It’s getting cold in Germany

And I’m not talking about the weather. I’m talking about those xenophobic idiots which call themselves #pegida, trying to hide their obvious racism.

In short, this group is against the “islamification of the western world”; afraid that they have to celebrate Christmas in a mosque (instead of a church) one day.

So they demand deportations of refugees and stuff like that – to them those are all criminals anyway!

 

So let me give you my view of the situation: I welcome everyone in Germany. I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, which religion you believe in, etc.

You’re welcome here! I’m willing to give a reasonable amount of my income to you – as tax.

I’d like you to feel as comfortable here as possible. To feel integrated. To feel – at home.

Because: No matter who you are – you will make Germany more beautiful. You’ll bring some kind of diversity that we’ve missed.

 

Next up: Data Preservation

This is so stupid, I don’t even know where to begin. In short: it is too easy to remain anonymous on the internet. There’s Tor and VPNs and proxies and…

There’re a number of groups which have an interest in preventing that. So the old boogeyman “terrorists” is brought on stage to justify data preservation and the prohibition of encryption.

They’ve been trying this for years. If it’s not “Captain Picard” it’s terrorist. Don’t get me wrong: cp is serious stuff and needs to be obliterated. But data preservation won’t help. It won’t help with the terrorists either.

We’re just sacrificing freedom for “security”. A very bad deal.

 

 

Love and tolerance…

~ben