Comments on: Mao, Mao, Mao, Mao… http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/ news and views from uc berkeley Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:54:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: jilln http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1824 jilln Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:31:52 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1824 so you're saying the aim of "uniting the country" was worth 40 million dead...? it makes you wonder -- at least i <i>hope</i> it does -- whether it was worth the price. so you’re saying the aim of “uniting the country” was worth 40 million dead…? it makes you wonder — at least i hope it does — whether it was worth the price.

]]> By: Yisheng http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1796 Yisheng Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:34:46 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1796 Beetle, maybe my question was a rhetorical one, expressing my doubt on the validity of the source? Beetle, maybe my question was a rhetorical one, expressing my doubt on the validity of the source?

]]> By: Beetle http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1793 Beetle Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:50:01 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1793 You know what's great about the internet? You can totally link to pieces at other places when you quote them, almost pre-emptively answering questions like "where did you get this?" You know what’s great about the internet? You can totally link to pieces at other places when you quote them, almost pre-emptively answering questions like “where did you get this?”

]]> By: Yisheng http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1792 Yisheng Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:25:50 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1792 I did some more research on this and could not piece together that 70 million dead figure. Where did you get this? I know 30 million died as the result of Great Leap Forward, and 10 million more in the Cultural Revolution. Does this include casualties in the civil war between 1945 - 1949? That's like blaming Abe Lincoln for soldiers died in the American Civil War. The Chinese are aware of the serious blunders he made while leading China. But they're grateful that Mao united the country and established sovereignty for the first time since the Opium War. I did some more research on this and could not piece together that 70 million dead figure. Where did you get this? I know 30 million died as the result of Great Leap Forward, and 10 million more in the Cultural Revolution. Does this include casualties in the civil war between 1945 - 1949? That’s like blaming Abe Lincoln for soldiers died in the American Civil War.

The Chinese are aware of the serious blunders he made while leading China. But they’re grateful that Mao united the country and established sovereignty for the first time since the Opium War.

]]> By: Yisheng http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1791 Yisheng Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:03:21 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/08/23/mao-mao-mao-mao/#comment-1791 Comparing Mao with Hitler is just as obnoxious as comparing Nixon with Mao. You can say that Mao's iron grip on China prevented a civil war during the 60's and 70's, which would have been much bloodier than 70 million. Comparing Mao with Hitler is just as obnoxious as comparing Nixon with Mao.

You can say that Mao’s iron grip on China prevented a civil war during the 60’s and 70’s, which would have been much bloodier than 70 million.

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