GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the word 'retard'

Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @08:07AM (#9968020)

Ah yes, the famous quote about Nazi Germany.

So, do people use the same quote about how the German government banned Nazi symbols in the aftermath of that?

Oh wait, no they don't. I wonder why that might be.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by Fishman343 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:51PM (#9970319)

There's an enormous difference between banning things with direct links to the murder of more than 6 million people, in the hope that no-one gets hurt in the years immediately after the event, and the banning of a word which hurt tens of people's feelings over the internet.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by Randgalt on Thursday July 30, 2015 @02:20PM (#9976905)

I'm Jewish, but I think banning Nazi symbols at this point in time is counterproductive and unnecessary. All speech, no matter how odious, should be allowed.

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