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Schweinsteiger sues over Nazi figurine lookalike
The Express TRIBUNE ^
| October 22, 2015
Posted on 10/22/2015 1:37:08 PM PDT by bob_denard
Bastian Schweinsteiger, the German national captain, is taking legal action against a Hong Kong-based company for making Nazi figurines that bear a clear resemblance to him.
A member of Schweinsteiger’s management team confirmed the legal action to SID, the sports subsidiary of AFP on Thursday, after a report in the Bild newspaper.
The company did produced a Nazi-uniform-clad figurine with a face similar to Schweinsteiger’s and which is named “Bastian”.
Contacted by Bild, a company employee Patrick Chan denied selling any figurines based on a footballer, and said it was purely coincidental that the Nazi doll resembled Schweinsteiger.
(Excerpt) Read more at tribune.com.pk ...
TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
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To: bob_denard
Isn’t Schweinsteiger liver sausage?
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:38:18 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:39:01 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
To: bob_denard
I thought he was great in “The Terminator”.
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:39:25 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
Life is hard looking like the embodiment of Aryan masculinity.
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:40:52 PM PDT
by
Reaganez
To: Jeff Chandler
That would be leberwurst.
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:41:50 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
To: bob_denard
To: bob_denard
What is wrong with the toy? It just looks like a Ken doll. Not as if it were an ISIS doll chopping a head off.
To: bob_denard
Contacted by Bild, a company employee Patrick Chan denied selling any figurines based on a footballer, and said it was purely coincidental that the Nazi doll resembled Schweinsteiger.... and has his name...
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:54:07 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: bob_denard
The 30-centimetre tall figurine was “based on the typical German”, he said. “We thought that all Germans look like that.” Gee, that's not racist...
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10/22/2015 1:55:22 PM PDT
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WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: bob_denard
Nazi figurine? It looks like a German soldier circa WW2, but I don't see any indication that he's a Nazi.
If anything, he looks like a nice guy. Look, he even brought soup.
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posted on
10/22/2015 1:57:30 PM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Exsurge, Domine, et judica causam tuam)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
10/22/2015 2:05:45 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
He does look happy. Must be before November 19th, 1942.
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Typical fraulein und der wiener haus. Very loving to Hitler, and all the Nazi SS homsexuals.
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