Demjanjuk - guilty or not guilty?

[rjmacs]

Chakravartin wrote:
While he made a token gesture to indicate that Demjanjuk would not be absolved in such a case, he subsequently proceeded to put the entire burden of guilt upon the state rather than the individual, calling Demjanjuk a "scapegoat."

Scapegoats aren't by definition blameless or innocent, and in this case i have made no claim that Demjanjuk is either one. Scapegoats are people who are assigned blame that should reasonably be assigned to additional or different targets.

I never put the "entire burden of guilt upon the state rather than the individual." I said that the state is worthy of a part of the blame for these crimes, and that when we focus SOLELY on individuals, we miss an important part of the evil of totalitarianism, which is that it is systemic.

BOTH/AND. Not EITHER/OR.