So, if I stab somebody with a kitchen knife, my intention to stab had nothing to do with it. It's all the fault of the kitchen knife. Nay -- it is the fault of the factory that makes kitchen knives, and the whole insitution of having kitchens and knives in general.
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Joanna <123hop at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The Moral Case for Health Care
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 1:07 AM
> Miles wrote:
>
> "And just so with the Holocaust: any explanation that
> hinges on the psychological characteristics of people is a
> nonstarter, because the Holocaust was the product of a
> complex ensemble of social relations. Without conducive
> social structure and technology (e.g., bureaucratic
> organization, mass transportation, recordkeeping), the
> Holocaust would have been impossible, Hitler's vicious
> hatred notwithstanding."
>
> Just so. Also, let's not forget that what the Germans were
> able to do in eastern europe would not have been possible
> without the assistance of the locals. Where that assistance
> was not forthcoming, they had a much harder time.
>
> Joanna
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