Auschwitz Nazi Doctor to be tried for Murders Committed during WWII

[leibowde84]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/20/auschwitz-death-camp-trial/79055544/

Personally, I think this is a good thing. When the courts decided against putting a statute of limitations on Nazi War Crimes, it sent a great message ... peer pressure and societal norms don't excuse cold-blooded murder and torture. And, we will never forget or forgive those who participated in the Holocaust.

What are your thoughts?

 

[MARCELLO]

I wish they experiment with this guy to chop off of his legs and arms to see whether he can hear without his limbs.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/20/auschwitz-death-camp-trial/79055544/

Personally, I think this is a good thing. When the courts decided against putting a statute of limitations on Nazi War Crimes, it sent a great message ... peer pressure and societal norms don't excuse cold-blooded murder and torture. And, we will never forget or forgive those who participated in the Holocaust.

What are your thoughts?

It's a good idea. There should never be a 'Best Before' date on justice. The words 'Never again!' would ring hollow if Nazis were able to saunter about bragging of their crimes Y number of years after the fact because there was an expiry date on when they could be brought to trial.

 

[LuisDantas]

I don't feel strongly either way.

It is not wrong to judge him, but it may be excessive and perhaps pointless, given how frail both his physical and mental healthy are at this time. It is not like he is spreading much of a message, either.

I almost find it ironic that, at a time when we have forgotten nearly all worth remembering about WW1 and WW2, this inconsequential speck is given any attention.

 

[leibowde84]

I don't feel strongly either way.

It is not wrong to judge him, but it may be excessive and perhaps pointless, given how frail both his physical and mental healthy are at this time. It is not like he is spreading much of a message, either.

I almost find it ironic that, at a time when we have forgotten nearly all worth remembering about WW1 and WW2, this inconsequential speck is given any attention.

I disagree. This will bring public attention to the legacy he leaves behind after death. He will always be known as a murdering Nazi war criminal, and that is worth-while in my opinion. We cannot allow anyone, especially Germans, to forget what happened back in the 30s and 40s, as we must do whatever we can to prevent it from happening again.

 

[Skwim]

Might want to have your OP title changed. He wasn't a doctor, but a mere "medical orderly."

 

[LuisDantas]

We must indeed. But there is a risk of emphasizing the past too much and failing to notice perhaps more relevant dangers of the present.

 

[BSM1]

I wish they experiment with this guy to chop off of his legs and arms to see whether he can hear without his limbs.

Although I understand your sentiment, this would tend to make us no better than him. He should be fairly tried and, if convicted, quickly executed.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

On the one hand I can see that there should be no statute of limitations on murder: in Britain there isn't one on anything. On the other hand, I find the obsessive hunting of concentration camp guards a trifle distasteful. No-one hunted the US servicemen who murdered prisoners of war, or the airmen who destroyed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden.

 

[Akivah]

Why did it take over seventy years to find this guy?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

He should stand trial.

 

[Skwim]

On the one hand I can see that there should be no statute of limitations on murder: in Britain there isn't one on anything. On the other hand, I find the obsessive hunting of concentration camp guards a trifle distasteful. No-one hunted the US servicemen who murdered prisoners of war, or the airmen who destroyed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden.

I know you're just trolling here, but I'll bite.

Why should anyone be hunting the airmen who destroyed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden?

 

[Revoltingest]

He should stand trial.

That sums it up.

 

[metis]

Tried but hopefully not executed if found guilty.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Why should anyone be hunting the airmen who destroyed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden?

Poor history education and excessive influence of intellectually vacuous political correctness leading to a lack of meaningful or accurate historical information or context, which, in turn, leads to baseless, faulty, and/or nonsensical conclusions?

 

[BSM1]

Poor history education and excessive influence of intellectually vacuous political correctness leading to a lack of meaningful or accurate historical information or context, which, in turn, leads to baseless, faulty, and/or nonsensical conclusions?

Yeah, what he said.

 

[Skwim]

Poor history education and excessive influence of intellectually vacuous political correctness leading to a lack of meaningful or accurate historical information or context, which, in turn, leads to baseless, faulty, and/or nonsensical conclusions?

I can go along with this.


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[Flankerl]

We cannot allow anyone, especially Germans, to forget what happened back in the 30s and 40s

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The very fact many of them schweinhunden got to die peacefully at home without ever facing charges proves there is no cosmic or divine justice that makes us pay for our crimes.
But rather than killing him, he should be made to face the agony of his crimes every day. Death is too good. He should be broken. Make him yearn for the death, make him have the power of his own life and death dangled in front of him, and denied. And send a very clear message that the punishment for such things will not be physically abusive, but it will be worse than death.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

He should be tried, but I'm not really a fan of excessively focusing on the Holocaust as if it was categorically worse than all the other atrocities humans have committed upon each other.