Define normality. Most studies have shown that situational factors are far ore important with regards to obedience than dispositional, thus it can be assumed that given the right conditions, any one of us could have advocated what the Nazis were doing.
Define normality. Most studies have shown that situational factors are far ore important with regards to obedience than dispositional, thus it can be assumed that given the right conditions, any one of us could have advocated what the Nazis were doing.
But now that everybody knows the facts of the Holocaust, we can look at it in the past as horrible. The Nazis at the time were pressured into it. I said normal people think it was evil, not normal people *thought* it was evil.
If you want to get all technical, I'll use a different word then. I just thought we could relate to the word *normal*. How about it looks evil to a regular everyday normal guy.
Do you really have no idea what I meant? If so, I mean that a person that doesn't believe in genecide will look back on the Holocaust as a negative. If you do know what I mean, there's really no point in continuing this discussion.
Just saying, you shouldn't keep responding because I used a word you didn't like. You know the meaning what what I was sasying, so unless you want to try to convince me that the Holocaust was a positive, this dicussion is pointless.
I am not disputing that the Holocaust was a negative, but that saying it was abnormal would be innacurrate.
Normality has 4 conflicting definitions. The Holocaust could be encompassed into each of these without any difficulty. Cultural relativism is not taken into account, and so the behaviour displayed by the Nazis with regards to the Holocaust could be perceived as 'normal' depending on your situation.
I am not disputing that the Holocaust was a negative
Then we're done. I am well aware that normal is a broad word, but under the context of my argument, I thought it was clear what I meant, and you understand it. If you want to talk about normality, create a *normal* thread. But this discussion... it's not normal.
Whether or not you intended it in your original line of argument, I'm surprised that you can't see the significance of the concept of 'normality' with regards to the Holocaust. The implications it could have and has had are very serious. It's how we understand how and why the Nazis did what they did, and how to stop it from happening again.
"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list." Denis Leary
Whether or not you intended it in your original line of argument, I'm surprised that you can't see the significance of the concept of 'normality' with regards to the Holocaust. The implications it could have and has had are very serious. It's how we understand how and why the Nazis did what they did, and how to stop it from happening again.
Right, but that's not what I'm saying. I used the word because I thought it was the easiest for the reader to relate to. If you want to dicuss the impact normality has on the Holocaust, great, do that, but I'm not arguing on that. There's actually a better thread to discuss that in right here.
That thread is specifically aimed at obedience in the area oof social influence. Normality falls under psychopathology. They are very different indeed, although I can see why you'd make that link.
Whether or not you intended it in your original line of argument, I'm surprised that you can't see the significance of the concept of 'normality' with regards to the Holocaust. The implications it could have and has had are very serious. It's how we understand how and why the Nazis did what they did, and how to stop it from happening again.
normality is defined as the status quo in that time period and area. In a place where everyone wears no underpants and pants (let it hang, thats right), and you are the only person who wears pants, you are the abnormal.
The nazi's were normal by the standard that everyone "was doing it" therefore under that Nazis are technically normal.
"In a world gone mad, only a lunatic is truly insane"
The nazi's were normal by the standard that everyone "was doing it" therefore under that Nazis are technically normal.
Most people who were involved and even committed the atrocities didn't think they were doing anything wrong even the German people supported them. For example, the members of the July 20th plot were considered traitors and basically just trash even their families and descendants were looked down upon until about the 1960's or so when the German people finally realized what happened was horrible and wrong.
