S.T.A.G.E. said:
Yes....there seems to be a disconnect in logic here. The inquisition was handled by the state which is why in our country we have a separation of church and state. You leave your people at the mercy of religious zealots if you let them have power. Thats why we handle things in a secular fashion. It allows us to welcome all religions and have people come here and worship freely without people taking sides.
Islamic believers and people who live in major islamic territories do not have to speak or apologize for radicals because they've been terrorizing them far more than they have with us.
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That is a matter of opinion, maybe they do, maybe they don't.
By the same logic, nazis that DID NOT take part in massacres or killings of anyone should not be considered as having any responsibility in the events of WW2.
In my opinion they DO have a responsibility. NOT the same level of responsibility as those having committed the crimes but they still have chosen to follow a political system that is responsible for committing heinous crimes.
Though in the public opinion NOBODY speaks of making a difference between nazis that committed crimes and those who did not. This is so much so that I sometimes hear people say "During WW2 The Germans did this and the Germans did that" which COULD be considered racist as not all Germans were nazis.
The point is nazism is nazism and while I believe a nazi that never killed anyone should not be held directly accountable for the crimes of the others, such nazi still chose to follow that political vision that led to the horrible crimes we all know about.