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Comment author: drethelin 11 December 2013 06:21:38PM 4 points [-]

speaking out would've gotten you killed.

This is a poem about poor bayesian updating: This person should've moved away.

Comment author: Lumifer 11 December 2013 06:24:41PM *  3 points [-]

To quote you

It's REALLY important to know about the holocaust if you're jewish or have jewish ancestry, but arguably safer or at least more pleasant not to if you don't.

This person, a German Protestant minister, followed your advice, did he not?

Comment author: drethelin 11 December 2013 10:45:06PM 1 point [-]

good point. I totally covered every base with that one line of advice, and meant it to apply to all people in all situations.

More seriously, my advice very clearly was a subset of the more general advice: Be fucking wary of angering powerful entities. He clearly did NOT follow that advice.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 August 2014 03:48:21PM 0 points [-]

The poem is about the importance of speaking out when it's still safe (or relatively safe) to do so.

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