Frederick  | 01 Aug 2021 7:07 a.m. PST |
To me Stalin and Hitler are close, but Stalin pretty much concentrated on killing his own people so I gave Hitler the nod |
| jefritrout | 01 Aug 2021 8:51 a.m. PST |
I don't think that any of these qualify as scoundrel. They are more in the evil category. |
 John the OFM  | 01 Aug 2021 9:50 a.m. PST |
I agree with Jeff. The word "scoundrel" sometimes has a comic ring to it. The finalists are just plain evil.
My choices have long been eliminated. |
 Parzival | 01 Aug 2021 9:59 a.m. PST |
Rasputin is the closest to a "scoundrel," and it's iffy whether it applies or not.
But I concur on the others— they are evil, not "scoundrels." Words have meanings, y'all. These are not examples of what "scoundrel" means, or for that matter, connotes. |
 Jlundberg | 01 Aug 2021 12:48 p.m. PST |
I am with Parzival. I could have gone with Talleyrand |
| The Last Conformist | 01 Aug 2021 1:32 p.m. PST |
I think what we've established here is that "scoundrel" means different things to different people. |
| Parzival | 01 Aug 2021 7:20 p.m. PST |
… and some of those people are wrong. |
| USAFpilot | 02 Aug 2021 12:47 p.m. PST |
Yes, this seems to be a poll of who is the most "evil" and not "scoundrel". We seem to live in a time when nuisance is lost on many people and everything becomes binary of "good" or "bad". If something is classed in the good category than it can have no fault, and likewise if something or someone is classified as bad than they can have no redeeming values. Everything nowadays is politicized into two separate camps unfortunately. |
| Speculus | 02 Aug 2021 2:53 p.m. PST |
I agree that we have nominated evil people, not scoundrels: SCOUNDREL: a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue: With that definition, Talleyrand gets my vote too. |
| Florida Tory | 02 Aug 2021 4:37 p.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 03 Aug 2021 7:22 a.m. PST |
I agree with the above as to the meaning of scoundrel. Most of the finalists are in a class of degeneracy far beyond "scoundrel." |
| 14Bore | 06 Aug 2021 1:00 p.m. PST |
My opinion scoundrel is more a Tallyrand type character than a Joe Stalin. There is just a back stabbing turncoat than a flat out evil person. |
 Old Contemptible | 15 Aug 2021 8:55 p.m. PST |
By the results of this poll, not everyone here understands the definition of a scoundrel. A scoundrel is a dishonest or unscrupulous person or a rogue. Hitler and Stalin do not fit the category at all. They are guilty of crimes against humanity and are well beyond the label Scoundrel. Of those listed only Rasputin comes closest. I agree that Talleyrand would be one. Others, Citizen Genęt
Charles Allen, aka: Big Time Charlie
Philip Arnold
Samuel Bennett
Lou "The Fixer" Blonger
James Joshua Dolan
Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil
Bill Miner Fictional characters might include, The Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Jones |
