Donovan
beer, I want beer
The Saint said:Come to think of it, just over 6 million not covered by the Kohrerr-Plate report, yet another instance of that magical, talisman-like number which is apparently utterly unalterable by reduction of any of its subtotals.
And to answer one of Donovan's more hilarious earlier statements, paraphrasing: "If it could be conclusively proven that only 500k died..." I believe it can be, which is why anyone who tries is blacklisted or otherwise removed from any station from which they could dispense any such finding and be regarded with the seriousness they deserve. Anyone who could prove it is rendered unable to do so or slandered/libeled to the point where no one will take them seriously if they do prove it.
You're missing my point from the beginning, which was that there should be no distinction between half a million dead ( a ridiculously low total) and the 5.5 you worry so much about. We just went to war for six years because 3,000 people died. Now, there are some who say that number is inflated. Does it make a difference in the reaction? Not really. The Nazis by deliberate act and incitement, were responsible for one of the greatest acts of planned genocide in the last century. Was it the only horrible event? No. But the Nazis' aforementioned "detailed recordkeeping" made it one of the most convenient to track. Stalin's purges, the Khmer Rouge, Rwanda, Dharfur, etc. will forever be under debate because the killings were not categorized in such detail. All we'll ever know is that lots of people died or disappeared. Unfortunately for the Nazis, they counted them all.
As for whether my statements are hilarious: I live to entertain. Although I suspect the desire to laugh at mass murder says a little more about you than me...