On 6 Apr 2008 22:54:32 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch"
<kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Sean O'Hara <seanohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Why? Germany still prosecuted genuine crimes like rape and murder
>> under the Nazi regime, ...
>
>Anyone convicted of those genuine crimes by the Nazi regime should
>have been given the benefit of the doubt, and freed.
Really?
>If a criminal gang tem****arily took over your town, should its
>decisions be honored as the acts of a legitimate government?
The Nazis were a gang, but they weren't a criminal one, mostly,
under the Weimar constitution and the laws of Germany. Most of
what the Nazis did, including the operation of the criminal
courts, was not only lawful under their laws, but would have been
lawful under our laws, as well.
--
Doug Wickström
har fiol, vill resa
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