I would love to simply retreat to a cedar cabin in the mountains surrounded by pines with access to a nearby creek. Such a cabin would be a place of contemplation and adventure between forays into the urban mire. At present I am doing research into affordable microbial home heating and electrical production.
I think that the students were trying to make a valid point. There is little or no difference between Hitlers Nazis and todays UN and Euro- American imperialist atrocities. When the final death tolls of our atrocities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other nations are tallied, future generations will consider Hitlers atrocities nominal compared to ours.