Gypsies can sue IBM over Holocaust

[rawstory]

As seen on the liberal Drudge alternative, http://www.rawstory.com

GENEVA -- A Swiss court has cleared the way for Gypsies to sue IBM over published allegations that the computer company's punch-card machines helped the Nazis commit mass murder more efficiently, the plaintiffs' lawyer said Tuesday.

The Geneva appeals court disagreed with a lower court that refused to hear the case last year on grounds it lacked jurisdiction, said the Gypsies' lawyer, Henri-Philippe Sambuc.

A Gypsy group filed the lawsuit in Geneva because IBM's wartime European headquarters was in the city. It claims the office was IBM's hub for trade with the Nazis.

"IBM's complicity through material or intellectual assistance to the criminal acts of the Nazis during World War II via its Geneva office cannot be ruled out," said the appeals court ruling. It cited "a significant body of evidence indicating that the Geneva office could have been aware that it was assisting these acts."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/2642181

[JoeRunion]

1. This is SO outrageous

What's next? Suing the cotton industry for providing clothes to the Nazi soldiers which provided comfort to them while they tortured Holocaust victims; thus making their killing more efficient.
I've had it with bullshit lawsuits. This is fed by nothing but greed of those in the legal system, promotes a victim mentality, and stifles businesses from doing anything. We ALL pay for this bullshit chicanery in the legal system. Let's get people in there who will use common sense and are above the immoral greed.

[Retired AF Dem]

2. I find it strange a Swiss court would uphold this

when the entire country of Switzerland made money off the Nazis during the war.

[Moderator]

3. Posted yesterday, please discuss here, thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=638865