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Then the BBC article is just as clickbaity so you'll be needing this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/contact_us/making_a_complaint.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbct

by nbevans 11y ago

Then the BBC article is just as clickbaity so you'll be needing this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/contact_us/making_a_complaint.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/contact_us/making_a_complaint....

PhasmaFelis 11y ago
The submission rephrases the BBC's title, so there's not even the excuse that it's just quoting it. (And in any case it's not just hyperbolic, it's a lie. A rocket based on a modification of a German design, but designed and built in Britain, cannot be reasonably considered a "German rocket," let alone a "Nazi rocket.")
- arethuza 11y ago
  The article appears to make it pretty clear that the engineering breakthroughs were all part of the V2: "Engineers overseeing the tests realized that von Braun had solved fundamental problems in rocketry: he had designed a sizeable engine, an advanced pump to get fuel in fast enough and a sophisticated guidance system."
jand 11y ago
Well... no. I am no BBC regular, but an HN regular.
JupiterMoon 11y ago
It is worth doing this. We pay our license fee specifically so that we get a non-commercial public interest broadcaster (i.e. in this case non-clickbait article titles). (OK we pay our license fee because otherwise some nasty people take us to court with a criminal charge -- but some of use don't mind paying our license fee because of the whole public service broadcaster thing.)
- nbevans 11y ago
  Well personally I believe "Nazi <specific technology type or name>" is an incredibly common phrasing structure and it seems odd to call out this HN topic or the BBC article for using it. Just search Google for "nazi rocket" for example. Or try "nazi weapons".
  - jand 11y ago
    Try searching google for "awesome facts about". It is very common. But the quality of the content behind the links is less then optimal.
    - nbevans 11y ago
      But the quality of the content is completely optimal. You are clutching at straws. Just admit it; you didn't realise the phrase was incredibly common. Just like "Soviet rocket" or "Soviet <technology>" is. There is nothing wrong with using the words Nazi or Soviet, they are not in any way offensive to anyone. Politics doesn't come into it, it is just about being precise when referring to things.

by nbevans 11y ago

Then the BBC article is just as clickbaity so you'll be needing this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/contact_us/making_a_complaint.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/contact_us/making_a_complaint....

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

The submission rephrases the BBC's title, so there's not even the excuse that it's just quoting it. (And in any case it's not just hyperbolic, it's a lie. A rocket based on a modification of a German design, but designed and built in Britain, cannot be reasonably considered a "German rocket," let alone a "Nazi rocket.")

arethuza 11y ago
The article appears to make it pretty clear that the engineering breakthroughs were all part of the V2: "Engineers overseeing the tests realized that von Braun had solved fundamental problems in rocketry: he had designed a sizeable engine, an advanced pump to get fuel in fast enough and a sophisticated guidance system."

jand 11y ago

Well... no. I am no BBC regular, but an HN regular.

JupiterMoon 11y ago

It is worth doing this. We pay our license fee specifically so that we get a non-commercial public interest broadcaster (i.e. in this case non-clickbait article titles). (OK we pay our license fee because otherwise some nasty people take us to court with a criminal charge -- but some of use don't mind paying our license fee because of the whole public service broadcaster thing.)

nbevans 11y ago
Well personally I believe "Nazi <specific technology type or name>" is an incredibly common phrasing structure and it seems odd to call out this HN topic or the BBC article for using it. Just search Google for "nazi rocket" for example. Or try "nazi weapons".
- jand 11y ago
  Try searching google for "awesome facts about". It is very common. But the quality of the content behind the links is less then optimal.
  - nbevans 11y ago
    But the quality of the content is completely optimal. You are clutching at straws. Just admit it; you didn't realise the phrase was incredibly common. Just like "Soviet rocket" or "Soviet <technology>" is. There is nothing wrong with using the words Nazi or Soviet, they are not in any way offensive to anyone. Politics doesn't come into it, it is just about being precise when referring to things.