User blog comment:TinyLittleWheatley/Think my Vote was Stupid?/@comment-6309022-20121030113349/@comment-3028058-20121030165217

I am thinking about others. I'm thinking about where the wiki will be at this rate in a year or so, when we can't talk about anything historical because somebody might get offended. The reality is that its a part of history, and its over. (BTW some of my best friends are descended from holocaust survivors, and I've talked to a holocaust survivor and sympathized with her)

So should we not talk about World War I because talking about it might offend Germans because of the Treaty of Versailles? Should we not talk about 911 because it will offend Americans? Should we not talk about the Quran or the Bible because others discussing their holy books in a sacreligious way would offend Muslims and Christians? Should we not talk about Muhammad because it will offend the Islamic faith? Should we not talk about how one may think evolution is fake because it will offend scientists? Should we not say "Merry Christmas" because it would offend Jewish people? The reality is that people get offended over anything given any excuse. If you ban nazi/hitler references, then somebody will ask for something else to get banned, and something else, until we can't talk about anything. Either everything social/historical is banned, or nothing is. We have to respect history by remembering. Nobody that opposes the bill thinks people SHOULD be posting nazi stuff, but we all think we should still retain the right to, because the act of banning its reference is akin to banning the recollection of history.