[mburbank]

Vince; while I was of course moved and impressed by your typewritten threats against Helm, I'm fairly sure you missed what he was getting at. You read the phrase "Hitler wasn't evil" and your ability to think went straight out the window.

Helms point was that once you label someone 'Evil', you know longer need to think about how they came to power or why or how to recognize it happening or prevent it from happening gain. You don't need to think.

Hitler could have been (and may have been) the most deeply evil bastard ever. Without national context that might have amounted to absolutely nothing beyond a very nasty mediocre painter obsessed with Jews.

Here's the sad thing. For Helm, English is a second language and his communication skills are better than yours.

Your so eager to have your little righteous berserker rages. Does it make you feel all manly? And does it matter to you tht in the process you completely missunderstand that someone is saying? Do you really think Helm meant "Ahhh, Hitler was no big deal."? And if he did mean that, don't you think I'd find it offensive?