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I never said they were equal. I don't know if anyone was punished for doing it though.

by Doubl 7y ago

i_am_proteus 7y ago
Your post appears to be apologizing for the actions of Nazi Germany by comparing the Nazi legal system's civil protections with those of the modern-day United States of America. The OP discusses instances where individual Germans refused to follow orders. One example: > By his action to obtain this order, Griese refused the request of the SD to have his men participate in the execution of Jews in his area. >In fact, the SD had shot the 365 Jews themselves while he was on his journey to and from Konigsberg Nazi leadership recognized that mass execution of Jews (and others) by firearm was taking a psychological toll on the Germans being ordered to do so, which is one of the reasons that more abstract, industrial methods (e.g. gas chambers) were developed.
- Doubl 7y ago
  How an I apologising for the Nazis? Is it necessary to always preface any remarks in which Nazi Germany and another country may both be referenced with some kind of explanation or risk being called a Nazi apologist? Can we not let the actual arguments speak for themselves? America has tortured people. It has also destroyed Nations it regarded as Savage. How is that an apology for the Nazis?
  - pknopf 7y ago
    Don't encourage him. He obviously likes feeling morally superior.
    - i_am_proteus 7y ago
      Perhaps you misunderstand. This is an issue better approached with logic than with emotion. I draw attention to the parent's false equivalency of Nazi Germany and 21st Century USA. I describe the Nazi regime's recognition of the morale toll on its soldiers of gunning down innocent souls. Himmler himself saw this as an "issue." Conjecture basis the article that the Nazi German legal system is similar to the modern American system is logically fallacious and dangerous insofar as it suggests that Nazism is compatible with contemporary American political and ethical values.
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I never said they were equal. I don't know if anyone was punished for doing it though.

by Doubl 7y ago

I never said they were equal. I don't know if anyone was punished for doing it though.

Your post appears to be apologizing for the actions of Nazi Germany by comparing the Nazi legal system's civil protections with those of the modern-day United States of America. The OP discusses instances where individual Germans refused to follow orders. One example: > By his action to obtain this order, Griese refused the request of the SD to have his men participate in the execution of Jews in his area. >In fact, the SD had shot the 365 Jews themselves while he was on his journey to and from Konigsberg Nazi leadership recognized that mass execution of Jews (and others) by firearm was taking a psychological toll on the Germans being ordered to do so, which is one of the reasons that more abstract, industrial methods (e.g. gas chambers) were developed.

Doubl 7y ago
How an I apologising for the Nazis? Is it necessary to always preface any remarks in which Nazi Germany and another country may both be referenced with some kind of explanation or risk being called a Nazi apologist? Can we not let the actual arguments speak for themselves? America has tortured people. It has also destroyed Nations it regarded as Savage. How is that an apology for the Nazis?
- pknopf 7y ago
  Don't encourage him. He obviously likes feeling morally superior.
  - i_am_proteus 7y ago
    Perhaps you misunderstand. This is an issue better approached with logic than with emotion. I draw attention to the parent's false equivalency of Nazi Germany and 21st Century USA. I describe the Nazi regime's recognition of the morale toll on its soldiers of gunning down innocent souls. Himmler himself saw this as an "issue." Conjecture basis the article that the Nazi German legal system is similar to the modern American system is logically fallacious and dangerous insofar as it suggests that Nazism is compatible with contemporary American political and ethical values.
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