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Re:Once it was easy to be obscure, but technology has ended ... by pferde on Thursday April 18, 2019 @02:51AM (#19689220)
I'm not sure a five years old child would even understand what or who a Jew is, or where Netherlands is (the ELI5 meme needs to die a fiery death), but otherwise, a very good example.
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Re:Once it was easy to be obscure, but technology has ended ... by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 18, 2019 @07:43AM (#19690247)
Example of what? Is everything Nazis used supposed to be banned? Weapons, food, water, computers, trains?

Doesn’t seem like “Nazis used it, therefore it’s bad” is a valid argument. I agree that the government having a list of personal preferences for no reason is bad, but census data is useful for other reasons, and not having it isn’t going to stop other committed groups of people from doing bad things.

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