I guessed right. I seem to recall that the justification for the trials- at the time- was that there were crimes against humanity which could not be tolerated, that moral responsibility must be taken for individual actions. That ‘I was just following orders’ would no longer be a redmptive excuse.
Literally taken , the comparison is apt.
sue
Mig, I can’t tell you how very interesting and – in a way- disturbing I have found this.
It makes me wonder – do people see the parallel or not ?
And – if so- is it so very important not to disturb the waters . What can I say. It’s that time of year once again. I’m re- reading a book about Anne Frank. Soon , The Longest Day will be on television- yet again.
And seriously re-thinking the concept of life ( death) as content-
mig
anne made an interesting point in her email to me about the fact that someone refusing to obey orders under the Nazi regime, say, faced the death penalty, while the consequences of disobeying these orders for the Americans would not have been so harsh.
sue
No, I imagine a court martial of some sort- Leavenworth and all that.
I don’t think it’s exactly fair to compare this to the Nazis….
sorry. this will be bandwidth sucking in extreme. i’m going to write to you instead.
I guessed right. I seem to recall that the justification for the trials- at the time- was that there were crimes against humanity which could not be tolerated, that moral responsibility must be taken for individual actions. That ‘I was just following orders’ would no longer be a redmptive excuse.
Literally taken , the comparison is apt.
Mig, I can’t tell you how very interesting and – in a way- disturbing I have found this.
It makes me wonder – do people see the parallel or not ?
And – if so- is it so very important not to disturb the waters . What can I say. It’s that time of year once again. I’m re- reading a book about Anne Frank. Soon , The Longest Day will be on television- yet again.
And seriously re-thinking the concept of life ( death) as content-
anne made an interesting point in her email to me about the fact that someone refusing to obey orders under the Nazi regime, say, faced the death penalty, while the consequences of disobeying these orders for the Americans would not have been so harsh.
No, I imagine a court martial of some sort- Leavenworth and all that.
Sorry. It all upset me very, very much.