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ariputra, you still haven't answered my question! I'm waiting for your answer, and don't dodge: it's not that easy to get rid of me! ;)

facts... obtained from sources not beholden to the authorities convinced me that...

If a "totalitarian" state wanted to, it would have "silenced" those very sources, and you would never have heard them. But you do hear them. Conclusion?..
And what makes you think these your sources cannot be bribed by someone and spread disinformation?

you have a goldfish memory, I never said anything about 60 billion

I searched the thread: you've already deleted some of your posts, but that's no trouble; when it comes to clearly absurd claims, even the order of magnitude doesn't really matter: 500 thousand or 60 billion — it's still nonsense! There were no such huge armies back then.

Don't offend ariputra, I like him

I like him too, when he talks about something sensible.;) But we're not the ones offending him, it's the people filling his head with all kinds of nonsense! :(

blond-haired, blue-eyed

Ah, so that's it! Well then, I can sleep peacefully too, because I'm a brunet with gray eyes!;)
ariputra, I read your latest post and a thought occurred: you're not one of the "Jehovah's Witnesses" by any chance? Because a certain comrade from that organization, which claims precisely to be the sole bearers of Truth on Earth (oh, how novel! :D) on Exler's forum was vehemently arguing against blood transfusion, using as arguments either fact distortion or utter nonsense. Very similar to the arguments of anti-vaxxers.