My wife's uncle spent five years in a Russian concentration camp after the end of the war, mining some mineral or other, and his description of life inside the camp leads me to believe that no matter how cruel you think this is, there are worse things. Auschwitz is definitely off the scale in that respect, but I fail to see how one individual dying in a hospice, even if she has been cut off of her support, could be anything like the mass killings that went on there, or how Russians treated POW's after the end of the conflict.
I'll admit, some of the Germans probably had it coming, but the guys in the field were just doing their job, just like the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan are doing theirs. It's the guys at the top that make the decisions, but the guys at the bottom that have to carry them out. While I may not worship like others, I do have faith. The faith that most people will take advantage of one another without fail. Pagan Priest by PaganPriest on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 11:36:56 AM EDT
Or how our own soldiers and federal agents have treated non-POW's? I can't help but add this. We may not be the monsters the Nazis were, but our nation has beaten, raped and killed in it's "prisons", and imprisoned people for years for NOTHING. So I'd say we don't need Nazis for examples of monstrocities anymore. We are our own example.
No matter what we do or say, that legacy will remain. As time goes on, and more and more stories come out, it'll get worse and worse. imho And the good soldiers and agents that willingly participated will come home and be walking amoungst us. Home-grown sadists. Sorry off-topic. It just boils my blood. Full rolling boil. by whatever on Thu Mar 31st, 2005 at 06:06:15 AM EDT http://www.gstlnorml.org [ Parent ]
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