GPGeorge
George Hepworth
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Excellent. You do admit to the abysmal level of education in math, physics, and chemistry among today's university students. That is merely an extension of the scope of the problem.Does it make their lives any better if they knew?
I didn't know that, but if knowing how many jews were killed makes my life and my society better, I'll start reading history books.
Personally I think their low level of capability in math, physics, chemistry is much more critical and has more impact in their lives, than their level of knowledge in history. If for any reason someday I gain the power, I work more on scientific aspects.
Again just what I think. You may think different and be happy that I won't have that power ever.![]()
In one sense, you're right, the exact number of people slaughtered is not the critical factor. And, by the way, it was not just Jews. The total includes millions of Eastern Europeans who were inconveniently living in land the Nazis coveted.
Rather, the point is that it did happen; it was systematic; it was at the very the heart of the National Socialists' core agenda. When young people are no longer told the truth about the scale and depth of that horror, tragedy looms before us again.
I'm quite sure the commanders of the SS extermination squads were happy too. The problem is not that people are happy in their ignorance.
The problem is that ignorance leads to further tragedy.