Discussion: NYTMag's Big Ethical Question Goes Super Viral: Would You Kill Baby Hitler?

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Next Big Ethical Question for the Times:

Did Hillary Clinton break her foot off in any of the ass she was kicking yesterday? And if so, to whom did said ass belong?

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Youā€™re welcome!

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I am probably taking this too seriously, but I must say that I think that historians do themselves a disservice when they assume that Hitlerā€™s evil was exceptional and that, without him, the Nazis would never have come to power, WWII would never have happened, or the holocaust would have been avoided. Unfortunately, I think that Hitlerā€™s evil was pretty much perfectly ordinary. Virulent antisemitism and territorial chauvinism were rife in German culture. And there was a lot of resentment in Germany related to the terms of the Versailles treaty and the economic situation. The situation was ripe for the rise of a dictator. If it hadnā€™t been Hitler, it would have been some other Nazi.

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Nope. I rather believe heā€™d have tasted better alive.

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Me in time machine reverse chronological order: I go back and pick up some property in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan circa 1970s, then back to the 50s and see Mel Torme live at the Crescendo in LA, then kill Baby Hitler.

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Is this an ethical viewpoint?:

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The thing I would like for us to contemplate about yesterdayā€™s hearing is that once upon a time, not too long ago, just about every Congressman or woman was a very capable person. I wouldnā€™t hire any of the Republican lawyer members of the committee to handle a speeding ticket. The entire select group of Republicans is second tier. Sometimes I wonder how those folks were able to win an election, then I remember nearly all the select Republicans on Trey Gowdyā€™s committee are Kochsuckers.

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It seems to me that transportation would be a big issue here. Weā€™re seeing that pretty much everyone would have a few ā€œerrandsā€ to do before getting to the baby killing part, which would need to take place in Austria, right? So Iā€™ve seen a few time travel movies and it seems like the big hassle is always GETTING SENT TO THE RIGHT TIME OR PLACE. What if you get sent to Austrialia instead?

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: ā€œDonā€™t you know the Boys from Brazil are little Hitlers? I saw it in a movie once, whose name I canā€™t remember!ā€
Homer Simpson

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ā€œGet him admitted to Art Schoolā€ shoulda been one of the choices.

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No one in history illustrates the old meme that ā€œReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by their rulers as useful.ā€ better than Constantine. His convenient conversion and use of that wretched fairy tale led to the murderous history laid at the feet of that cult to this day.

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Actually thereā€™s an entire school of historical thought that argues exactly that. If Hitler didnā€™t exist the Germany of the 1930s would create him.

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ā€œHitlerā€¦THERE was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon! TWO coats!ā€

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Does the Hitler baby yell and scream at the next table when Iā€™m trying to enjoy a meal at a nice restaurant?
Then yes, absolutely.

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Thatā€™s why you have to go to that undeveloped place just outside Hill Valley.

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Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™ve had Hitler Baby on a few flights.

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You just know Baby Hitler is going to annex kindergardenā€¦

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My guess is YES!

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Those books Iā€™ve read about Hitler including The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich say exactly this.

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This question was already discussed in the 1995 film The Last Supper

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