Posted on 12/20/2007 2:34:32 PM PST by camerakid400
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - German police said Thursday they are seeking a man, believed to be a neo-Nazi, who beat up a US national because he was speaking English in a McDonald's restaurant.
The victim, 54, was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the incident on Saturday, which has not previously been reported. The victim had been talking to his female partner in English in the fast-food eatery in the industrial city of Gelsenkirchen when the stranger interrupted and demanded they speak in German.
The girlfriend replied that her partner only knew a little German. The assailant, described as having short blonde hair, used an epithet, calling him an 'Englander,' and said, 'This is Germany. German must be spoken.' After the assailant said 'Heil Hitler' and did a Nazi salute, the victim replied - in English - that he would call the police. The German then head-butted the US national, kicked him repeatedly as he lay on the ground, and fled.
Police issued closed-circuit TV pictures of the incident from the restaurant security camera and appealed for some of the many other people who had queued at the McDonald's counter at the time to come forward as witnesses.
So he was okay with having a McDonald’s restaurant in Germany, but not with hearing people speak English in it?
I wonder what Buchanan and Sobran will think of this???
Good point. It's like an American going to a Taco Bell, and getting upset because a customer is speaking Spanish. Even with the current anti-illegal mood, that's just not likely to ever happen.
Suspect that the vast majority of Americans—who would have immigrants use American English here—wouldn’t go so far as to consider being violent toward those using a foreign language outside of the home.
Headbutting seems common in Europe.....
Zionist conspiracy to make neo-nazis look bad!!!!!
... "Sauerkraut un der Hassenfeffer mit der Weinerschnitzel auf der Rutabaga un der train leafink on track nein for Anaheim, Azusa, und Cucamonga!"
Well, that's what I woulda said anyway.
I believe Taco Bell is an American fast....err...food joint, just like McDonalds.
Head-butting tweaker Nazis in Mikki D’s!
Who knew?
/Ordering at Taco Bell without speaking spanishI
The only reason it is "Germany" and not some province of the Soviet Union and he required to speak Russian is thanks to the English speaking nations of the World...but I am sure that is lost on Mr. "Heil Hitler".
Good to know that Nazi’s still remember that we kicked their asses.
I’d like the Werewolves Rancheros please!
Taco Bell was started in 1962 in California. A better example would be going into a Taco Bell in Kentucky and complaining that patrons are speaking Californian, or going into a Wal Mart and complaining that customers are speaking Chinese.
Time to fire up the B-17s.
The point isn’t the nationality of the restaurant ownership, but rather the nationality of the cusine. Getting upset when Japanese is spoken at a Sushi place is wrong regardless of who owns the joint.
“The only reason it is “Germany” and not some province of the Soviet Union and he required to speak Russian is thanks to the English speaking nations of the World...but I am sure that is lost on Mr. “Heil Hitler”.”
Hey, we couldn’t have won our independence without the French....
I called Burger King's headquarters in Miami today. (1-877-271-0493). "Press 1 for English, press 2 for French!"
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