Was Mao Zedong an ideal leader for China?

haoala · Post by **haoala** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:45 am

The question above has a typo, add ideal between "an" and "leader".

nagerous · Post by **nagerous** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:48 am

Titanic · Post by **Titanic** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:17 am

AlgyTaylor · Post by **AlgyTaylor** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:29 am

"Mao Tse Tung said ... Change must come through the barrel of a gun"

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:43 am

Pole question wrote:Was Mao Zedong an leader for China??

Yes he was. Between 1949 and 1974 or something. I might be a couple of years out on the dates, but I can't be bothered to check Wikipedia at the minute.

You can't catch us out with your tricksy questioning that easily.

samuelanonymous · Post by **samuelanonymous** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:03 am

hehe what a funny question

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:39 am

I thought the same Stopper, of course he was the leader of China.

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:43 am

Stopper wrote:
Pole question wrote:Was Mao Zedong an leader for China??
Yes he was. Between 1949 and 1974 or something. I might be a couple of years out on the dates, but I can't be bothered to check Wikipedia at the minute.

You can't catch us out with your tricksy questioning that easily.

No, it was Mao Tse-tung

But seriously:

I have a great respect for the work he and his party undertook to industrialise and unify China, though I can never support the hysteria and chaos, he unleased at the height of the cultural revolution.

haoala · Post by **haoala** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:47 am

sorry guys that was a typo

ZawBanjito · Post by **ZawBanjito** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:15 am

Gee, anyone here Chinese? Wow, none of you? Really?

haoala · Post by **haoala** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:13 am

ZawBanjito wrote:Gee, anyone here Chinese? Wow, none of you? Really?

i am! and i'm proud of it!

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:26 am

I think, considering the climate of china at the time (ie. the occupation of the kuomingtan) he was a good leader to bring into the fold. He had a very nationalistic approach, and he gave china back to the people.

However, and it is a large however, he then went onto kill his own people, in a paranoid witch hunt, that he labelled as "class-action".

So maybe after winning back china, he should have just died....

But then again, flashleg8 wouldnt have anything to bleat about.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:36 am

possibly, but after the fiasco with the moose, things took a drastic turn

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:38 am

Don't forget he tried a version of Stalin's 5 year plan, and it back fired just as badly, if not worse.

autoload · Post by **autoload** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:46 pm

Finish Him!

jako · Post by **jako** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:23 pm

NO

the chaos and suffering he inflicted on china far outweights any good he did at the beginning

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:04 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:Don't forget he tried a version of Stalin's 5 year plan, and it back fired just as badly, if not worse.

"The Great Leap Forward"

I would disagree it backfired though.

Or Baa Baa Baa (as Norse would say

)

Incidently Motherwell FC's fanzine is called "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward" - to be honest I think we'll be waiting a while!

cleveridea · Post by **cleveridea** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:06 pm

If having a sexually perverted murderous monster is ideal, then yes. Otherwise, no.