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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by mullingitover on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:46PM (#26039760)
> They left to practice their religion in a place where they wouldn't be burned as a heretic.

Not true, at least in the obvious case of the Pilgrims of Plymouth. They were perfectly free to practice their religion when they lived in the Netherlands. They moved away because they wanted to create their own strict theocratic colony. The Netherlands, in their eyes, had too much religious freedom.

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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by mensetmanusman on Friday February 05, 2021 @04:53PM (#26041708)
There is a lot of debate over why they moved. e.g.

-running out of room -economics -impending war -wanting to venture into the unknown

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91317/holland-first...

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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by DigiDigiorno on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:03PM (#26040559)
Even that specific example is a bit of a gray area imo. They were persecuted in England and tried to live in the Netherlands but found life hard to adjust and were also wanting to keep their English identity. So, it is more of persecution by the Church of England that pushed them away.

The Netherlands do get a point here for tolerance imo.

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