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Why couldn't the man go to a homeless shelter, or a church, or a bus stop, or a park bench, or literally anywhere other than a Nazi's house? Also, what does a Nazi need a long distance radio for? Maybe by fixing it and not asking questions he's helping them coordinate with other fascists to hurt and kill people. Is that worth a place to sleep for a night? Is it worth a few bucks if you're not homeless but actually a wealthy business owner who can do as they please?
The man I mention in my post is this guy As he was visiting the french riviera gathering intels for the british intelligence, he got in the situation I described in my previous post.
Did you bring him up because you believe Hamish MacKenzie is doing some kind of anti-Nazi spy operations nobody else knows about? Because the contexts here are so different that they're only tangentially related.
Just an example that "If there are 10 nazis at a table.... " has plenty of exceptions, like Daryl Davis with kkk members.
So do you want the saying to be "if there are 10 Nazis at a table and 1 person who isn't a Nazi, then there are 11 Nazis at a table, unless the 1 person is actually an anti-Nazi spy, and then it's okay, and also there are probably other exceptions"? Or do you think maybe that saying was obviously never intended to apply to that the first place?
"No no, but what if the guy is just, like, at the table because he's Nazi- curious but kind totally didn't kill anybody and probably wouldn't but also the Nazis make good points about stuff so he can totally sit there, but he's not a Nazi! See? There are exceptions!"
-that guy, probably
Sounds like someone agrees with nazis but doesn't like being called a nazi.
The very occasional exception to the saying doesn't make the saying less applicable in this particular situation.