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What happened to Native Americans was "kind of a big deal" too. So was slavery. Should people therefore bring them up every time there's a completely unrelated

• creshal 10y ago
  In a "completely unrelated" discussion? No. But bringing up past German government failures in a discussion about a German government tightening up blanket surveillance of all their citizens is not "completely unrelated".
  • hartpuff 10y ago
    Let's hear it, then, what's the relationship between banning anonymous SIM cards and genocide.
    • creshal 10y ago
      Being able to map SIM cards to persons + phone location tracking = ? I'll let you work out the rest yourself.
      • hartpuff 10y ago
        Do I take it from this that you're unable to explain the connection you made between this subject and the Holocaust?
• throwanem 10y ago
  Completely unrelated? A German government legislates the use of technology to make identifying and tracking its citizens easier, and you can't see how people draw the comparison? As for your invidious attempt to distract from said comparison by slinging mud, I'll just point out that you're severely underplaying your hand here - a goodly fraction of what went into Hitlerism, not least the theory and practice of eugenics, originated with Progressive Era luminaries of the United States. Indeed, our nation might've gone much the same way as yours, were it not for the benefit of Germany's salutary, if horrible, example.
  • hartpuff 10y ago
    > and you can't see how people draw the comparison? Between collecting data on SIM card ownership and the Holocaust? No, I can't see how any level-headed person can draw such a comparison. > As for your invidious attempt to distract from said comparison by slinging mud WTH are you talking about?