Reply #22: The holocaust was not some abberation of human behavior... [View All]

[teknomanzer]

Human beings have been slaughtering each other as far back as anyone can remember. What made the holocaust so shocking in my opinion was the efficiency of the killing -- the application of industrial technology used to create an assembly line style murder factory.

All animals are capable of destruction and killing. I've even heard that chimps make war with other chimps. They only thing they lack is the guns and bombs. The defect you are hinting at is probably the very thing that makes us human in the first place -- our intellectual capacity.