I am an American expat living in Germany. It's a far away land on the other side of the ocean. It's interesting and often weird here. If you read this and want to comment then email me at blog(the at symbol)chillmost.com. If you find any spelling or grammar mistakes, you can keep them.

Then They Came for The Smokers...

and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a smoker.^

Sticking to the theme of the smoking bans being introduced all over Germany, I will draw your attention to an article in this weekend's Guardian.

Campaigners for smokers' rights have been quick to draw on the comparison between the recent clampdown and the little-known nationwide tobacco ban introduced by the Nazis in 1941 as part of their quest for bodily and racial purity.

Ah, pulling the Nazi card. This is always a delicate matter in Germany, where Reductio ad Hitlerum can have disastrous results and legal consequences if not pulled off well.

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