“Sociopath: A person who isasocial or antisocial and who lacks a social cosnscience, a psychopath”
“Social: 2 concerned with the mutual realations of human beings”
“Human: 4 showing(esp the better) qualities of man”
His actions proved his inhumanity. Was he biologically a “human”? Yes- but we require more than that to meet all facets of being human. Do you dispute me calling him “inhuman”?
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But, Hitler just facillitated the killing all those unfeeling, callous, sociopathic Jews. So they weren’t human. So Hitler didn’t do anything wrong after all. So he’s probably in heaven. Thanks for clearing that up, DITWD.
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You know, poetry is not biology, nor was it ever meant to be. In this case, it also makes for poor morality, IMNSHO. You did not merely call Hitler inhuman, you denied that he was human, that he was a person at all, and used that to help justify your denying him what your God asks you to give to all humans. Use poetic languange and call him inhuman, a monster, whatever, but if you deny him the real-life rights of a human because one can metaphorically claim he was not human, you’re on awful thin moral ice. Or do you think your God only wants you to grant human rights to people who “show (esp the better) qualities of man”? That is the definition of human from your dictionary, isn’t it?
Daniel,
You are fighting very hard to maintain your justification for your right to judge the heart and soul of Hitler. Do you want judgment so very much? By your words, it seems you do.
Trisk- Since I am hardly the provider of Judgement- i could certainly be wrong on this. Let me put it another way- if anyone is doomed to everlasting hell- IMHO it would be Hitler. JC could accept anyones sincere repentance- which, again- IMHO- Hitler was incapable of.
Gaudere- note i said “I can argue…”- and i have provided Dictionary definitions that would support that under SOME definitions of “human”- Hitler did not qualify. That is different from saying “Hitler was not a human being” (as he does qualify under the rest). You DO agree he was “inhuman”- right?
When someone says someone else is “inhuman”, they are usually referring to his behavior. They are NOT saying that he is not homo sapiens. (If they are, they are ignorant.)
jab- it is better to read the posts before you hit reply.
There are several definitions of “Human”- one of them is “homo sapiens”- but another is what we mean when we say someone is “inhuman”.