--- andie nachgeborenen
<andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ask Joanna -- but yes, my understanding is that Vlad
> Tepes ia Romanian national hero.
>
> http://www.aboutromania.com/dracula.html
>
>
I think there's a general rule of thumb that rulers who are viewed in foreign countries as bloodthirsty tyrants are not so viewed in the country where they did their bloodthirsty tyrannizing.
Vlad Tepes -- Romania Mao -- China Stalin -- Russia Beria -- Georgia
The Nazis are an exception, but they were losers.
Hell, there are people who want to canonize Ivan the Terrible.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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