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Old 09-03-2014, 12:43 PM
 
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Remember them all you want. No point in scarring the landscape with statues and memorials etc...we gonna do that for EVERY war ever fought?
Well, hopefully you tell your kids you don't want the landscape scarred with memorials to their father.
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Old 09-03-2014, 12:44 PM
 
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I would have been in this bunch were i alive back then.



BERLIN (AP) — Germany has inaugurated a memorial to more than 200,000 people with physical and mental disabilities who were killed by the Nazis after their lives were deemed "worthless."

Germany Opens A Memorial To Nazis' Disabled Victims
Now if only Japan would admit to their war crimes and try to make amends instead of deny.
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Old 09-03-2014, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Good for them.

But many countries did the same thing. The US also sterilized many "weak men".

The Obamacare "death panels" will acccomplish the same thing when people are deemed not worthy of medical care that they have paid for.
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Old 09-03-2014, 12:56 PM
 
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The Obamacare "death panels" will acccomplish the same thing when people are deemed not worthy of medical care that they have paid for.
Death panels is a blatant lie.

While private health insurance companies routinely deny expensive life saving treatments that affect their bottom line. Not even a panel of doctors there from the death panel fantasy. Just some accountants.
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Old 09-03-2014, 12:59 PM
 
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One of the reasons modern Germany enjoys respect in the community of nations is their absolute refusal to let the criminal behavior of their forefathers go unacknowledged.
What criminal behavior? The people in Germany at the time were merely following the law. The US is absolutely NO BETTER. Oh and as far as "criminal behavior" going unacknowledged that's enforced every day with Germany and pretty much every other European nations refusal to allow discussion on "facts" and free speech. You can be imprisoned for that there.

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Well, hopefully you tell your kids you don't want the landscape scarred with memorials to their father.
Will do. Seeing how we aren't talking about cemetery to begin with,either way I want a viking funeral.
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:32 PM
 
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What criminal behavior? The people in Germany at the time were merely following the law.
Ah, the Nuremberg defense. "Befehl ist Befehl". Like it or loathe it, Nuremberg established that there are lines you are not allowed to cross, even if a superior tells you so. The Germans learned a very harsh lesson on that. One would hope other nations could benefit from it, although I am not overly optimistic.

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The US is absolutely NO BETTER.
Than Nazi Germany? I beg to differ.

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Oh and as far as "criminal behavior" going unacknowledged that's enforced every day with Germany
What on Earth are you on about?

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and pretty much every other European nations refusal to allow discussion on "facts" and free speech. You can be imprisoned for that there.
Are you talking about Holocaust denial, or? Not sure I follow...
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:35 PM
 
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One of the reasons modern Germany enjoys respect in the community of nations is their absolute refusal to let the criminal behavior of their forefathers go unacknowledged.
They don't get respect from me. Wallowing in the sins of the father is not an admirable quality. Move on. Be strong.
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:41 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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One of the reasons modern Germany enjoys respect in the community of nations is their absolute refusal to let the criminal behavior of their forefathers go unacknowledged.
I agree. I really wish japan would do the same.
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:42 PM
 
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Ah, the Nuremberg defense. "Befehl ist Befehl". Like it or loathe it, Nuremberg established that there are lines you are not allowed to cross, even if a superior tells you so. The Germans learned a very harsh lesson on that. One would hope other nations could benefit from it, although I am not overly optimistic.

Than Nazi Germany? I beg to differ.

What on Earth are you on about?

Are you talking about Holocaust denial, or? Not sure I follow...
Well I don't beg to differ. The US has committed war crimes in every way its ever been in especially the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians when they dropped Nukes on Japan.

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They don't get respect from me. Wallowing in the sins of the father is not an admirable quality. Move on. Be strong.
Exactly!
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:42 PM
 
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They don't get respect from me. Wallowing in the sins of the father is not an admirable quality. Move on. Be strong.
Germany isn't strong? By what metric? This should be interesting.
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