Originally Posted by
Superguy
But would a reasonable person not have killed a Jew if they knew they would be killed instead?
Hate to say it, but reasonableness is relative to some degree. I agree that killing someone just because is wrong, but at the same time, considering how messed up Germany was at the time and if it was an "either me or them" type of deal, what would a reasonable person do?
But then you would have to prove it was a him or me proposition.
I agree reasonableness is relative to a degree. To me a person knowingly digging their own grave and then running to the edge of it on a soldier's orders knowing you would be executed is completely unreasonable behavior, but it happened. And it happened to with enough frequency you can't honestly make the claim that all of those people were unreasonable.
Thankfully the him or me proposition is rare. Let us pray that we are never in the soldier's or the Jew's position.