Are you thankful that Hitler was born? I mean you, nor your children nor anybody around you would be here if he wasn't? Bush wouldn't be president, Saddam would still be in power most likely, Obama wouldn't be around. (Think butterfly effect)

You wouldn't be aware of anything because you wouldn't be here, unless you were born before like 1930 something.

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

Exactly.

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by JimmyG on December 30th, 2008

Anyways, the point of the question is would you give up your life and loved ones lives, to prevent the holocaust.

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

My friend, the only things on this planet I would give up my life for are my children and grandchildren. Period.

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by JimmyG on December 30th, 2008

SOOOO Whats your final answer to the question??

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

You know what? If you could prove to me, indisputably, that my death could prevent something that happened in the past, to wit, the holocaust, I would give it serious consideration. In fact, I'll go further and say, yes. But I would require indisputable proof.

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by JimmyG on December 30th, 2008

There's no proof. It's a hypothetical question. What if a time machine was invented, we went back in time, killed Hitler. But that event made the time machine never exist. WHATTTTTTTT. Parallel universes, space would implode, the rapture, who knows what would happen.

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

Now I have to kill Hitler and die. But at least now you're coming with me. At what point in time do we kill Hitler? At what point does he become guilty? I know it's all hypothetical. But I'm unwilling to give up my life or commit murder, even hypothetically, for a hypothetical. What if we kill Hitler at the wrong moment and the Russians come pouring in before we're ready for them? Stalin was as bad as Hitler, perhaps worse. He gave his orders directly. Hitler just hinted and left it to the gang of lunatics around him to do the dirty work.

Your original question was am I glad Hitler was born...because otherwise I would not have been. No. If Hitler's living was a prerequisite to my own living, then wind the clock back undo the holocaust and wipe my name from the future books along with Hitler's. And my original answer stands.

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by JimmyG on December 30th, 2008

Read a book. Hitler was NOT even close to being the worst mass-murderer. Other governments have killed a far greater number of people. Hitler is like 4th on the list. The question is, would you give up your life, and the life of everybody you know (born since 1930) (aka not ever be born) to prevent the Holocaust?

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

I'd say 4 out of a field of billions ranks pretty high. And his plan was interrupted.

And I can't even think of a way to begin answering your question. Maybe I can come up with a rhetorical answer.

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by dead leaves raked in a pile on December 30th, 2008

thankful maybe have been bad wording. How about "Would you go back in time and shoot Hitler as he was born, even if it meant you and your family and friends would cease to exist?"

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by CAPTCN on December 30th, 2008

It would be a risk, there is no way of knowing what would happen as a result. Great as the evil may have been, worse is possible. I don't think I'd be the one to do it

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by dead leaves raked in a pile on December 30th, 2008