Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCVIII

[JustKeepSwimming]

For the Japanese from what I understand "The Bridge on the River Kwai" sugar coated it. Strange we have spent years attacking the Germans for the Holocaust and haven't attacked the Japanese for their many and horrendous war crimes. Not minimalizing either they were both inhuman monsters.

Germany owned up and fully repented (arguably too much). They have done everything possible to show that is not who they are.

Japan never did and still frankly in denial.

Ignoring Nazis being more personal to us, its easier to talk about (or attack) something that isn't going to sour international relations.

[vetran]

Germany owned up and fully repented (arguably too much). They have done everything possible to show that is not who they are.

Japan never did and still frankly in denial.

Ignoring Nazis being more personal to us, its easier to talk about (or attack) something that isn't going to sour international relations.

Germany is peachy ! No chance of them voting in another right wing extremist again

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...erman-politics

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has won a district council election in Germany for the first time, in what is being referred to as a watershed moment in the country’s politics.

The eastern town of Sonneberg, in the state of Thuringia, elected Robert Sesselmann to the post of district administrator, the equivalent of a mayor, with 52.8% of the vote, ousting the Christian Democrats’ (CDU) Jurgen Köpper on 47.2%.

The Thuringia branch of the anti-immigrant party has been classed as rightwing extremist by intelligence services. It is led by Björn Höcke, who is considered to be part of the AfD’s far right or völkisch wing, which was officially disbanded but is still widely believed to exist.

Totally agree the Japanese have not atoned in any significant way.

[mudskipper]

Anyone else noticed the mistake on Big Ben's clock face?

[northernladuk]

Anyone else noticed the mistake on Big Ben's clock face?

Oh yeah. Not hard to spot when you are actually looking for something wrong. Kudos for that spot.