Poll: Would you harbor a nazi?
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It's easy to say a lot of things without being in the situation, but it can't be proven whether I would have the capacity to end my own life or not. As for killing the other Nazi's that might share my views that's a chance I would be willing to take, either they are there and actually want to do it, or they need a way out. Everyone has families so that part doesn't concern me one bit. One can't just torture and kill an entire race and chalk it up to, well my job sucks but it puts bread on the table, besides if I didn't do it I wouldn't have to worry about my wife killing me from getting home late, Hitler would kill me for slacking off on the job.this isnt my name said:
I'd turn him in. If he's truly repentant, then he'll accept that he needs to pay for what he did, and thus won't object to the police taking him into custody. I would defend him as a person now, and help lead a call for perhaps some degree of leniency based on his (apparent) repentance, but I would certainly give him up to the police, either way. But bear in mind, I agree with HG131, and the 9th Doctor. If someone said that to me then I'd lose all respect for them instantly.
Phew! what a tough question!
I would dismiss the police at this instance but not shelter him too much, I wouldn't wanna become an accessory. If he were caught later I would be seen to be a nazi too which being white and blonde I don't want!
That said I think that a court case this long after the fact would be horrid and useless. During the case victims would be brought before the jury and forced to relive their past, he would be forced to remember what he went through and so on. After all this time nothing good would come of it. If he were unrepentant I would show no mercy however. Animals that are harmful should be destroyed.
I would dismiss the police at this instance but not shelter him too much, I wouldn't wanna become an accessory. If he were caught later I would be seen to be a nazi too which being white and blonde I don't want!
That said I think that a court case this long after the fact would be horrid and useless. During the case victims would be brought before the jury and forced to relive their past, he would be forced to remember what he went through and so on. After all this time nothing good would come of it. If he were unrepentant I would show no mercy however. Animals that are harmful should be destroyed.
I'm honestly conflicted here. Part of me wants to see justice served and part of me believes in redemption. If the guy honestly is doing right now and sees he is wrong hasn't he served his punishment? Isn't justice about setting things right not extracting revenge? Oh so conflicted...
Would I harbor a former, apparently reformed nazi or SS member to prevent them from being lynched?
Would I help them run from answering for the crimes that they cannot run from? No. They need to own up to and face judgement for what they did- mob mentality and killing them or giving them to the Israelis or something would be counterintuitive. Man still deserves a fair trial.
Would I help them run from answering for the crimes that they cannot run from? No. They need to own up to and face judgement for what they did- mob mentality and killing them or giving them to the Israelis or something would be counterintuitive. Man still deserves a fair trial.
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I wouldn't even protect an innocent person in my house if they are wanted by police. They aren't my problem or my responsibility, so why the hell would I hide a Nazi there and risk being an accomplice?
I'd turn him in. If he honestly seemed sorry, I may appear as a witness for his case, maybe somehow get him a slightly lesser sentence. But more than that, I can't be asked to put myself in legal jeopardy for what he has done.
No, I wouldn't, I'd certainly try and help them out with their legal representation or something like that, but actually obstructing the police? Personally I can't think of a single situation where that'd be a good idea.
I have a personal "Don't get involved" policy for morally grey areas.
I would not hide the man in my home, but the authorities would get no assistance from me in finding him, even if I knew exactly where he was hiding.
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That being said, if I had been around him for years and years and never seen any negative things, and he truly regrets his actions, I would likely take his side over that of the police. (Ideologically, of course. I still wouldn't hide him in my basement or anything)
It doesn't change the fact that he did what he did in the past, but is he really the same person that he was back then? A man who cries himself to sleep every night and spends his life trying to atone for a crime he know he can never be forgiven for is hardly the young officer barking orders at an oppressed people.
Punishment can come in many forms. In a sense, this man has it worse than any man in prison. His very soul is scarred by his past arrogance and willingness to overlook the depravity of the things he was ordered to do, for whatever reason. No matter what he does, even if the police stop looking for him, he will never be able to sleep at night without seeing the faces of those he had a hand in torturing.
If this crime was recent, or if he wasn't genuinely remorseful, I'd feel completely the opposite about it. In this case though... well, at least he is crying himself to sleep at night while helping the local charities instead of crying himself to sleep at night behind bars.
I would not hide the man in my home, but the authorities would get no assistance from me in finding him, even if I knew exactly where he was hiding.
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That being said, if I had been around him for years and years and never seen any negative things, and he truly regrets his actions, I would likely take his side over that of the police. (Ideologically, of course. I still wouldn't hide him in my basement or anything)
It doesn't change the fact that he did what he did in the past, but is he really the same person that he was back then? A man who cries himself to sleep every night and spends his life trying to atone for a crime he know he can never be forgiven for is hardly the young officer barking orders at an oppressed people.
Punishment can come in many forms. In a sense, this man has it worse than any man in prison. His very soul is scarred by his past arrogance and willingness to overlook the depravity of the things he was ordered to do, for whatever reason. No matter what he does, even if the police stop looking for him, he will never be able to sleep at night without seeing the faces of those he had a hand in torturing.
If this crime was recent, or if he wasn't genuinely remorseful, I'd feel completely the opposite about it. In this case though... well, at least he is crying himself to sleep at night while helping the local charities instead of crying himself to sleep at night behind bars.
Make sure he's treated well in prison. I don't want the guy to get hurt in there, but seriously, I'm not going to believe that story. He had the same morals in the war that he does now.
He's sorry, now that the cops are knocking on his door? Typical crocodile tears.
I've heard a man, pleading in serious tears to cop, about how the cigarette burn on his daughters arm was "an accident! The wind blew the ash onto her!" He couldn't terrify his wife anymore, so somehow this scumbag got occasional custody, and is now torturing his wife through their daughter.
Monsters can cry too. They can fake it as well. Bullies can be good at playing victim.
He was not complicit in a murder, or ten deaths, or a hundred.
He was complicit in the industrialized slaughter of millions. Plead your case to the courts, not to me.
I've heard a man, pleading in serious tears to cop, about how the cigarette burn on his daughters arm was "an accident! The wind blew the ash onto her!" He couldn't terrify his wife anymore, so somehow this scumbag got occasional custody, and is now torturing his wife through their daughter.
Monsters can cry too. They can fake it as well. Bullies can be good at playing victim.
He was not complicit in a murder, or ten deaths, or a hundred.
He was complicit in the industrialized slaughter of millions. Plead your case to the courts, not to me.
I'd definitely turn him in. He still has to pay his debt to society, and a lifetime of good deeds does not exempt him.
I'd feel quite a bit of sympathy for him, but I'd have to turn him in.
I'd feel quite a bit of sympathy for him, but I'd have to turn him in.
