post WWII status quo and even 
tried to avoid a communist revolution in countries 
like Yugoslavia. You cannot deny the fact they used
their A-bombs more judiciously than USA. I would also
remember you that all those great democrats from UK
and USA worked together with Stalin to defeat NAZI
Germany, was it a terrible thing too?

                                        Alexandre