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    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,soc.culture.israel on Thu Oct 30 01:32:29 2025
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    Review of a film <https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251023-a-forgotten-chapter-in-the-history-of-the-nuremberg-trials>
    based on a book about the relationship between the biggest (literally
    as well as in rank) of the Nazis put on trial at Nuremberg, Hermann
    G||ring, and the American psychiatrist tasked with determining whether
    he and the other prisoners were mentally competent to stand trial.

    The title quote was specifically about Nazi Germany, but it applies
    equally well everywhere on the Earth and everywhen in history that
    genocides have occurred. Some still have trouble getting to grips with
    this concept:

    The doctor's own ambition was to identify among the Nazis a shared
    psychosis or particular derangement, because only that, he
    believed, could account for their monstrous acts. Yet after
    intense study, Kelley conceded the men were fundamentally
    opportunists who had grabbed the chance to exercise power and
    exploit others. "And he concluded there have always been people
    like this, although the atrocities they commit are much smaller,"
    says [author] El-Hai.

    I think the phrase is rCLthe banality of evilrCY ...
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  • From Auric Hellman@adhellman1@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,soc.culture.israel on Thu Oct 30 00:12:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 10/29/2025 9:32 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    Review of a film <https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251023-a-forgotten-chapter-in-the-history-of-the-nuremberg-trials>
    based on a book about the relationship between the biggest (literally
    as well as in rank) of the Nazis put on trial at Nuremberg, Hermann
    G||ring, and the American psychiatrist tasked with determining whether
    he and the other prisoners were mentally competent to stand trial.

    The title quote was specifically about Nazi Germany, but it applies
    equally well everywhere on the Earth and everywhen in history that
    genocides have occurred. Some still have trouble getting to grips with
    this concept:

    The doctor's own ambition was to identify among the Nazis a shared
    psychosis or particular derangement, because only that, he
    believed, could account for their monstrous acts. Yet after
    intense study, Kelley conceded the men were fundamentally
    opportunists who had grabbed the chance to exercise power and
    exploit others. "And he concluded there have always been people
    like this, although the atrocities they commit are much smaller,"
    says [author] El-Hai.

    I think the phrase is rCLthe banality of evilrCY ...


    The Americans, British, Belgians, Russians, Chinese all have histories
    every bit as bloody and evil as the Germans. The only difference is each
    was the victor in their wars and therefore are the ones who write the
    script for the history books. The wars in Africa, Asia and South America
    are every bit as brutal as European wars.
    --
    ADH
    adhellman1@gmail.com

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