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It's quite sad that we still have "Lèse-majesté" and blasphemy laws in Germany in the 21st century :( This case has created quite a media hype in Germany thoug
by dukoid 11y ago
It's quite sad that we still have "Lèse-majesté" and blasphemy laws in Germany in the 21st century :(
This case has created quite a media hype in Germany though, with comedians trying to top each other in violating this law now -- not sure if that's what Erdogan intended... "Nichtlustig" for example: https://www.facebook.com/NICHTLUSTIG/photos/a.186737799993.155561.131582549993/10154258375649994/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/NICHTLUSTIG/photos/a.186737799993.1...
- Mithaldu 11y agoThe other artists are no violating the law though. In making fun of Erdogan trying to act against Böhmermann they are engaging in satire, criticism by exaggeration, which is wholly different and completely legal.
- dukoid 11y agoWell maybe they don't go exactly that far, although the Nichtlustig drawing seems to be at a similar level. Dieter Hallervorden calls him a terrorist (ok, that's hardly an insult given his treatment of the Kurds), Sonneborn "the crazy guy from the Bosporus" (and he is looking forward to see the Böhmermann's specific allegations investigated in detail by the German justice system). Mathias Döpfner (a comedian in a very special sense) writes "Ich möchte mich, Herr Böhmermann, vorsichtshalber allen Ihren Formulierungen und Schmähungen inhaltlich voll und ganz anschließen und sie mir in jeder juristischen Form zu eigen machen" (not sure how to translate this correctly.... "I fully agree and with all your insults and I would like to make them my own words in a judicial sense")
- dukoid 11y agop.s. this one certainly does, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drwdZfSzBsY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drwdZfSzBsY&feature=youtu.be