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		anamax on May 25, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why The American Civil War Is Important It wasn't used at the time in any significant way. Saving the French was seen as significant.

grandalf on May 25, 2009 [–]

Why is it then so controversial today that IBM sold computers to the Nazi regime?

anamax on May 26, 2009 | [–]

Because they were Nazis, the enemy, and all that.

Note that "controversial today" doesn't tell us anything about the story in the 1930s and 40s.

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