The honest answer, Shamshir, is probably time, and maybe expectations too. Expectations as the Nazis are in a comparatively recent time, and so close to how we are developmentally speaking, that it sickens us to think how a modern thinking mind can be so easily turned into such an abomination. 

It can be different in the different cultures, the southern part of Tehran is still called Nazi Abad (built by Nazis), you can look at Nazicenter website to see how Iranians respect Nazis!

Very good question Shamshir. I think the reason is fairly simple. Nazis did horrible things and murdered people because of an ideology, one which placed them as eugenically superior to other races. Mongols did a lot of horrible things similar to what the Nazis did but they only killed the people's they conquered to instil fear in hopes of conquering more land. They didn't gas or experiment on people and surely didn't kill people because they viewed themselves as racially superior to anyone... Which is exactly why they later on soaked up the religion/culture of those they conquered.

The Mongols were a result of harsh life lived in the Steppes, thirst for opulence and a charismatic leader.... Nazis were a result of something very un-natural and sickening to the average person..

To expand what MM has said here:  

"Barbarism was a common and expected behavior among conquerors in the time of the Mongols, but not during WWII." In the 19th Century Germany reunified and rose to become one of the major contributors to Western civilization in the arts and sciences. No one expected it to buy into the theatrical barbarism of the Nazis, nor to seriously contemplate the extermination of Europes Jewery, much less to put an actual program for their extermination into practice. If the German civilization could give rise to such an anathema, then what of the rest of us? The Mongols, on the other hand, were barbarians from the start. Writers such as Harold Lamb could give a dramatic enough account on life in the Gobi during their time to make their barbarism understandable. So it arises from a perceived difference in their respective levels of civilization, rather than being a double standard in judgment.

Edited by lirelou - 22-Feb-2013 at 20:43

The question remains.... Who killed more people? The Mongols or the Nazis? Both took the lives of millions, that's for sure...

Originally posted by Shamshir The title is self explanatory.

I go with Alani's response.

Cultural mores and standards changed considerably from the time of the Mongols to the time of the Nazis.  Previously everyone behaved that way, and then by the 20th century no one was supposed to behave that way any longer.

Interesting that you did not make your comparison to the Asian WWII Axis power, the Japanese, probably a closer comparison than Asiatic Mongols to Western European Germanics.

Originally posted by Shamshir Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising The honest answer, Shamshir, is probably time, and maybe expectations too. Expectations as the Nazis are in a comparatively recent time, and so close to how we are developmentally speaking, that it sickens us to think how a modern thinking mind can be so easily turned into such an abomination.  So, say 300 years from now the Nazis' crimes would be considered a normal event in history just like those of the Mongols? Our moral code shouldn't be bound by time and space. Either demonize both Nazis and Mongols or don't do it altogether. Don't you agree?

It's not that easy, nor do I think that 300 years from now Nazi crimes wil be considered normal.  That's a quantum leap in logic unsubstantiated by anything.  While we acknowledge that the behavior of the Mongols was "normal" for their time and culture, we still do not accept it despite a much greater passage of time.

Acknowledging cultural differences does not equate to acceptance, nor to indifference.

If Mongolians had killed local peoples as Nazis murdering Slavs Mongol empire or invasion couldn't be so successful. I think the Mongol army violence and murdering were only for make fear for next target nations or  rebels.There is a legend:
Once Genghis Khan and his generals were planned to massacre all the northern Chinese. Then Yelu Chucai said who will pay you taxes and tribute. So Genghis Khan changed his mind.

Edited by baydlag - 15-Mar-2013 at 01:52

Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri It can be different in the different cultures, the southern part of Tehran is still called Nazi Abad (built by Nazis), you can look at Nazicenter website to see how Iranians respect Nazis!

I have to wonder if the current Iranian-Israeli state of affairs has something to do with all this. It just may be that a natural reaction to decades-long Israeli bullying and hegemony in the region is the root cause of the supposed Iranian obsession with German national socialism. 

Well I really have no fear of being roasted and eaten by board members in regards to Holocaust revisionism, but is it the administartion's position that that should be the treatment received by those who would dare question certain historical events? I would hope not... 

Edited by Auggie - 24-Jun-2013 at 13:36