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To: Eastbound

Do you think that everybody has the duty to risk his life under oppression to prevent your dictator from doing something wrong? I don´t think that. I believe that those who try can be considered heros (and if they fail: martyrs). So, if we call them heros, then their behaviour must be extraordinary. If it´s extraordinary, we cannot say it´s something everybody has to do. I don´t blame Germans for not standing up against Hitler. I blame those who pulled the trigger when pointing their guns on unarmed, who filled the chambers with cyclon B, but not the average woman fearing for her husband´s life while she tried to escape the bombs or the following firestorm.

Do you think that every Iranian who doesn´t stand up against Ahmadi-F-him is guilty? Guilt is individual. And yes, if Iran gets the adequate response, I will feel sorry for those who didn´t want that conflict.


243 posted on 05/21/2006 4:18:58 AM PDT by Michael81Dus
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To: Michael81Dus
"Do you think that everybody has the duty to risk his life under oppression to prevent your dictator from doing something wrong?"

Wouldn't you be risking your life anyway if your dictator did something stupid and invited mass destruction to your country? By whose sword would you rather die and what would be the more noble death?

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"I don´t blame Germans for not standing up against Hitler."

Hitler was only the stand-in, the one who executed the majority will of the German people, though some Germans attempted to assassinate Hitler but failed. Would the Germans rally around another crazy person who attempted to do what Hitler tried to do? I doubt it. Civilizations evolve if they don't forget history. Were the Germans captivated by the rantings of an aggressive crazy man? Apparently so. They empowered him to continue because they didn't stop him. They didn't stop him because they wanted what he wanted. They made their choice to live as aggressors and paid the price.

But today the world is faced with a more deadly enemy of mankind. There is no way to fight against the rule of a dead person who leads from the grave.

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"Do you think that every Iranian who doesn´t stand up against Ahmadi-F-him is guilty?"

No, if they are actively working to de-throne the nut before the country explodes. If you are actively working to de-throne the nut when the country explodes, you die a nobel death and with honor. The same goes for the minority of Germans who were working against Hitler.

Things happen because of the majority will and mind-set. Bad things or good things.

My suggestion for those who don't want to share in someone else's instant karma is to not be present when it comes down.

279 posted on 05/21/2006 8:28:17 AM PDT by Eastbound
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