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Re:Defeated by SkyMarshal on Monday August 26, 2013 @08:51AM (#6276663)
> you can't take your empty bottles to the recycling bins on Sunday for example

I don't know Germany but it seems you're suggesting Germany curtails freedom in the name of economic efficiency, but not as much as the US for "national security" and what not.

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Re:Defeated by praptak on Monday August 26, 2013 @09:34AM (#6276906)
> it seems you're suggesting Germany curtails freedom in the name of economic efficiency

Not even that. I believe it has to do with Ruhezeit (Quiet Time.) It's just that rattling the bottles is noisy, so it is more like curtailing freedom in the name of neighbors' freedom to have their Ruhe.

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Re:Defeated by nraynaud on Monday August 26, 2013 @10:11AM (#6277120)
the Sunday rule is for the noise
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