Deadshot wrote:

ExFideFortis wrote:

 oldzoggy wrote:
The humanoid in the example was not a mutant. It was an allowed ab-human from a low G planet.


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If you are deviant enough to be picked up as "non standard" you are likely a filthy heretic mutant.

This sounds very familiar

There is no need to bring that into 40k. It goes without saying that there is no valid comparison to be made between what you posted and a fictional universe where the human race actually is on the brink of annihilation due to aliens, mutants and heretics. Given the setting and "realities" of 40k, the Space Marines probably were justified that little snippet. They certainly would be in a position to know. Again, that fiction cannot be compared to things in reality.

Thanks for that accusation ExFide but no. Let's not get into that stuff. But for arguments sake I'll explain why its different.
Jew = human with a particularly religion and heritage, from another part of the world.
Those guys = human sub-type (or ab-human, which means not human), that are genetically deviant enough to be detected by a mechanically scanner that lacks bias. Its literally a scanner that says if the target matches human DNA or not.

In this case not. So purge, because its a potential threat to the human, its a potential heretic and potential mutant. Anything not human is a threat to humanity, even today, that's a fact. Its unfortunate that they tetered just outside the acceptable level of human, but they weren't human.

 oldzoggy wrote:
The eradication of a mutant threat... What a bright and revolutionary idea.

But seriously if you don't see the connection you should really read up on Eugenics. They might not have taught about it in your history class but it was quite popular in the US and GB and the rest of the world for a moment in time and had a huge impact on that whole era of time.

This might be a good start
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_eugenics

ExFideFortis wrote:

 Deadshot wrote:

ExFideFortis wrote:

 oldzoggy wrote:
The humanoid in the example was not a mutant. It was an allowed ab-human from a low G planet.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

If you are deviant enough to be picked up as "non standard" you are likely a filthy heretic mutant.

This sounds very familiar

There is no need to bring that into 40k. It goes without saying that there is no valid comparison to be made between what you posted and a fictional universe where the human race actually is on the brink of annihilation due to aliens, mutants and heretics. Given the setting and "realities" of 40k, the Space Marines probably were justified that little snippet. They certainly would be in a position to know. Again, that fiction cannot be compared to things in reality.

Thanks for that accusation ExFide but no. Let's not get into that stuff. But for arguments sake I'll explain why its different.
Jew = human with a particularly religion and heritage, from another part of the world.
Those guys = human sub-type (or ab-human, which means not human), that are genetically deviant enough to be detected by a mechanically scanner that lacks bias. Its literally a scanner that says if the target matches human DNA or not.

In this case not. So purge, because its a potential threat to the human, its a potential heretic and potential mutant. Anything not human is a threat to humanity, even today, that's a fact. Its unfortunate that they tetered just outside the acceptable level of human, but they weren't human.

I didn't accuse you of anything friend, I was actually defending you from the accusation. I assume you just confused our names.

 Lord Corellia wrote:
There was a picture of a massive Guard army (Cadian obviously, though not in the traditional colours. They had black pants and brown highlights/ lines on their armour if I remember) and there were a few black Guardsmen prominently pictured near the front. Thought it was from the current book, but it must have been a WD thing.