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German man jailed for teaching his dog to perform Nazi salute
Ha'aretz ^ | Last update - 17:46 23/12/2007 | Ha'aretz staff

Posted on 12/23/2007 8:05:09 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl

A German man with a Hitler obsession has been jailed for five months for teaching his pet dog to perform a Nazi salute, according to the British tabloid The Sun.

The paper reports that the dog, named Adolf, had been taught by owner "Roland T" to lift his paw sharply into the air when he heard the words "Heil Hitler." The former car salesman was reportedly caught after he boasted of the trick to police.

Performing a Nazi salute is outlawed in Germany, as is Nazi insignia and Holocaust denial.

According to The Sun, "Roland T" planned to have Adolf put to sleep to mark the anniversary of Hitler's suicide in 1945.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany
KEYWORDS: nazi
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To: spokeshave
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

61 posted on 12/23/2007 11:33:51 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: PLMerite

Actually they don’t.


62 posted on 12/23/2007 11:39:23 AM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: calex59
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?

63 posted on 12/23/2007 11:40:34 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Cinnamon Girl
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.

64 posted on 12/23/2007 11:41:43 AM PST by null and void (I've always liked Ron Paul, he is not a like a serial rapist. - rovenstinez)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
"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."
65 posted on 12/23/2007 11:42:02 AM PST by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: atomic conspiracy

They look like girls.


66 posted on 12/23/2007 11:45:06 AM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

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.


67 posted on 12/23/2007 11:46:59 AM PST by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: PLMerite
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...

68 posted on 12/23/2007 11:49:11 AM PST by null and void (I've always liked Ron Paul, he is not a like a serial rapist. - rovenstinez)
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To: Wolfie

Excellent!


69 posted on 12/23/2007 11:50:46 AM PST by null and void (I've always liked Ron Paul, he is not a like a serial rapist. - rovenstinez)
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To: calex59
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...

70 posted on 12/23/2007 11:52:36 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: AndyJackson
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.

71 posted on 12/23/2007 11:52:52 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Cinnamon Girl

LOL


72 posted on 12/23/2007 11:52:53 AM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Mr. Mojo

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


73 posted on 12/23/2007 12:00:04 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: GoShow

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

What’s the dog’s excuse?


74 posted on 12/23/2007 12:09:45 PM PST by barryg
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To: Mr. Mojo
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.

75 posted on 12/23/2007 12:32:26 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

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.


76 posted on 12/23/2007 12:37:01 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

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.


77 posted on 12/23/2007 1:30:00 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Holy cow! That’s a real web site! HA!


78 posted on 12/23/2007 1:35:31 PM PST by Thoro (Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.)
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To: AndyJackson
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.
79 posted on 12/23/2007 1:49:51 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

I have not advocated anything, actually.


80 posted on 12/23/2007 1:59:52 PM PST by AndyJackson
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