[MD] Reductionism

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 5 Jun 2009 at 19:20, Krimel wrote:

> > Platt,
> > Why not back up your own claim? lets see some numbers.
> > Ron
> 
> [Platt]
> Begin with the Holocaust: 6 million killed.
>  
> [Krimel]
> It is interesting that you omit the Russians, Chinese and Cambodians this
> time. It is hard to see how the economic system itself can be blamed for any
> of them.
> 
> On the other hand the blood on capitalism's hands is a direct consequence of
> the system itself. The tobacco industry has been a major economic force in
> the west for the past 400 years. It has been known that it kills people for
> the past sixty years. Last year it killed five million people world wide. It
> seems one of the problems with measuring Quality and Value in terms of Body
> Count is deciding what counts. 

You must be kidding, as if Russia, China, Cambodia and other non-
capitalist countries don't grow, process and sell tobacco. Do you  blame 
capitalism for millions of automobile deaths worldwide, too? 

What's really disturbing is your making the Holocaust morally equivalent 
to a legal tobacco industry. That's sick.