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Re: Schpiffkraft Hakenkreuz
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Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:16:09 GMT
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Lenny wrote:
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The general theory of Nazism is based on hate, whereas ...
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Samuel Morrison wrote:
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I have to disagree - horrible though it was, there was more to Nazism than
just hate...
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Lenny wrote:
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I’m not arguing that Nazism is only hate - but that is based on hate.
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I would actually disagree. Sorry to go off on a theological tangent here, but I
believe that no human does evil for the sake of evil (does Satan? hmm, still not
sure), but rather for the sake of some perversion of what is felt to be a good
thing. The root of all sin (evil) is taking something out of its proper place,
and subverting all else to that thing. E.g. sex is a good in its place and, I
believe, created by God for a good end. However, if someone were to take this
out of its proper place and elevate it over all else they would become a
hedonist or a rapist depending on their temperment. For Naziism, I think you
have to look at this at a perversion of a love for your own family or tribe.
Love of family (and, by extension, tribe, community, nation) is a good thing in
and of itself and necessary for a society. When this love becomes perverted it
becomes love of your own group at the expense of all others - racism, jingoism,
Naziism.
To put this into a particular religious context (and I’m coming from the
perspective of a Protestant Christian), the main statement of the Law in my
faith background starts out “Hear, oh Israel, that I am God . . . you shall have
no other gods before me”. Evil starts when something else gets placed ahead of
God, even when that thing (that idol) itself would be a good thing in its proper
context.
Bruce
Again, I apologize that this post has nothing to do with LEGO, this particular
creation, or even the advisability of making MOCs based on hateful regimes.
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| (...) I'm not arguing that Nazism is only hate - but that is based on hate. And yes, it does matter, to me. The people who killed thousands fighting the Nazis do not bear the same responcibility as the those who killed innocents for no reason except (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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