Quite so Pict!

DougR...Karl Marx was a philosopher and thinker who lived most of his life in relative poverty scraping a living and raising several children in a flat in London while developing his economic, philosophical and political theories and works. As far as I know he never killed a fly.

I've met plenty of people who disagree with his ideas and that's just fine but, even by his opponents he was lauded for his integrity. Anything violent done in the name of "Marxism" was done well after his death (1883) by people who moulded his original ideas in their own ways. I suggest you study your history a little closer! I personally don't care too much for Adam Smith and his ideas but wouldn't have wished him not to have existed (and as much suffering and harm has resulted from the particular economic system he espoused IMHO)!

Once again Happy Birthday (for a couple of days ago) Karl Marx!

moo