"Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations."
Some good news: The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has tracked down another Nazi war criminal, Laszlo Csatary, who was turned in by an informer in Budapest. He had fled Canada in 1995 after having his cover identity unmasked.
I admire the tenacity of the Wiesenthal Centre and their determination to track down every last one of these bastards who are still alive, no matter how much time passes. I'm surprised (not to mention angry) at the people who seem almost sympathetic to these "old men", acting as if they were someone's kind old grandfather. Age has nothing to do with what these horrible people did. The last I heard, the elderly weren't treated any kinder by the Nazis.
As much as I believe in peace and nonviolence and trying to be better than our enemies, there are cases that push the limits of those beliefs for me and Holocaust perpetrators are always among those. I do believe that in a few rare cases, there is what can only be described as pure evil in the world.
I really don't care how un-progressive it may make me seem -- as far as I am concerned, this man and others like him should die a slow lingering death. I suppose that's the main reason I'm grateful that I have no say in the matter.
Of course, whatever punishment he ends up getting will be far too humane for him. On an intellectual level, I know that that makes us better than them, but sometimes emotionally, it's a hard pill to swallow.
Anne Frank wrote, "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." I wish I could say the same.
I admire the tenacity of the Wiesenthal Centre and their determination to track down every last one of these bastards who are still alive, no matter how much time passes. I'm surprised (not to mention angry) at the people who seem almost sympathetic to these "old men", acting as if they were someone's kind old grandfather. Age has nothing to do with what these horrible people did. The last I heard, the elderly weren't treated any kinder by the Nazis.
As much as I believe in peace and nonviolence and trying to be better than our enemies, there are cases that push the limits of those beliefs for me and Holocaust perpetrators are always among those. I do believe that in a few rare cases, there is what can only be described as pure evil in the world.
I really don't care how un-progressive it may make me seem -- as far as I am concerned, this man and others like him should die a slow lingering death. I suppose that's the main reason I'm grateful that I have no say in the matter.
Of course, whatever punishment he ends up getting will be far too humane for him. On an intellectual level, I know that that makes us better than them, but sometimes emotionally, it's a hard pill to swallow.
Anne Frank wrote, "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." I wish I could say the same.