"My first impression was, 'Oh no, who is it' imagining it was Adolf Hitler or something like that," said Robinson, 48. "So I was actually pleasantly surprised."
Oh yeah, good ole' Genghis had nothing on Hitler...
"Robinson thinks his forebear, whose name has long been a byword for violence and cruelty, has had a bad press.
"In addition to being a conqueror, he was a great administrator," said Robinson, who has been reading up on Genghis Khan. "Their system of governance was fairly sophisticated."
Hey, let's all dance around! A great conqueror and tyrant administrated a fairly sophisticated system of governance! They all work well when you kill off those that disagree with you. Worked for Stalin and the rest!
I'm sorry for the rant, folks. This kind of crap just gets to me. If you're descended from Khan or anyone else, that's pretty cool historically. But don't try to minimize the suffering that historically significant person caused, however advanced his policies. Or else we may be doomed to a future where folks say the Hitlers, Stalins, Maos, Hutus, and all the others throughout history, written and unwritten, "weren't so bad...really."
Time must heal wounds, especially without memorials to remind us, or victims who remember. But the atrocities were just as bad; and worse.
Once again, I apologize for my harsh words. Thank you all for letting me vent it: I hope no one was too offended.
Take care.
