Actually...
... if you look at Hitler's childhood and youth - it's a catalogue of abuse and involved him witnessing a parent's suicide, IIRC - it's not surprising he ended up a bit... um... odd.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 15 May 2009, 12:53, 1 reply)

Really?
I thought it all stemmed from his primary school nickname being "Shittypants Adolf".

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You may have a point though, we're discussing the most evil and disgusting people who've ever held a position of office, people who didn't bother to hide their megalomaniacal aspirations and revel in controlling a populace by the use of surveillence and fear.

Hitler and Stalin were prize shits too.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 May 2009, 13:14, closed)

I quite like Stalin.
OK - the anti-Semitism is a problem. A big problem. But to be responsible for the deaths of 25 million... that takes vision.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 15 May 2009, 13:53, closed)

If I were a left-leaning dictator (Dear Santa...)
He'd be my role model of choice. Not for the killing of 25 million people, but for the purges, showtrials and most of all his moustache of awesomeness.

It's almost Edwardian in its resolve.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 May 2009, 13:57, closed)