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It's not an attack at you personally. The contrary. But I noticed that a lot of comments found this kind of data collection 'normal'. and apparently in the US t

It's not an attack at you personally. The contrary. But I noticed that a lot of comments found this kind of data collection 'normal'. and apparently in the US this is very much legal. And I as a person find this very troubling, because in Europe these kind of decisions caused a Genocide, which is a result that should not be taken lightly. Do you really want the RNC to collect religious information about all 200 million voters? What happpens if this information falls into wrong hands (in our case it was Nazi's). You just handed someone a potential 200 million long hit list. So yes it went Godwin quickly, but it is the painful truth.

bryondowd 9y ago
I'm no expert on the subject, so feel free to set me straight. It seem to me, though, that this is a bit like cargo culting. An association between some part of a process and the result that doesn't factor in the big picture. More specifically, wouldn't the presence of such lists have proven a minor and nonessential part of the genocide? If the Nazis didn't have those lists, would they have just thrown up their hands and went away? It seems they'd have just gathered the information by the usual 'everyone accusing his neighbor' witch-hunt means, with people using it to settle grudges or other nefarious reasons. Maybe it would be less accurate, and maybe a little slower, but ultimately, you'd probably have about the same amount of bloodshed, I would expect. The real keys to these situations are a powerful group with ill intent and a population that is at least willing to condone it. If those are in place, the list doesn't really matter, and if they aren't in place, the list doesn't really matter. So why does the list matter? Note, this is an invitation to enlighten me, not a firm belief on my part.

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It's not an attack at you personally. The contrary. But I noticed that a lot of comments found this kind of data collection 'normal'. and apparently in the US t

by arianvanp 9y ago

bryondowd 9y ago
I'm no expert on the subject, so feel free to set me straight. It seem to me, though, that this is a bit like cargo culting. An association between some part of a process and the result that doesn't factor in the big picture. More specifically, wouldn't the presence of such lists have proven a minor and nonessential part of the genocide? If the Nazis didn't have those lists, would they have just thrown up their hands and went away? It seems they'd have just gathered the information by the usual 'everyone accusing his neighbor' witch-hunt means, with people using it to settle grudges or other nefarious reasons. Maybe it would be less accurate, and maybe a little slower, but ultimately, you'd probably have about the same amount of bloodshed, I would expect. The real keys to these situations are a powerful group with ill intent and a population that is at least willing to condone it. If those are in place, the list doesn't really matter, and if they aren't in place, the list doesn't really matter. So why does the list matter? Note, this is an invitation to enlighten me, not a firm belief on my part.