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Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by jasonlotito on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:03AM (#3918807)
First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by hyperbovine on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:53AM (#3919023)
Nice one. I couldn't quite put my finger on what this reminded me of, but you nailed it: the Holocaust.
Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by jasonlotito on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @02:11PM (#3920387)
Ahh, the point is missed by the ignorant. I was not, in any way, comparing this at all to the holocaust. That you would think that says volumes about what your opinion means, however.
Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by hyperbovine on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @03:09PM (#3920629)
Sorry, my mistake. I see now that when quoting a famous poem about Nazi purges, you were actually talking about raising tulips and not the Holocaust. Of course, I was not in any way comparing you to the sort of naive moron who would draw parallels between the murder of 6 million people, and a hiccup encountered while installing an iPhone app. That you would think so says volumes about your self-opinion, though.
Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by jasonlotito on Thursday May 03, 2012 @06:59AM (#3923180)
> Sorry, my mistake.

At least you realize it's your mistake. After all, what is written can only mean one thing, and one thing only.

Maybe one day you'll learn about context, and history, and how that poem was not about the Nazi purges, but rather people not speaking up about them until it was too late. That you would equate that poem to the purges implies you miss the meaning, the point.

> and a hiccup encountered while installing an iPhone app.

But it's not. Again, you miss the point. People are saying this crosses some line. But that line was crossed years ago by Apple. People defended their actions then, while others decried it, and this exact point (and poem) was raised at the time. People dismissed the warning. They said things like this would never happen.

Now they are complaining about Apple crossing a line.

Finally, I want to introduce to you a literary concept called hyperbole. It is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally. So, while you want the poem I pasted to be about the holocaust, it isn't.

Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by xanthor on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:14AM (#3918847)
Thanks, Reddit!
Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by jasonlotito on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:28AM (#3918905)
That's not from Reddit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came%E2%80%A6

It's a poignant message and reminder that this is not the first time this has happened. It's especially important because the OP mentions Apple having "gone too far," as if everything they were doing before was acceptable.

As for your belief that this response is merely a quip from an recent migrant from Reddit, might I point out that your comment is, at the very least, far, far worse. I'm confident, however, they you merely don't care, and are at best a troll.