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To: CyberCowboy777
"Sir, the majority has decided that you must die for the betterment of society. Take comfort knowing that it is the moral thing to do." "Why chose me?" "Well, not you individually, all Jews

You may think you're being clever, but I take that very personally.

My mother had etched on her arm, in faded blue ink, the number 37448. For the rest of her life, she could never stand to be alone for more than a few minutes, or else she'd start to relive the traumatic horrors of her youth.

I would never condone the attrocities of the Nazis. My morality could not differ more sharply. But the fact that the Nazi barbarians did do what they did helps prove my point. The powerful will impose their views on the weak, regardless. The only way around that is to arbitrarily decide that we, as a society, wish hold that imposition to a minimum, and will tolerate the existence of a diversity of opinions and beliefs, whether we agree with them or not. Our Constitution helps us do that. The Nazis, however, believed in no such limits. You know the result.

208 posted on 08/12/2002 3:45:31 PM PDT by andy_card
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To: andy_card
But by your very standards the Nazi's were morally correct. They had the Majority and believed they were correct.

Are you changing the standards of morality?

211 posted on 08/12/2002 3:50:09 PM PDT by CyberCowboy777
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