Roel, that is a cause for concrete galloshes! Stalin was never nice, 20 million of his own Soviet victims can attest to that. I really wonder if the Russians should dig up Gorky Park, then you may see that those rolling grassy knolls aren't hills, but in fact the other ground has sunk due to the decomposition of the bodies. (No not 70 million in Gorky Park), but enough to change the landscape. :cry:
I think Roel was referring to the 'Uncle Joe' image transferred onto Stalin during WW2 by America & Britain... I doubt that anybody anywhere would seriously call Stalin 'nice', not even a Dutchman!
I know, I was just giving Roel a hard time. Even thought he has an addiction, we all know what that is, he seems like an ok bloke.