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503. Here's the Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://martinweigert.com/something-really-scary-is-going-on-in-germany/ http:

• pavel_lishin 14y ago
  I didn't listen much in high school English; is linking to a Google cache of this blog post ironic?
  • sukuriant 14y ago
    No. When a site is down, it is customary on Hacker News for someone to go to Google and get the last cached (saved) version of the web-page from them to post it those that can't access it to read, as a sort of convenience. It's also common for the plaintext of the article to be posted here.
    • pavel_lishin 14y ago
      I meant that it seems like precisely the sort of thing that would be outlawed by the proposed legislation.
  • kibwen 14y ago
    Only if it was a blog post lobbying in favor of the law.