PrismmmMMMMmmmm, good! NOT!

RedskinRat · 07-08-2013, 04:01 PM

NSA flubs a campus recruitment visit:

4. They are just doing their jobs. I’m not sure why this is a defense. It didn’t work at Nuremberg. And, it shouldn’t work now. This is not to compare what is happening now as somehow equal to or better or worse than the German holocaust, but to underscore a philosophical point Hannah Arendt made about the nature of modern evil: It’s banal. That means it hasn’t got a pitchfork or horns sprouting out of its head. Rather, it is thousands of ordinary people just doing their jobs.

07-08-2013, 04:01 PM	#28
RedskinRat Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: I'm in LA, trick! Posts: 8,700	Re: PrismmmMMMMmmmm, good! NOT! NSA flubs a campus recruitment visit: 4. They are just doing their jobs. I’m not sure why this is a defense. It didn’t work at Nuremberg. And, it shouldn’t work now. This is not to compare what is happening now as somehow equal to or better or worse than the German holocaust, but to underscore a philosophical point Hannah Arendt made about the nature of modern evil: It’s banal. That means it hasn’t got a pitchfork or horns sprouting out of its head. Rather, it is thousands of ordinary people just doing their jobs. Last edited by RedskinRat; 07-08-2013 at 04:33 PM.

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PrismmmMMMMmmmm, good! NOT!

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