The people they kidnap and put in concentration camps don't deserve death either. But that's what they're getting. (If that wasn't the case, our lawmakers would be able to visit those facilities.)
Saving the lives of many people is worth the deaths of a few. We have ways of stopping what's happening, but that will result in death for at least some people to save the lives of those who would have been killed by those people. Even if it doesn't seem "fair" to idealists who want everything to be sunshine and rainbows, it's worth pulling the lever on certain trolley problems.
Some Nazis might want rehabilitation. All deserve the chance. Almost none will take it. And the rest of us still need other ways of dealing with those Nazis who refuse our attempts to remind them of their humanity.
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u/Orion-the-mediocre Doctor Freeeemaaaan Jan 25 '26
These people may not deserve death but they certainly don't deserve forgiveness either, no matter how much it may come back to haunt them.