(January 1, 2013 at 6:51 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: One of my favorite quotes on national socialism is by the former head of the German roma comunity:
"It was neighter Hitler, Göbbels nore Göring who murdered my family by pushing them into ofens.
It was the local butcher, the carpenter and the local merchant.
They all were given black uniforms and declared to be the master race, then they went to murder us."
If there is one such thing as a importent question to ask or importent lesson to learn ouf of this darkest chapter of our nation, then it is the question of:
"What turns ordinary people into barbaric murderers?"
To simply blame everything on Hitler and on whatever he might have thought or not thought is to give a pass on the countless people who committed these crimes.
I for one don't use Hitlers non atheism as an argument against religion.
I admire your insight very much.
