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Nobody can really because it's complicated. Or, at least, nobody can agree, which is why we have the terms. However, I think the terms have some validity, becau
by array_key_first 1y ago
Nobody can really because it's complicated. Or, at least, nobody can agree, which is why we have the terms. However, I think the terms have some validity, because the broader concept does.
I mean, is Hitler a murderer? Is your run of the mill burglary gone wrong worse than the Holocaust? Obviously not. So there has to be some kind of understanding of organized death.
- tptacek 1y agoI'm not sure "at least it wasn't the Holocaust" is, in practice, quite the defense legal argument it's being made out to be here.
- array_key_first 1y agoI'm purposefully choosing extremes to highlight the concept in such a way it can't possibly be argued against. The concept being - organized or institutional crimes are real, and can be much, much, MUCH more severe than murder.