Reply #42: I accept your statements regarding the value of life.

[krkaufman]

However, the Hitler comparison is unnecessary and irrelevant, since any murderer's name would suffice to champion the value of a life lost. What sets Hitler apart was the cold bureaucratic efficacy with which he dispatched millions, and I'm thrilled that we haven't yet arrived at that station. We're just repeating the time-honored tradition of murder (aka collateral damage) through warfare, with bonus carnage due to amoral incompetence (at best).

In some ways, Iraq has been worse than Auschwitz.

Not a reasonable comparison, since any one situation cannot be compared to another based on the experiences of a single person at either. Certainly, Iraqi Salim B's experience, having been murdered in Abu Ghraib, may be considered "worse" than Auschwitz survivor Simon G's experiences during WW2, if the greatest weight is given to survival; but no comparison can be made overall based on such a small sampling. Each travesty is horrific in their own special way.