Demjanjuk Trial

[Chairman Ryan]

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_germany_demjanjuk

Just to start a discussion in the off topic.

Does anyone have an opinion on this?

I'm of the mind that while the crimes of the Nazis were indeed horrible beyond comprehension, that a man who is 89 years old and obviously on his deathbed anyways should not be dragged into a courtroom regardless of what he did forty years ago. There's such a thing as sensibility.

What's the point of the trial? To show victory over the Nazis? To exact justice? We already won the war. There's no justice in making an dying old man stand trial for being a peon guard in 1945.

I know there are people who are totally opposed to my opinion on this. But I remain unconvinced that this is justifiably necessary.

[Dr. Q]

I agree with you, and I will go a few steps farther. Jews are taught from a very early age the principles of forgiveness. Unfortunately, some people forget such teachings when blinded by grief - and that is understandable. But after so long, nothing at all is served by forcing someone so old to undergo a trial. This man is very ill, and probably wont be around much longer anyway. Show him the compassion and love he couldn't show those long years ago...be the better man, as it were.

[demonoffides]

At a glance; the man only chose to work for the SS because the alternative was death/capture. People do crazy things in wartime.

[Chairman Ryan]

It's good to know I'm not alone in my opinion!