Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German]
by hartpuff on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:10AM
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What happened to Native Americans was "kind of a big deal" too. So was slavery. Should people therefore bring them up every time there's a completely unrelated discussion about the USA?
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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German]
by throwanem on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:25AM
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Completely unrelated? A German government legislates the use of technology to make identifying and tracking its citizens easier, and you can't see how people draw the comparison?
As for your invidious attempt to distract from said comparison by slinging mud, I'll just point out that you're severely underplaying your hand here - a goodly fraction of what went into Hitlerism, not least the theory and practice of eugenics, originated with Progressive Era luminaries of the United States. Indeed, our nation might've gone much the same way as yours, were it not for the benefit of Germany's salutary, if horrible, example.
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German]
by hartpuff on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:55AM
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> and you can't see how people draw the comparison?
Between collecting data on SIM card ownership and the Holocaust? No, I can't see how any level-headed person can draw such a comparison.
> As for your invidious attempt to distract from said comparison by slinging mud
WTH are you talking about?
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German]
by creshal on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:24AM
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In a "completely unrelated" discussion? No. But bringing up past German government failures in a discussion about a German government tightening up blanket surveillance of all their citizens is not "completely unrelated".
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German]
by hartpuff on Thursday April 21, 2016 @12:02PM
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Let's hear it, then, what's the relationship between banning anonymous SIM cards and genocide.