Sorry, clearly I was wrong. I got irritated by another person who wrote in the thread and suspected trolling since that sort of thing has happened in this forum before. Apologies and hope my response was helpful.
Also, a lot of very young people come onto this forum and ask questions. I got the impression that you fell into this category too but it seems I was mistaken there too.
Well, Lenin is a sensitive subject no doubt, and I think I've said more than enough. I am not even Russian, and nothing that Lenin has done has affected me personally.
@Lampada - Interesting quotes and I appreciate your views which, no doubt are well founded.