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Childeric I

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Childeric I Copy of the signet ring of Childeric I (original stolen in 1831). Inscription CHILDIRICI REGIS ("of Childeric the king"). [1] The original was found in his tomb at Tournai (Monnaie de Paris). King of the Salian Franks Reign 458–481 Predecessor Merovech Successor Clovis I Born c. 437 [2] Died c.481 [3] Tournai (present-day Belgium) Burial Tournai (present-day Belgium) Spouse Basina of Thuringia Issue Clovis I Audofleda Lanthilde Albofleda Dynasty Merovingian Father Merovech Childeric I ( / ˈ k ɪ l d ər ɪ k / ; French: Childéric ; Latin: Childericus ; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk ; [4] c.  437 – 481) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a King (Latin Rex ), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of Clovis I, who acquired lordship over all or most Frankish kin...

What fallacy uses two different standards for comparisons?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 3 down vote favorite 1 I don't know how many Native Americans were killed by the U.S. government and/or citizens, but let's just make up a fictitious number for this question: two million. Next, let's assume the Soviet Union killed five million of its own citizens. It's hard to characterize the slaughter as genocide, because a wide variety of peoples were targeted. Many believe the killings were motivated largely by a desire to wipe out resistance to the new government. There may have also been many revenge killings. So, if we make a comparison based on numbers only, the Soviet experiment is the greater evil (based on my fictitious numbers; the actual numbers, of course, are far different). However, John Doe argues that the U.S. is the greater criminal because it committed genocide . He adds, "We can't blame socialism , because it's just an idea . Good people might make socialism work, while bad people wil...