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Wow. I am curious, what is the German term for that? That phrase sounds so wrong that I am wonder whether it maybe simply does not translate all that well into
by mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
Wow. I am curious, what is the German term for that? That phrase sounds so wrong that I am wonder whether it maybe simply does not translate all that well into English. Weapons are for offense not defense!
- hutzlibu 7y agoThe phrase is a literal translation. I suspect they choose this wording to misslead, to be able to implement the law. Just like they passed a new law in recent times, that increased the punishments, when firefighters and medics etc. gets attacked during work. Sounds good as well, I mean, what asshole would attack medics and firefighters?!? The thing is just, that the law also applied to policemen. So when you are in a demonstration, peaceful and are about to get hit by the police who decided to end the demonstration with force, and your reflexes push back - then you can get prosecuted with a law that was advertised to protect firefighters.
- mandelbrotwurst 7y agoI see. Yeah, we also have a lot of laws / government terminology for things that are named in similar ways / for similar reasons unfortunately.
- PavlovsCat 7y ago> what is the German term for that? "Schutzwaffen", i.e. protective weapons https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzwaffe https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzwaffe This includes the thing boxers put in their mouth to protect their teeth... let that sink in. Carrying something like that to a protest already is a crime, maximum sentence is 1 year. edit: just saw an earlier comment with more info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21158544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21158544
- morrad 7y ago> This includes the thing boxers put in their mouth to protect their teeth FYI, the English word is "Mouthguard" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthguard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthguard