> But it is just insufficiently sophisticated people that would conclude from that [getting shot for the crime of border crossing] they were lacking freedom.
Translation: East germans getting shot at the border were just too dumb to realise that they were free...
> Surely it is just to shoot somebody for such an egregious violation of other people's freedom
Translation: Refusing to have their labor wasted on a defunct system, thereby depriving others of its non-existent fruits, soundly earned one's capital punishment, to be carried out on the spot. It was "Notwendig".
> They did have freedom, but just had a different definition for it.
And surly they did have less radiation poisoning due to a different definition of what it means to be "poisoned".
EDIT: How could I miss this misanthropic gem:
> some stupid redneck
Translation: I know only cliches about the discarded working class trapped in the American rust belt, but treating them with contempt seems fun and acceptable, so I'll join.
Translation: East germans getting shot at the border were just too dumb to realise that they were free...
> Surely it is just to shoot somebody for such an egregious violation of other people's freedom
Translation: Refusing to have their labor wasted on a defunct system, thereby depriving others of its non-existent fruits, soundly earned one's capital punishment, to be carried out on the spot. It was "Notwendig".
> They did have freedom, but just had a different definition for it.
And surly they did have less radiation poisoning due to a different definition of what it means to be "poisoned".
EDIT: How could I miss this misanthropic gem:
> some stupid redneck
Translation: I know only cliches about the discarded working class trapped in the American rust belt, but treating them with contempt seems fun and acceptable, so I'll join.