I think Eichmann was evil because he knew what he was doing, shrugged his shoulders and said if I don't do it someone else will. He had the means to walk away. I would say the means to tell someone, but I think one of the shameful things about World War 2 was that especially toward the end when it was beginning to be known that bad things were happening to Jews, countries were still refusing to accept them as refugees.
But you cannot oil the wheels of the machine without considering what the machine is doing. Dana On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:31:43 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > I hope you can figure out how wrong the following is on your own. > > > > Enlighten me! My point is, killing doesn't make someone evil; many > kill and are considered heros. Secondly, being part of a system that > was designed from evil doesn't necessarily make you evil. > > For example, was the secretary for a station direction of the German > railroad evil? I'd say no, maybe just not principled enough to refuse > to work; nevertheless she was helping to support the system that kill > millions. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146203 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
