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Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior
A few (or even many) "not bad" SS troops in no way absolves the many other SS troops who committed atrocities.
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The only problem with that particular line of thinking is the use of it on military forces of your own nation (this applies to any nation). If some of the military ends up committing atrocities, does it make every one of the people in the same unit, regardless of the number of the "not bad" people, equally as bad as those that committed the atrocity? Or does it make those that commited the atrocity the real bad people and the rest of them the easy scapegoat?
Mind you, I'm not saying that there weren't terrible people in the SS. I'm just saying the simply by being in a unit doesn't mean you are automatically terrible, which is what too many people believe.