# Who are today's Idi Amins? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106 "2015-10-19T05:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/41 "2015-10-23T17:28:56Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Mugabe should be there. Although his death count is “low” for a brutal dictator, he has the distinction of taking what should be one one the richest countries in Africa and turning it into a basket case through insane economic policies. Oddly, Mugabe was just awarded the Confucius Peace Prize. > **[Confucius Peace Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Peace_Prize)** > > The Confucius Peace Prize (simplified Chinese: 孔子和平奖; traditional Chinese: 孔子和平獎; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ Hépíngjiǎng) was a Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize established in 2010 by the Association of Chinese Indigenous Arts in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The prize was created in response to a proposal by businessman Liu Zhiqin that criticized the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The chairman of the committee said that the award existed to De... ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/42 "2015-10-23T17:56:40Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > People have been talking about what an utter bastard Leopold II was [for well over a hundred years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State_propaganda_war). Mark Twain [wrote about it at some length](https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/i2l/kls.html). Yeah, but he had a pretty sweet beard. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/43 "2015-10-23T18:40:43Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Oddly, Mugabe was just awarded the Confucius Peace Prize. > > [Confucius Peace Prize - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Peace_Prize) And Fidel Castro won it last year. 😕 I see China has picked up on the most important aspect of peace prizes: to make sure you award it to someone who has absolutely no connection to peace. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/44 "2015-10-23T19:00:49Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > “If I’m elected President, my death camps will be _huuuge!_ But _classy_, you know?” They will feature brutal televised game shows, in which the loser will be faced with the Trump himself bellowing this terrifying slogan: “You’re Liquidated!”. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/45 "2015-10-23T19:03:12Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Ya gotta love SDMB for comments like this. Fourth post nominates Harper as among the “world’s most brutal and/or insane leaders ever” and a worthy parallel to Idi Amin. > > Wow. It is amazing we Canadians survived a decade of his brutal reign, during which Canada became widely known as a horrifying distopia. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/46 "2015-10-23T19:03:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Clearly the head dude of IS / ISIL / ISIS / whatever they call themselves this week qualifies. > > I was under the impression that the execution by anti-aircraft gun event has been pretty thoroughly debunked as mere over-reaction by SK intel to unconfirmed rumors leaking over from NK. The executee is indeed good and dead, not just resting. But he was shot the conventional way. Or did I get that garbled? The initial rumours were that Kim’s uncle was torn apart by dogs but that was from a single unreliable source. I hadn’t heard that the death by AAA had been debunked, and in fact there were satellite images showing sites were such shootings seemed to take place possibly on a regular basis. And count me in as someone who isn’t entirely sure why that particular method of execution is considered so horrific, extravagant and dramatic maybe, but quick. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/47 "2015-10-23T19:33:02Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > … And count me in as someone who isn’t entirely sure why that particular method of execution is considered so horrific, extravagant and dramatic maybe, but quick. Me too. Dead’s dead. And quicker’s better. Receiving a showy execution is kinda special that way. It demonstrates you really got under Dear Leader’s skin. Sorta like “When he cares enough to send the very best …” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/48 "2015-10-24T02:04:29Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Oddly, Mugabe was just awarded the Confucius Peace Prize. > > [Confucius Peace Prize - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Peace_Prize) > [@Diceman](#): > > And Fidel Castro won it last year. 😕 Obviously a typo. Must be the Confusing Peace Prize. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/49 "2015-10-24T10:20:25Z")
Or maybe Confused Peace Prize. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/50 "2015-10-24T17:18:05Z")
Am I the only one wondering why the Canadian Lamestream Media is covering up the mass graves of Harper’s victims? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/51 "2015-10-24T17:30:33Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > Am I the only one wondering why the Canadian Lamestream Media is covering up the mass graves of Harper’s victims? It takes a while for the news to get out on dog sled and kayak. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106/52 "2015-10-24T17:33:49Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > “If I’m elected President, my death camps will be _huuuge!_ But _classy_, you know?” Gold-plated barbed wire! Brazilian mahogany gallows! Viking ovens in the crematoria! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-todays-idi-amins/735106.md?page=2)