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Germans Could Face Jail Time for Publicly Supporting Russia's Ukraine War
Newsweek ^
| 3/28/22 AT 12:46 PM EDT
| NATALIE COLAROSSI ON
Posted on 03/28/2022 11:05:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In Germany's Lower Saxony and Bavaria, citizens are now barred from publicly displaying the letter "Z," which has become a symbol used by the Russian army during the war. Anyone who displays the symbol at demonstrations or publicly showcases it on cars or buildings could now face a fine or up to three years in jail, according to the Moscow Times.
"It is incomprehensible to me how this symbol 'Z' could be used in our country to condone this crime," Boris Pistorius, Lower Saxony's interior minister, said in a statement, according to the news outlet. Similarly, Bavaria's Justice Minister Georg Eisenreich said that while freedom of opinion is a "great asset," it "ends where criminal law begins."
In addition, a spokesperson for Germany's federal government said Monday that displaying the symbol may soon become criminalized across the whole country.
"The Russian war of aggression on the Ukraine is a criminal act, and whoever publicly approves of this war of aggression can also make himself liable to prosecution," an Interior Ministry spokesperson said during a news conference, Reuters reported.
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Eisenreich said that while freedom of opinion is a "great asset," it "ends where criminal law begins."Talk about being totlally unlcear on the concept. Herman has it ass-backward.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Fight Putin, by becoming more like Putin, yeah that makes sense. /s
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:06:04 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:06:47 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
To: BenLurkin
Of course. It’s Germany, nicht vahr?
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:08:00 AM PDT
by
Spok
(Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
To: BenLurkin
I thought the Z was for Zelensky. This gets more convoluted by the day, and we have a moron president that implies overthrow of Putin.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
To: Spok
Germans still don’t quite have that freedom-thing down.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:10:38 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Banning the letter ‘’ is cray. It’s ANY! It make ero sense!
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:10:43 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The forces of fascism and oppression are on the move in North America. We cannot let tyranny stand!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:10:47 AM PDT
by
JonPreston
(Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
To: Louis Foxwell
As a consequence of the posr-WW2 de-Nazification that the Allies imposed, Germany has never had free speech since.
To: A Navy Vet
Gee whi, I was not cognient that the letter ‘’ stood for elensky!
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:12:27 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The forces of fascism and oppression are on the move in North America. We cannot let tyranny stand!)
To: Chad C. Mulligan
Are Zorro episodes now banned?
To: JonPreston
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:12:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Now, if the Germans are anything like us, they’ll have to ban Zorro!
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:12:41 AM PDT
by
Spok
(Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
To: JonPreston
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:12:56 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: BenLurkin
Forget it Jake. It’s Deutschland.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:13:41 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Chad C. Mulligan
As a consequence of the posr-WW2 de-Nazification that the Allies imposed, Germany has never had free speech since. How funny! As a result of German de-nazification, Germans can only voice support of Ukrainian nazis, not russians.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:13:43 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: All
Looks like another country needs to be denazified
To: JonPreston
try to find the damon wayons/david greer gay act on “in living color” Double snap back in Z formation
To: ProudVet97
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:14:39 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Scratch a German, find a Nazi.
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posted on
03/28/2022 11:14:47 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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