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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The Canadian government about the canadian indian residential school system

The Iran government about Salman Rushdie

The Mexican government about Ayotzinapas 43

The British government about their museums

The German government about their car manufacturers.

The Indian government about Aasif Sultan

The Russian government about how much the war in Ukraine should have lasted.

And many more...

Do let me know btw if you know of anymore of this.

Edit:

Aded russia

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be fair, Germans largely don't deny what happened. Being a holocaust denier can even get you into prison. IHMO that is how you should handle such matters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile, denying other genocides gets you a mod spot on lemmy.ml apparently

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Yes i know but i couldnt come up with a simmilar example about them. If you know of a better one about Germany do let me know and ill change it. Im being frendly about this btw, sorry if i sound condesending, thats not my intention.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t ask the German government about smog control in diesel cars?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This sounds good, gonna use it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Should probably be a german company instead of it‘s government

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Never ask them where VW produces cars!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't ask the German people what kind of porn is best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe the point is that not all countries are equally bad and belong on the list

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boy, the museums are really just the very tip of the iceberg for the Brits.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A list about things to not ask them for would be huge.