Is it fair to put Mao in the same category as Hitler and Stalin? - Quora

Answer: This is one of those morally bizarre genocide questions I used to deal.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Is it fair to put Mao in the same category as Hitler and Stalin? Quentin Hardy, Deputy Tech Editor, NY Times. Visitin... 530 votes This is one of those morally bizarre genocide questions I used to deal with in graduate school. In the 1980s in London, where I took a Master's in Southeast Asian politics,... Read More » Was it true that in 1970 Syria tried to invade Jordan, and was only prevented from doing that by Israel? Noam Kaiser, Principal@Gemini VC, Daddy, Hubby, Is... 370 votes Yes. During the civil war between PLO lead Palestinians and the Hashemite kingdom, under the late King Hussein (which included the bloody events of black September and lea... Read More » If Japan had attacked the USSR in 1941 instead of the United States at Pearl Harbor, would the USSR have been defeated? Harold Kingsberg, Reader 53 votes The Japanese would have lost, and badly at that. During the late 1930's, the Japanese crossed the border into the Soviet Union and the border with Mongolia, a Soviet ally,... Read More » Why does the United States only have 11 aircraft carriers? Manish Suryapalam 1.4k votes On January 3, 2012, Obama announced that he would be strengthening Unites States Naval presence in the pacific. Although the president was circumspect in explaining why the... Read More » Who are Russia's closest and most important allies? Dan Holliday 222 votes The nations in its old sphere: Kazakhstan, Belorussian, etc. It's hard to call China or India an ally because they are -- in fact -- not. Russia's closest relationship w... Read More » What are the differences between the American and German ways of living, but in the town planning context? Judith Meyer, Berlin-based polyglot and programmer 1.3k votes German city planning is based on the idea that everything you need for your daily life (groceries, kindergarten, primary school, church) should be reachable on foot and tha... Read More » What does the US have that does not exist in the UK? Jeremy Miles 642 votes Oh my, lots of things. Here are a few: Free refills. A tipping culture. Tipping is rare, and 10% is generous....  Read More » Are the IMDB ratings accurate? Aaron Ellis, Screenwriter 1.4k votes Not anymore. If you need a shining example of why, take a look at the recent phenomenon that is The Interview. Before the movie was ever even released, The Interview had ... Read More » What is the future of war? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veter... 912 votes The next twenty years are going to showcase some of the most monstrously terrifying while holistically awe-inspiring feats of engineering in the history of warfare. To se... Read More » Are there skills other than coding that I can learn to get a good salary job? James Altucher, Blogger, author, social media, invest... 2.7k votes I don't want to say coding is useless. I started off my career by coding. But then I realized there was a much more important skill. This is a skill that gets you jobs, th... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.

Why does France have a population of 66.6 million and Japan a population of 126.4 mil...? - Quora

Answer: I dug deeper, and this is not the stupid question I thought it was.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why does France have a population of 66.6 million and Japan a population of 126.4 million? Ryan Chew, Ardent diaper changer 481 votes I dug deeper, and this is not the stupid question I thought it was! Comparison of the populations of Metropolitan France and Japan Proper. [1][2] Each marker represents a ... Read More » Why do some non-Chinese claim to understand China when most Chinese don't understand their own nation? Eric Miller, Anthropologist 294 votes Because they haven't been in China long enough? There is a joke among expats that goes something like this: Someone who visits China for a week is an expert on China. On... Read More » When and where do soldiers in an active war-zone sleep? Dan Rosenthal, Former Foreign Service Officer, Iraq ... 516 votes Other people can address the WWII aspects of this question -- I'm going to walk you through a day-in-the-life from when I was in Iraq. To do this, I'm going to have to skip... Read More » What is the best comment in a source code that you have ever encountered? Zach Elko, Software Engineer, Game Developer, Gu... 963 votes Not found by me, but this has to be the best one I've ever seen: /* At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format. PSD is not... Read More » How did Mark Zuckerberg train himself to be a programming prodigy? Mike Hughes 1.2k votes Just because Mark started Facebook doesn't mean he is a programming prodigy. Mark's major was Pyschology so he wasn't at Harvard as a CompSci prodigy. Back in 2004 building... Read More » What is the smallest thing, or things, that you would have to change in history to prevent the Second World War from having happened? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veter... 859 votes I'd give a flower to a very particular young lady at a very particular moment in time. ... Read More » Why did the US choose Japan and not Germany to nuke? Jon Mixon 161 votes As answered in several other questions here on Quora, the United States tested its first nuclear device (the Trinity test) on July 16, 1945, more than two months after Germ... Read More » How do people in the American South deal with the heat and humidity in the summer? Michelle Roses, Mother, shark diver, reporter, dancer... 292 votes Oh the humidity! Bless your heart Alecia! It must feel hotter than a whore house on nickel night! It's just part of being a Southerner. We sit out on our verandahs, sip m... Read More » Why does Japanese Prime Minister Abe insist on visiting Yasukuni Shrine despite former Emperor Hirohito having ceased going, and current Emperor Akihito having never gone? Andy Lee Chaisiri, Game Designer, Art Director, & Pokemo... 196 votes Right-wing Japanese and Chinese are 'best friends' When Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni it angers Beijing. When Beijing is angered they make a gesture that threatens military fo... Read More » If all humans descend from a single original population of ancestors in Africa, then how did different "colored" humans come about? Pippi Maria Groving, a crazy M.Scient and a sane Asatru in... 437 votes Shortly: there are about 3 important genes coding for skin color and we get one of each of those three genes from each of our parents. Let's call the genes A, B, and C. So ... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.