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Germany appeases the regressives - prosecutes comedian for speech
Topic Started: Apr 17 2016, 09:45 PM (389 Views)
estonianman
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cleared the way for the prosecution of German comedian Jan Böhmermann, whose poem mocking Turkey's president has become the centerpiece of a clash between Germany's free-speech traditions and the government's efforts to safeguard its important relations with Turkey.

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MEEK AND MILD
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German law prohibits both personal defamation, which carries a year-long prison sentence, as well as insulting foreign leaders, which can carry a five-year prison sentence. It’s unlikely, however, that even if prosecution proceeds, and Böhmermann is convicted, he’ll serve any prison time. In announcing her decision Friday, Merkel also said her government would move to repeal the law that makes insulting foreign leaders a crime.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/04/german-erdogan-insult-case/478437/
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Harambe4Trump
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She's in the running with Hitler to be the worst Chancellor in German History. It's a toss up between who has done more to undermine Europe
Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary.
#MAGA
#wallsnotwars
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Robert Stout
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I would not be able to live in a country where it was illegal to ridicule politicians............. :wah:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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