German man jailed for teaching his dog to perform Nazi salute

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[Gandalf_The_Gray]

And I thought the Germans had a sense of humor

I've heard that the shortest book in the world is "The Collected Works of German Humorists". Just kidding! Germans do in fact have a sense of humor, it's just very different then most others I've encountered.

Regards,
GtG

[RightWhale]

Actually they don’t.

[AndyJackson]

you come off like a total nutcase...Naming a dog adolf and teaching it to salute should not be a crime in any country. ....This post needs levity .

Remind me again what the total world death toll due to Nazism was?

[null and void]

And just yesterday I saw a guy with a tee shirt that said something like ‘Sieg Heil is what you say when you see me’.

I was on a shopping mission and he was gone by the time I was ready to accost him.

[atomic conspiracy]

"Performing a Nazi salute is outlawed in Germany,"
I was thinking that perhaps the dog should be arrested then, but it turns out he has been:
"The dog has now been placed in an animal shelter,"
....where he is undergoing rehab no less:
"where staff are training him to raise his paw to shake hands, rather than perform a Nazi salute."

[RightWhale]

They look like girls.

[atomic conspiracy]

There was a mangy, mean, mongrel who used to hang around our fire-base in Vietnam. We started feeding him and he eventually became something of a pet. We named him Mao Tse Tung. We would probably be packed off to a rehab for this today.

[null and void]

That and they like to pretend their grandparents were all in the Resistance (like the French and Spanish).

Not all of them. I used to work with a former Hitler Youth...

[null and void]

Excellent!

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Post 56: naming of a god, should be naming of a dog.

Reminds me of the old joke about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac. He lay awake all night wondering if there really was a dog!

Groan...

Regards,
GtG

PS Did I ever tell you the one about the hermaphrodite contortionist? Well...

[Mr. Mojo]

Here's a question for you: What's more Nazi-like, 1) naming a dog 'Adolf' and teaching him to 'salute' or 2) arresting/jailing someone for doing so?

The answer (2) should be obvious -- the authoritarianism (clothed in political correctness) practiced by the current German gov't is an indication their fascist tendencies are still far from extinguished.

[freekitty]

LOL

[RightWhale]

You’re quite right of course. Just buying a monthly train pass reauires five different shapes and colors of rubber stamp imprints.

[barryg]

It seems to me that the dog should be jailed, not the owner.

What’s the dog’s excuse?

[AndyJackson]

What's more Nazi-like, 1) naming a dog 'Adolf' and teaching him to 'salute' or 2) arresting/jailing someone for doing so?

I hope that the foundation of our constitutional republic does not hang on the balance of this false dichotomy. If I name my dog after a famous Klansman and teach him to don a white hood and make scary noises at minorities, I don't expect many people to show up for my trial when I am charged, quite deservedly, with hate crimes. In fact it would be the kind of act that would make such otherwise reprehensible legislation palatable.

[Mr. Mojo]

If you think dressing up a dog in a KKK outfit should land one in prison then you’re just as much of a nutcase as someone who would actually do it. ...and far more constitutionally challenged.

[AndyJackson]

I would like to think that the future of human liberty will survive carving out space to honor those who were victims of 20th century totalitarianism.

[Thoro]

Holy cow! That’s a real web site! HA!

[Mr. Mojo]

The best way to honor the victims you speak of is to eschew totalitarianism in all its forms. Advocating laws that prohibit dressing up dogs in goofy/offensive costumes (with penalty of prison) not only doesn't do that, it in fact embraces the very totalitarianism you claim to despise. Better rethink your position.

[AndyJackson]

I have not advocated anything, actually.