[Logophile]

A friend of mine is off in the Peace Corps teaching English in Stalin’s birth place - and he said the locals still think Stalin’s a great guy! Too bizarre for words.

And not so unusual. Saddam Hussein is still worshipped in his hometown. Adolf Hitler has his admirers. John Gotti was a big shot in his neighborhood.

[rxgalfl]

And not so unusual. Saddam Hussein is still worshipped in his hometown. Adolf Hitler has his admirers. John Gotti was a big shot in his neighborhood.

Ceausescu (of Romania) is still worshiped in his home village. You need to remember that all these dictators made sure their cities/villages of birth were taken care of and the locals always had special privileges.

[FlyVet]

And not so unusual. Saddam Hussein is still worshipped in his hometown. Adolf Hitler has his admirers. John Gotti was a big shot in his neighborhood.

It's such an ugly fact of life that a large portion of the population, in any given place, love the Power Guys, those who will even perpetrate mass murder to get their way.

What I don't understand is why the worshipers don't realize many of them will be the victims of said Power Guy.

"A government that is big enough to give you everything, is big enough to take everything away."