Germany gets serious about respect for EU flag

originally posted by: drussell41
a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

Is the EU just another name for the Fourth Reich?

Because of proposed German domestic legislation?

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
question one :

what is the current maxiumum penalty under german law for desecration od :

A - the union jack

b - the EU flag

c - the stars and stripes

do i have to actually ask question 2 ????/

A. 3 years

B. 0

3. 3 years

a reply to: ScepticScot

whoo hoo - some one actually read the story source and comprehended it

unfortunatly - the rabid frothings of the wingnuts in thread are far more amusing replies

a reply to: ignorant_ape

whoo hoo - some one actually read the story source and comprehended it

To be fair the source article is in German.

a reply to: gortex

seriously ??????????? robot translate from google handled it well enough for me

how about - if you dont comprehend it - dont comment ?

i realise this would shut down most of ATS - but hey - is that a bad thing ????????

a reply to: ignorant_ape

seriously ??????????? robot translate from google handled it well enough for me
how about - if you dont comprehend it - dont comment ?

I guess you didn't find it funny then.

Ironically I read the article , what there is by using a translator , I find it ridiculous to threaten citizens with prison for showing disrespect to a flag or a song regardless of who's it is .... prison planet.

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
unfortunatly - the rabid frothings of the wingnuts in thread are far more amusing replies

My observation was that the EU is being treated like a nation id the EU flag is treated like a national flag. No rabid frothing, but concern about that acceptance.

If the EU is a nation, then the constituent nations will be relegated as mere states “of a nation”. Not sovereign in their own right, but fully subservient the larger part.

As I said. A worrying precedent.

Well since everybody can translate

Paragraf 104 des Strafgesetzbuches sieht zwar eine Geldstrafe oder eine Freiheitsstrafe von bis zu zwei Jahren für den vor, der eine "auf Grund von Rechtsvorschriften oder nach anerkanntem Brauch öffentlich gezeigte Flagge eines ausländischen Staates" zerstört oder beschädigt. Allerdings bedeutet dies: Die Aktion ist nur dann strafbar, wenn die konkrete Flagge zum Beispiel an einem Botschaftsgebäude angebracht war.

Yeah Germany...pretty strict with it's laws and a population that takes the law serieus....but also a people who, unlike any other, are able to defy laws if they contradict justice or common sense.

Case in point: can hardly smoke a sigaret outdoors anymore but in Hamburg, after 20:00, ashtrays go back on the bar and you can actually enjoy a beer and a smoke old style.

Love the Germans.

Peace

originally posted by: gortex

Ironically I read the article , what there is by using a translator , I find it ridiculous to threaten citizens with prison for showing disrespect to a flag or a song regardless of who's it is .... prison planet.

Its hard to find people these days who show respect toward one another

never mind a piece of cloth and a bit of music.


Prison planet? smh/ Prison EU.

a reply to: operation mindcrime

yes the German people are nice and so are a lot of other countries , It is the politicians that cause unrest , the general population of all countries just want to live their lives in peace .