A lodging facility in Kyoto has drawn a protest from the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo for asking an Israeli man to sign a pledge that he had never been involved in war crimes.
A lodging facility in Kyoto has drawn a protest from the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo for asking an Israeli man to sign a pledge that he had never been involved in war crimes.
I suspect they’re referencing a story told on Twitter back in the day:
https://www.boredpanda.com/bar-bartender-nazi-punk-iamragesparkle/
TL;DR: If you let the “nice” ones in, eventually their less nice associates will come along and before you know it, your bar is a Nazi bar. Or, in this case, your restaurant/town is now a haven for obnoxious tourists.
It’s not quite the same because you can’t equate a “nice” Nazi with a respectful tourist, but similar logic applies otherwise.
Ohhh, I gotcha. Makes sense. I agree, it’s a bit of a stretch but regardless I see the logic in the reference. And yeah, I think I’ve heard of that thought experiment before.