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Originally Posted by samboraisgodUK
There's a really important distinction between colonialism and the holocaust though - namely that colonialism had quite a lot of aims and the suffering of many was a byproduct of that. It's more of an amoral Machiavellian way of thinking that they simply didn't care if indigenous people got hurt as long as they got what they wanted. The holocaust was just downright wanton evil for evil's sake.
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Genocide is genocide. What the reason is doesn't really matter. Holocaust was reckless colonialism as well when you boil it down to the core. Germans took over Poland and killed everyone Jewish there (and everywhere else where they took over). Whatever you see it, the differences are marginal. Killing 10 Million people in Congo is no different and there can't possibly be any justification for it. Just the fact that you argue the way you argue shows how twisted our minds think (and I said it myself - I don't get any emotions thinking about it either...but that is WRONG!)....
Anyhow - just my opinions...