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It's more complex than that. Imagine that you are a US company operating in Germany that provides German citizens with an incredible amount of information that

by leoh 6y ago

It's more complex than that. Imagine that you are a US company operating in Germany that provides German citizens with an incredible amount of information that wouldn't otherwise be available. You have thousands of people working in Germany. Occasionally, the Nazis ask you to censor things, If you don't, your entire team is at risk and will all loose their employment and citizens of Germany will loose access to an incredible amount of information and services. It's not cut and dry.

chance_state 6y ago
>It's not cut and dry. Yeah, it actually is. You tell the Nazi's to fuck off and if they kick you out, they kick you out.
- tomc1985 6y ago
  And then a number of your former staff and their families are kidnapped and sent into work/death camps
anigbrowl 6y ago
How do you feel about the German proscription on Nazi symbolism/speech? It's not absolute; for example, Mein Kampf is still published in Germany, but in academic critical editions which provide extensive historical information to place it in context.
- himinlomax 6y ago
  The restrictions on Nazi symbolism are clearly infringing on freedom of speech, and should be recognized as such. On the other hand, they are somewhat limited in scope (though not enough to my taste, see video games) and more importantly, understandable in their very specific context. They were arguably needed in the aftermath of WW2 when denazification didn't go as smoothly and naturally as could have been hoped, if only to remove the social proof that Nazism might not have been entirely defeated.
himinlomax 6y ago
A more fitting parabole would be, a US company banned from operating in Germany that could provide German citizens with an incredible amount of information if only the German government didn't block any access to its service. Because in case you hadn't noticed, Google is entirely blocked in communist China.

by leoh 6y ago

chance_state 6y ago

>It's not cut and dry. Yeah, it actually is. You tell the Nazi's to fuck off and if they kick you out, they kick you out.

tomc1985 6y ago
And then a number of your former staff and their families are kidnapped and sent into work/death camps

anigbrowl 6y ago

How do you feel about the German proscription on Nazi symbolism/speech? It's not absolute; for example, Mein Kampf is still published in Germany, but in academic critical editions which provide extensive historical information to place it in context.

himinlomax 6y ago
The restrictions on Nazi symbolism are clearly infringing on freedom of speech, and should be recognized as such. On the other hand, they are somewhat limited in scope (though not enough to my taste, see video games) and more importantly, understandable in their very specific context. They were arguably needed in the aftermath of WW2 when denazification didn't go as smoothly and naturally as could have been hoped, if only to remove the social proof that Nazism might not have been entirely defeated.

himinlomax 6y ago

A more fitting parabole would be, a US company banned from operating in Germany that could provide German citizens with an incredible amount of information if only the German government didn't block any access to its service. Because in case you hadn't noticed, Google is entirely blocked in communist China.