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To: Lane3 who wrote (8432)	4/11/2002 6:43:53 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 21057

Comparisons of other things to the Holocaust are done too often in my opinion. Some diversity might be useful, we can start comparing horrible things to the killing fields of Cambodia, or to the man made famine in the Soviet Union.... There are some similarities between 9/11 and the Holocaust. Both of them killed a lot of innocent people and both of them where target primarily at civilians. Of course the differences are important as well. The Holocaust was a lot bigger and it was the action of the government of a large country, rather then just the action of a few dozen people (including the people who directly supported the attack but where not on the planes) that where part of a organization with several thousand members. Since the Holocaust was much worse and since there are other differences I can see why someone would say the comparison is less then ideal, but I don't see any reason to be taken aback by the comparison. Both where acts of horrible evil. Its not like when people compare trivial things to the holocaust. Tim

To: Lane3 who wrote (8432)	4/11/2002 6:43:59 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I think one major difference is that the Jews were powerless to fight back. The Holocaust involved eradicating Jews who had little or no power to halt their destruction, while we are a great country more than able to extract vengeance for an act of terrorism against our country. We have, after all, leveled a country (which was already leveled) in response to 9/11. I think it also minimizes the Holocaust to compare the slight loss of life on 9/11 with millions of Jews and others killed in the Holocaust. Most comparisons with the Holocaust are not apt because so few tragedies have the scope of the Holocaust. It is best not to compare other events with it, unless the loss of life is outrageous, and the victims are blameless civilians, whose only crimes is being of a different race of religion. Just my opinion. There are other problems with the comparison, but those two bother me the most.