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History of Genocides and Democides

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History has given us countless unfortunate examples of one people acting to eliminate another, and of governments conspiring to brainwash their citizenry into committing genocide (democide). State your views on the nature of genocide here.

Which century within the past 500 years saw the most deaths by genocide?

25% (1) 16th
0% (0) 17th
0% (0) 18th
0% (0) 19th
75% (3) 20th

4 voters have answered this question.

Which of the following do you believe contributes to genocide? (select all that apply)

80% (4) Racial supremacy
80% (4) Belief another group's existence is inconvenient
40% (2) Crimes committed by the other group
80% (4) Political brainwashing
0% (0) Darwin's "survival of the fittest"

5 voters have answered this question.

Which of the following figures do you hold the most negative opinion of?

0% (0) Vlad Tepes (aka Dracula, aka the Impaler)
40% (2) Adolf Hitler
20% (1) Josef Stalin
0% (0) Mao Tse-tung
20% (1) Omar al-Bashir
20% (1) Pol Pot
0% (0) Hideki Tojo

5 voters have answered this question.

Who were the ultimate villains of the 20th century?

20% (1) The Bolsheviks
40% (2) The Nazis
0% (0) Imperial Japanese Army
40% (2) Other

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On the subject of the Nazis, who do you believe was the most despicable officer?

40% (2) Heinrich Himmler (commander of SS)
0% (0) Odilo Globocnik (implementor of Aktion Reinhard)
0% (0) Joseph Goebbels (propaganda minister)
20% (1) Adolf Hitler (Fuhrer)
0% (0) Christian Wirth (commander of Aktion-T4)
0% (0) Adolf Eichmann (concentration camp commander)
40% (2) Josef Mengele (physician at Auschwitz-Birkenau)
0% (0) Reinhard Heydrich (head of Gestapo/Reich Secu.)
0% (0) Other

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Who was more ruthless, Josef Mengele or Shiro Ishii?

0% (0) They were equally horrible
20% (1) Ishii is the worst
60% (3) Mengele is the worst
20% (1) Who the hell is Josef Mengele?
0% (0) Who the hell is Shiro Ishii?

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Who was the worst Nazi camp officer or physician?

20% (1) Amon Goth (Plaszow)
0% (0) Irma Grese (Auschwitz)
20% (1) Dr. Josef Mengele (Auschwitz)
0% (0) Dorothea Binz (Ravensbruck)
0% (0) Rudolf HoB (Hoss/Auschwitz)
0% (0) Ilse Koch (Buchenwald)
20% (1) Dr. Herta Oberheuser (Ravensbruck)
40% (2) Dr. Carl Clauberg (Auschwitz)
0% (0) Dr. Kurt Gutzeit (Auschwitz)
0% (0) Josef Kramer (Bergen-Belsen)

5 voters have answered this question.

In your opinion, did the persons responsible for the Holocaust face due justice?

40% (2) No, suicide does not constitute justice
40% (2) No, execution does not constitute justice
0% (0) Yes, those primarily responsble were hanged
0% (0) No, Allied authorities let them off the hook
20% (1) Yes, most were imprisoned or died shortly after
0% (0) No, those primarily responsble escaped

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Should Nazi medical research results (obtained from human experimentation) be used in the American medical community?

75% (3) Yes, evil was committed but the data is reliable
0% (0) No, it was obtained using evil methods
0% (0) Yes, involuntary human experimentation is good
25% (1) No, it's probably flawed data

4 voters have answered this question.

Did the American officials overlook the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army (i.e. Rape of Nanking, Unit 731, etc.)

0% (0) No, the Japanese commanders recieved due justice
50% (2) Yes, our intelligence community wanted their data
0% (0) Yes, and AMEN to that! They're heroes! (heh)
50% (2) No, the Japanese eluded the Allied forces

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Do you believe a major genocide on the scale of the Nazi Holocaust or worse will occur within the next 25 years?

0% (0) Undoubtedly
25% (1) Probably
50% (2) Possibly
25% (1) Highly unlikely
0% (0) Absolutely not
0% (0) Shortly thereafter
0% (0) 50 years from today

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Dr. Stanley Milgram of Harvard conducted experiments examining the compliance of the common citizen in acts of torture, and was surprised to find the average citizen capable of inflicting pain on their fellow man. Do you believe you could commit torture? (Check all that apply)

0% (0) Absolutely, torture makes me horny
0% (0) Never, it's inhumane regardless of circumstances
25% (1) Only if the "torturee" was a ruthless person
50% (2) If it would save my life
0% (0) If I was paid lucratively to do it
25% (1) It would depend on the method of torture
0% (0) No, I'd probably go to prison for it

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What do you propose as adequate punishment for someone guilty of abetting genocide?

40% (2) Life imprisonment
0% (0) Hanging by foreign force
20% (1) Hanging by targeted people
0% (0) Shorter prison sentence
40% (2) Experiencing the pain of acts they committed
0% (0) Let 'em walk
0% (0) Other (detail in comments, please)

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This poll was created on 2007-01-13 19:29:34 by Barisaona