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At the risk of invoking Godwin's law....this is exactly Rodolf Hoss' defense at the Nuremberg trails: "Don’t you see, we SS men were not supposed to think abou
by kop316 6y ago
At the risk of invoking Godwin's law....this is exactly Rodolf Hoss' defense at the Nuremberg trails:
"Don’t you see, we SS men were not supposed to think about these things; ... somebody else would have done just as well if I hadn’t"
https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-10/obeying-orders https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/c...
I would be extremely cauticous about using the argument of "well If I don't do it, someone else will".
- FartyMcFarter 6y agoBut that implies that people protesting are doing bad things themselves, as opposed to just working at the same company.
- pmoriarty 6y agoI really hope someone at Google's PR department is paying attention to comparisons like these, and that they realize there are consequences to allowing Google's brand to get dragged through the mud by their relentless antisocial behavior. Google went from being a tech darling where their "Don't be evil" motto was taken seriously to "Google employees are like Nazis". Hope someone in authority at Google is doing some serious soul searching as to why this might be.
- sam0x17 6y agoBut notice there is a difference between following orders and staying in a role but using what power you have to enact change. There is a third route.