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The guy gets a wage from state TV, and created the poem in the first place as an example of what is banned. The poem literally uses the most ridiculous insults
by kuschku 9y ago
The guy gets a wage from state TV, and created the poem in the first place as an example of what is banned. The poem literally uses the most ridiculous insults he could find just to ensure it would be banned.
The whole purpose of the poem was to get banned.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoDoes that change anything? Mr Boehmermann's lawyer said the ruling went against "artistic freedom". "We believe that the court's decision in its concrete form is wrong, given that it deems those parts dealing with Erdogan's approach to freedom of expression to be acceptable," said Christian Schertz. per one of the links in that article
- kuschku 9y agoYes, they wanted to get the poem banned, so the law would be appealed (which it then was).
- petre 9y agoThe said poem could easily qualify as protest art because it actually proved Germany is not really that much better than Turkey in terms of freedom of speech or freedom of artistic expression if you wish.
- pluma 9y ago> Germany is not really that much better than Turkey in terms of freedom of speech or freedom of artistic expression That kind of rhetoric trivializes how repressive the Erdoğan regime really is. With all its faults, Germany hasn't locked up thousands of innocent people on shady claims of conspiracy or terrorism, or shut down independent TV stations or newspapers. Germany also hasn't abolished its strict division of power and given the president or chancellor absolute power.
- walterstucco 9y agoI don't like Germany, I don't like Germans, but I'm sure that I would live in Germany rather than in Turkey right now. And so would you Stop pretending we believe your rethorical bullshit