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If you lived in Europe you'd see an obvious truth : people are blamed for what their grandparents did, if it's about WWII and nazis. Forget about joining the mi
by waps 13y ago
If you lived in Europe you'd see an obvious truth : people are blamed for what their grandparents did, if it's about WWII and nazis. Forget about joining the military, politics, judicial system or police. Well police is a special case. There's a few regions where you won't be able to enter the police if you're not a nazi (despite everything they still exist), but the vast majority the reverse is true. Anything reeking faintly of nazism, like a wrong last name, and you're locked out. It also definitely affects your job prospects in the private sector.
- rdtsc 13y agoYes I am aware of that, I lived in Europe for a long time. The difference, and I pointed out, is between an individual that inherited a last name from another individual (their parent) and a large entity like a company or country. Microsoft is still Microsoft, US is still US. Unless Microsoft was bought or acquired somehow and assimilated, it is still itself. Because mind you, German government is still paying restitution back to its victims. US still prosecutes and kicks out those 90 year old concentration camp guards. My point was that equating Microsoft to a child is a little too much. It was a bad analogy to start with. In summary, I do not support discriminating again children based on their last name. That is not right. But I do support not forgetting what companies and countries did. Especially if they haven't made amends or taken steps to distance themselves and remediate the past wrongs.