Is this the kind of thing that lets rational people charge Mayor Michael Bloomberg with being a Nazi?

The Daily Intel Rethinks a Nazi Comparison
By Sewell Chan

"In an item published late yesterday afternoon, New York magazine's Daily Intelligencer blog compared the Bloomberg administration's calorie-count requirement to the Nazi policy requiring Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Overnight, someone thought better of the reference, revising the item and removing a link to a well-known historical photograph of two Jewish boys wearing yellow stars.

"Asked about the changes, Serena Torrey, a spokeswoman for the magazine, said in a statement: "Bloggers work in a hurry, and sometimes they make mistakes. The comparison was inappropriate and silly, and so we removed it."

"John P. Gallagher, a City Hall spokesman, declined to comment.
The headline, "First They Came for Wendy's," still evokes the famous quotation from Martin Niemöller, who spent seven years in Nazi concentration camps.
The original item, alluding to Mr. Bloomberg's plans for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, linked out to a photo of the boys from this passage:

"izzoner is going back to Boston for the holiday, we're told by his people, and perhaps while he's up there, enjoying the lean cut of brisket and fat-free kugel prepared especially for him by loving Mama Charlotte, he can reflect a little bit on what it means when your government tries to make you wear a sign saying what you are. We're just saying."



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