I am posting this as myself - not as a site administrator.
I am older than you. I do not wish to forget the Nazis. I lost several family members during that war. I have also spent my life in the military fighting against the sort of thing that you are objecting to. I have seen first hand man's cruelty to his fellow man. I have also seen what discrimination against race and religion can do. I have personally witnessed far more terrible things that the current situation in the US can eventually lead to. Prison camps, rape, torture, mutilation, the erasure of entire towns and villages, the mass graves of thousands of people. I have seen the fear in people's eyes and the look of terror on children's faces. I will not forget what I have seen, nor will I forget what I and others like me achieved by fighting against it. It is far from being a perfect world, but it is better than what it might have been.
This site is not the place for that battle. Go and fight it somewhere where you will actually achieve something. Leave your keyboard and go outside to help those who need it. Hiding on a techie discussion site behind your anonymity is wasting your time and preventing others from discussing interesting topics. You will eventually have to talk and listen to the other side, no matter which side you are currently on. Begin by analysing what they say to try to understand what their issues are. Engage them in discussion - exactly what this site is intended for.
Over half the votes collected during the last election appear to have supported your government. Go and address that problem instead of continually verbally insulting a handful of people on here. People with different views exist, and they always will. You, individually and as a country, will have to find a solution to the current problems and learn to live with each other again. Stop being a coward and begin to follow that path.
Show me one comment that you have posted on this site that attempts to find a solution rather than showing your fear of those who hold a different view to yourself. But don't you dare accuse me of protecting those you fear. If something similar happens here I am prepared and willing personally to fight against it again. Are you?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 23, @07:23AM
I am posting this as myself - not as a site administrator.
I am older than you. I do not wish to forget the Nazis. I lost several family members during that war. I have also spent my life in the military fighting against the sort of thing that you are objecting to. I have seen first hand man's cruelty to his fellow man. I have also seen what discrimination against race and religion can do. I have personally witnessed far more terrible things that the current situation in the US can eventually lead to. Prison camps, rape, torture, mutilation, the erasure of entire towns and villages, the mass graves of thousands of people. I have seen the fear in people's eyes and the look of terror on children's faces. I will not forget what I have seen, nor will I forget what I and others like me achieved by fighting against it. It is far from being a perfect world, but it is better than what it might have been.
This site is not the place for that battle. Go and fight it somewhere where you will actually achieve something. Leave your keyboard and go outside to help those who need it. Hiding on a techie discussion site behind your anonymity is wasting your time and preventing others from discussing interesting topics. You will eventually have to talk and listen to the other side, no matter which side you are currently on. Begin by analysing what they say to try to understand what their issues are. Engage them in discussion - exactly what this site is intended for.
Over half the votes collected during the last election appear to have supported your government. Go and address that problem instead of continually verbally insulting a handful of people on here. People with different views exist, and they always will. You, individually and as a country, will have to find a solution to the current problems and learn to live with each other again. Stop being a coward and begin to follow that path.
Show me one comment that you have posted on this site that attempts to find a solution rather than showing your fear of those who hold a different view to yourself. But don't you dare accuse me of protecting those you fear. If something similar happens here I am prepared and willing personally to fight against it again. Are you?