Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:20:39 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: eBoundHost: Artur <artur@eboundhost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who wrote this Message-ID: <474A1F67.9060404@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <000301c82fbe$6ff618b0$6701a8c0@mobility> References: <000401c82fb0$191b53b0$f300a8c0@outkast> <000301c82fbe$6ff618b0$6701a8c0@mobility>
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Hi, eBoundHost: Artur wrote: > T, > > I don't know any soft way to say this. The man, Hitler, was the most > evil person that our generation has ever witnessed. The things he did this is why he has to be quoted so people see from where certain ideas originate. I live in a country where many things are - knowingly or unknowingly - copied from this guy. > What really gets me is the fact that this is one of the examples put on > the FreeBSD page. I'm all for freedom and libertarian ideals, but for You can promote freedom only if you are able to describe the opposite. > I don't want to outlaw anything, but have some good taste. Learn to > moderate yourselves, this is what "freedom" is all based on, being good > to others. > You must make people aware. If people are not aware - this was the most common excuse of Germans after the war - they will never ever support any actions against something. > I would appreciate if someone would help me find the person who can help > to modify the text on this page. I hope, you will not find this person. Just for your information. Parts of my family were active against Hitler until the collapse of the Third Reich. I think, that you are not able to understand the possible unawareness if you have not experienced it just after 1945. A very high percentage of Germans simply could not imagine or did not believe what was going on around them. Surpressing even quotes like them here, is the first step to make people feel as they live in a perfect world. Erich
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