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I’ve read that the underlying assumption here is basically that since such insults potentially damage the relationship between Germany and the foreign state, Ge
by arrrg 11y ago
I’ve read that the underlying assumption here is basically that since such insults potentially damage the relationship between Germany and the foreign state, Germany is an injured party and as such involved in the process.
But it’s also just an ancient law …
- patall 11y agoand thats why they want to get rid of it
- elcapitan 11y agoThere's probably also the case where insulting certain other countries heads of state is just totally fine with the government, so they can ok those cases. ;)
- wobbleblob 11y agoYou refer to it as ancient, but I just looked it up, and it seems it was last updated in 2014 How ancient can these laws be? The BRD is not that old.
- elcapitan 11y agoThe core of the laws is much older than the BRD, they were not re-invented from scratch after the war, rather re-established, actually. The penal code goes back to 1871 for Germany as a whole and is based on the earlier Prussian penal code of 1851.
- germanier 11y agoThe law itself is the main penal code of Germany and it is of course changed quite often. That specific provision has been unchanged since at least 1953 (though there has been a second subsection added). The original version from 1871 already contained it but worded differently.