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It's actually very tasteless. So if we have to write like you suggest, an article on German engineering should also mention the Holocaust? You should be embar
by Justin_K 6y ago
It's actually very tasteless. So if we have to write like you suggest, an article on German engineering should also mention the Holocaust? You should be embarrassed.
- slg 6y agoI don't think German engineering is particularly tied to the Holocaust in the same way German order is. It was used by countless people as a defense of their actions [1]. Now if you were writing an article about German engineering, I would be mildly surprised if there was no reference to their rocket program in WWII. But given the topic, I think that wouldn't leave the same negative taste in my mouth. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
- codr7 6y agoI grew up in Sweden, traveled a lot across Europe and lived 5 years in Germany. From my experience, Germans tend to do what they're told without questioning. They will happily line up at an empty street and wait for the light to turn green, and they get really upset if you mention the Holocaust; because those are the rules. I have no trouble seeing how these traits contributed to what happened.
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- rsynnott 6y agoI think it’s often tempting for people to, on considering the holocaust, look for a reason that Germany is special and something like that couldn’t happen elsewhere. It’s reassuring. It doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny, though; genocides have been committed from everything from borderline failed states to states that appeared a lot more functional than Nazi Germany (which really wasn’t all that ordered).
- dang 6y agoPlease don't cross into personal attack regardless of how strongly you disagree. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html