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Comment Re:Unless (Score 1) 301

Yes, but we have to understand the difference between not being a nice person and breaking the law.
1) "The Germans treated Jewish prisoners poorly." Sure he supported this, but he was not in control of any prisons and did not instigate any laws to their running. 2) "He asked Hitler to be mean to them." I am pretty sure I could mail my PM and ask them to "deport all the juden", I don't think I would be arrested, and I definitely would not be considered to have committed crimes against humanity. 3) "People mistreat Israel". He has been dead for a hundreds years. You cannot charge him with Iran developing Nuclear weapons or Palestine hating Israel.

For the most part, you are accusing him of thought crimes. Things that cannot be used to declare him an official war criminal or to have committed crimes against humanity. Sure we could easily charge him with having committed thoughts against humanity, but there are no laws in place to prevent your heirs from profiting from your horrible horrible thoughts.

Comment Same Thing (Score 2) 96

redistributing drivers to areas currently under heavy load is the same thing as getting a new drivers on the road. It doesn't matter if the new driver is coming form his mom's basement or just heading into a new part of town to continue working. Also. sure prices change by the minute, but you would definitely see patterns. taxi use is not being to be anywhere need random, demand is going to very predictable and come in spurts (lunch, morning, afternoon). But then surge pricing will hopefully allow the system to dynamically redistribute and get more drivers to take shifts during high load. And if there is a huge accident and demand skyrockets for hours get more drivers to respond.

Comment Re:Unless (Score 1, Insightful) 301

Hitler and Himmler ordered crimes against humanity to be carried out. The only thing I have heard so far is the Goering hoped that crimes against humanity would be carried out. As the propaganda minister, yes he would of been in control of spreading hatred for Jews, but it is hard to condemn that during wartime when spreading hatred and dehumanizing your enemies is standard practice. And it might not qualify as heinous enough to actually count as a crime against humanity.

Comment Re:Unless (Score 1) 301

I don't think it matters if it is for profit. There are hundreds of documentaries about horrific acts both in general and against humanity. I have watched documentaries abut the holocaust, and people made money on me watching them. The only one prevented from making money is the estate of the one who did it.

Now I do not have the laws in front of me, but for-profit documentaries or otherwise obviously need this ability as well. They are not stealing their property, they are commenting on it.

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