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> laughing, clearly in a joking way, not at all in a historical way What should the penalty be for laughing in a non-"historical way"?

by prvc 4y ago

kube-system 4y ago
From our government? Nothing. From a private organization? Whatever their rules are, as long as they are within the law. It is exceedingly common for private organizations to have standards of behavior that are much more than required by law.
dwaltrip 4y ago
The book is a symbol for the immense suffering inflicted by the Nazi regime. I can sympathize with not wanting students brazenly laughing at that in front of a large audience. It’s not a good look - they aren’t representing the university well. That being said, I’m not sure what general rule I would want to set if I was in charge of this policy at a university. It’s certainly a thorny issue.
- allarm 4y ago
  As a person who had family members who fought the WWII and who suffered from said nazis, may I ask to let people laugh at whatever book they want to? There’s no harm in it whatsoever. Thank you.
wilg 4y ago
The penalty according to Stanford Daily would be "reckoning". This is all very silly.
- prvc 4y ago
  Battling the temptation to laugh in a joking way.
fnordpiglet 4y ago
A indigenous circle practice
zozbot234 4y ago
Mein Kampf is reportedly and famously an extremely boring book, so if you can laugh at it you can laugh at anything.
- Ancapistani 4y ago
  I’ve read it. I’m not sure I’d call it boring, as I was making parallels to what actually happened after it was written the entire time, but it’s definitely monotonous. The author was a better artist than writer, and you might remember how that career turned out for him.
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    >The author was a better artist than writer, and you might remember how that career turned out for him. And then it turned out that politics became his most successful career. People didn't like his art or writing enough to make a stable career out of those things, but they were more than happy to vote for him and then follow him into a disastrous, brutal war and also build extermination camps for murdering millions. I think there's a lesson here about what kind of people go into politics, and how bad people are at choosing their leaders.
    - throwawaywu 4y ago
      I a bit of a nutter and ran for a local election because nobody sane would run against this truly crazy lady. Seriously, if your remotely a decent person of any political stripe please consider running for a election. Especially if you don't want to. You'll do a lot of good.
    - red-iron-pine 4y ago
      I choose my leaders based on those who volunteer. To quote Bill Clinton "the best candidate never runs". If the choice is a demagogue or an idiot, which do you choose? And if you're not happy with these choices, why aren't you running?
      - 4y ago

> laughing, clearly in a joking way, not at all in a historical way What should the penalty be for laughing in a non-"historical way"?

by prvc 4y ago

> laughing, clearly in a joking way, not at all in a historical way What should the penalty be for laughing in a non-"historical way"?

kube-system 4y ago

From our government? Nothing. From a private organization? Whatever their rules are, as long as they are within the law. It is exceedingly common for private organizations to have standards of behavior that are much more than required by law.

dwaltrip 4y ago

The book is a symbol for the immense suffering inflicted by the Nazi regime. I can sympathize with not wanting students brazenly laughing at that in front of a large audience. It’s not a good look - they aren’t representing the university well. That being said, I’m not sure what general rule I would want to set if I was in charge of this policy at a university. It’s certainly a thorny issue.

allarm 4y ago
As a person who had family members who fought the WWII and who suffered from said nazis, may I ask to let people laugh at whatever book they want to? There’s no harm in it whatsoever. Thank you.

wilg 4y ago

The penalty according to Stanford Daily would be "reckoning". This is all very silly.

prvc 4y ago
Battling the temptation to laugh in a joking way.

fnordpiglet 4y ago

A indigenous circle practice

zozbot234 4y ago

Mein Kampf is reportedly and famously an extremely boring book, so if you can laugh at it you can laugh at anything.

Ancapistani 4y ago
I’ve read it. I’m not sure I’d call it boring, as I was making parallels to what actually happened after it was written the entire time, but it’s definitely monotonous. The author was a better artist than writer, and you might remember how that career turned out for him.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  >The author was a better artist than writer, and you might remember how that career turned out for him. And then it turned out that politics became his most successful career. People didn't like his art or writing enough to make a stable career out of those things, but they were more than happy to vote for him and then follow him into a disastrous, brutal war and also build extermination camps for murdering millions. I think there's a lesson here about what kind of people go into politics, and how bad people are at choosing their leaders.
  - throwawaywu 4y ago
    I a bit of a nutter and ran for a local election because nobody sane would run against this truly crazy lady. Seriously, if your remotely a decent person of any political stripe please consider running for a election. Especially if you don't want to. You'll do a lot of good.
  - red-iron-pine 4y ago
    I choose my leaders based on those who volunteer. To quote Bill Clinton "the best candidate never runs". If the choice is a demagogue or an idiot, which do you choose? And if you're not happy with these choices, why aren't you running?
    - 4y ago