Comments on: The Importance of Honest Journalism http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/ pursuing holiness, following politics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Poll: Why the GOP lost in 2006 « Conservative Thoughts http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-32562 Poll: Why the GOP lost in 2006 « Conservative Thoughts Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/05/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/#comment-32562 [...] to Pursuing Holiness, Faultline USA, Right Voices, Planck’s Constant, Adam’s Blog, Perri Nelson’s [...] [...] to Pursuing Holiness, Faultline USA, Right Voices, Planck’s Constant, Adam’s Blog, Perri Nelson’s [...]

]]> By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-32476 Laura Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:17:13 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/05/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/#comment-32476 Good grief. I'm glad he stuck to his convictions and stopped teaching in favor of the commune - we're all better off. Good grief. I’m glad he stuck to his convictions and stopped teaching in favor of the commune – we’re all better off.

]]> By: Henry Neufeld http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-32466 Henry Neufeld Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:32:05 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/03/05/the-importance-of-honest-journalism/#comment-32466 Interesting piece. I had a class from a sociology professor who was a communist way back when I was 18 years old and a college freshman. (At least so he said, and eventually he quit his job and joined a commune!) When I quoted Solzhenitsyn's figure of 66,000,000 dead due to communism in Russia (taken from a statistician whose name I don't recall), he said, and I remember this clearly all these years later: "Oh, I think that's an exaggeration. Most likely there were only 40,000,000 dead." I have never quite gotten over the idea that one can use the word "only" and "40,000,000 dead" in the same sentence. It's astonishing. Interesting piece.

I had a class from a sociology professor who was a communist way back when I was 18 years old and a college freshman. (At least so he said, and eventually he quit his job and joined a commune!) When I quoted Solzhenitsyn’s figure of 66,000,000 dead due to communism in Russia (taken from a statistician whose name I don’t recall), he said, and I remember this clearly all these years later: “Oh, I think that’s an exaggeration. Most likely there were only 40,000,000 dead.”

I have never quite gotten over the idea that one can use the word “only” and “40,000,000 dead” in the same sentence. It’s astonishing.

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