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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I think Germany should remove all the Z’s on their keyboards.
Lucky for is we imported millions of Germans and inherited their offspring. Hence our current problems…
I’ve yet to meet a German I actually like. They all possess weapons grade fascist tendencies.
Well, for Germany he actually has it the right way round. And yes, the German Criminal Code expressly states that insulting others is a criminal offence. German judges would have a field day with those sovereign citizens you see on YouTube calling coppers every swear word in the book and flipping them off :-)
By the way, i was wrong about the incitement. That`s illegal, of course, but it`s enough to show approval of a war of aggression to be on the wrong side of the law. Wearing the “Z” symbol probably could be seen as approval.
You do realise that i was talking about the GERMAN constitution, not yours?
I’m sorry to hear this. Ours are God-given rights, and inalienable. That’s for everybody. Including, of course, the Germans.
Perhaps some day the people there will act, and reclaim those rights. I wish them the best.
Well, that’s quite fascist of Germany.
Globalists and neocons
Power junkies
In the 1969 film Z, an epilogue points out that “a coup d’état occurs, and the military seize power. They ban modern art, popular music, avant-garde novelists, modern mathematics, classic and modern philosophers and the use of the term ‘Z’.”
Life imitates art.
Fuhrer befeil, wir folgen! Fuhrer command, we follow!
Like let’s go Brandon, just start saying Zorro.
Thank you for the clarification.
I’m sorry about that and take it back... seriously.
You realize we (The US and Western Allies) gave the new German state their constitution.
Including the denial of free speech and other freedoms we (the US) hold dear.
And right now, the US does not have freedom of speech.
The Western “democracies” think elites can speak but the masses cannot be trusted.
;-)
“Your freedom of speech ends when you insult people”
I have 4,539 Freepers who have insulted me over the years.
So, should I report them all to the local authorities?
You do have freedom of speech as long as you say exactly what the elites tell you to say.
Speaking truth to power makes you a crazy and dangerous conspiracy theorist.
I see an opportunity for mischief.
“Z” graffiti and stickers everywhere.
The whole 1969 movie “Z” is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3QiBXX6mM&list=PLF8AB8F311371D779
There is a heaping load of irony in there some where, I just can't put my finger on it.
“The Approved Narrative”
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