The Hitler Example (America, Jewish)

[Tau]

Originally Posted by mball1297

I think it all has to do with the ability to compartmentalize. I am an animal lover, but my last job was in pest control. I had no problem killing bugs and things, but I had problems the very few times I had to "take care of" a live mouse. Some people have no problem separating their pets from other animals and treating them differently, others can't compartmentalize like that.

For instance, I hate to beat this to death, but people who hate homosexuals put them into a different compartment from other "normal" people, which allows them to treat them differently without considering themselves bad people. Most of us do this to a certain degree, some more than others.

Good post.
Frubals added.

[methylatedghosts]

Originally Posted by Tau

Hitler revealed mankind to itself, showing how even how a whole nation of supposedly 'good' people can be turned to the darkness.

The Hitler lesson revealed what man is capable of..genocide and murder..on a grand scale.

Hitler did not gas millions on his own, he did not turn gypsy and jewish babies into bars of soap on his own....

Mankind is responsible as a whole for all suffering, just as Germany was for Hitler.

I find mankind guilty on all charges.

Germany was not responsible for Hitler. Everyone was responsible for Hitler. Hitler was allowed to continue his merry way for a while without too much pressure from other nations - until other nations actually were attacked or were threatened. Everyone else just sat there and kind of ignored him as "their problem" until he became "our problem. All of mankind (well, those who knew about him) was responsible for Hitler.

Hitler did what he thought was right. He got voted in - how could he think otherwise? No other nations really did much until he attacked - how could he think otherwise?

No. The burden of the holocaust lies with everyone.

Hitler was only "bad" however, if we take what he did to mean nothing, that we continue to make mistakes in the same fashion he did. The good of Hitler was that he gave us all an opportunity to decide and show who we really are, and that we are able to change our own futures. Do not forget that.

EDIT: woops. Didn't realise how late I was in this discussion. Ignore this post if the discussion has moved on.