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Reminds me of the guy who taught his girlfriends dog to raise it's paw when it saw hitler talking or when it heard the phrase "heil hitler". He did it as a jok

Reminds me of the guy who taught his girlfriends dog to raise it's paw when it saw hitler talking or when it heard the phrase "heil hitler". He did it as a joke and put the video on youtube and ended up going to jail over it. Which I very strongly disagree with. It was perhaps in poor taste, but hurt no one.

sdoering 6y ago
It happened in Germany, where he went to jail, because he regularly showed forbidden Nazi insignia as well as regularly doing the Hitler salute and shouting "Sieg Heil" - all of which is forbidden by law in Germany. Especially after he was already on probation for earlier transgressions against these laws. He did not go to jail because he "only" teached his dog (it was actually his dog) a poor taste trick.
- RandoHolmes 6y ago
  fair enough, I'm not super familiar with the guy I just remember that being the narrative. As an aside, I remember watching 'The Wave' years ago (I think there's a new version on netflix?) and being fascinated by it. It gave a brief glimpse into the cultural fear of what happened in Germany happening again.
- JetSetWilly 6y ago
  No, it happened in Scotland where none of these excuses apply, and the guy certainly was doing it as a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan
  - RandoHolmes 6y ago
    Yep, that's the guy I was thinking of. Glad to see I wasn't that far off the mark.
  - sdoering 6y ago
    OK - then we have two cases, as nearly the same also happened in Germany[1]. In Germany the owner was sent to prison. As far as I am aware in Scotland the owner had to pay a fine [2]. I was initially wrong in assuming there would have been only one knucklehead on this planet doing something so obviously stupid. Sorry for that. [1]: https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrchen-im-Hitler-Shirt-dressiert-Hund-Nazi-Gruss-an.html https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrc... [2]: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-schottland-hundebesitzer-bringt-mops-hitlergruss-bei-und-muss-strafe-zahlen.eb4eb917-9a94-4456-8187-8d627ed22592.html https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-... Sorry for the sources being in German only.

sdoering 6y ago

It happened in Germany, where he went to jail, because he regularly showed forbidden Nazi insignia as well as regularly doing the Hitler salute and shouting "Sieg Heil" - all of which is forbidden by law in Germany. Especially after he was already on probation for earlier transgressions against these laws. He did not go to jail because he "only" teached his dog (it was actually his dog) a poor taste trick.

RandoHolmes 6y ago
fair enough, I'm not super familiar with the guy I just remember that being the narrative. As an aside, I remember watching 'The Wave' years ago (I think there's a new version on netflix?) and being fascinated by it. It gave a brief glimpse into the cultural fear of what happened in Germany happening again.
JetSetWilly 6y ago
No, it happened in Scotland where none of these excuses apply, and the guy certainly was doing it as a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan
- RandoHolmes 6y ago
  Yep, that's the guy I was thinking of. Glad to see I wasn't that far off the mark.
- sdoering 6y ago
  OK - then we have two cases, as nearly the same also happened in Germany[1]. In Germany the owner was sent to prison. As far as I am aware in Scotland the owner had to pay a fine [2]. I was initially wrong in assuming there would have been only one knucklehead on this planet doing something so obviously stupid. Sorry for that. [1]: https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrchen-im-Hitler-Shirt-dressiert-Hund-Nazi-Gruss-an.html https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrc... [2]: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-schottland-hundebesitzer-bringt-mops-hitlergruss-bei-und-muss-strafe-zahlen.eb4eb917-9a94-4456-8187-8d627ed22592.html https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-... Sorry for the sources being in German only.