Published: 7 Nov 12 16:52 CET | Print version
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A neo-Nazi chimney sweep heard on Wednesday that the state had the right to sack him because of his extreme political views, and association with a still-legal far-right political party.
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@Bigfoot76
Its not about freedom of speech or difference of political party. Different of speech did not kill 6 million Jews, Romas and other people. Nazis did.
do you want that to happen again?
PS: The Pure Aryans are Afghans, Pakistani and Iranian, not Germans.
Come on, guys. Get a grip!
What is next thought police?
Of course German's have never been big proponents of freedom.
Boy, am I glad, my parents turned their backs on this nation 60 years ago and migrated to Australia, where my political views are NOT ILLEGAL.
Every day, I learn more and more about my roots in Germany, and realise my parents were so right, in turning their backs on their homeland.
"What is next thought police?" ...
"In England it's been found to sack someone for their political beliefs is ILLEGAL, yet in Germany apparently it's O.K. ?" ...
A number of people seem to have made the same fundamental confusion. Let's look at an important part of the article again:
"The court said Battke's actions made clear he endorsed the most serious and anti-Semitic crimes to the point where he felt the perpetrators worthy of veneration."
The issue is not with his membership of idiotic right-wing racist groups per se, but rather with his activities which endorse or celebrate violence and murder motivated by racism and other hateful prejudices:
"Battke regularly attends memorial services for the assassins who murdered Jewish industrialist Walther Rathenau in 1922".
On that basis, I would completely agree with the decision of the court, which is guided by democratically-formed laws and therefore represents the will of the greater public and not just some neo-Nazi psychopaths (or politically-correct apologists).
This is, however, a turning point to a much sinister future. Next they'll label people as Nazis to rid them out of a public possition, to fill those possition with "correct minded people". Kinda reminds you on old times, eh?
...well, you DID invent the cars, printing press for the masses, beer purity laws and many other fantastic things. I say this as non-german. Obviously I would not take him seriously but NPD is a FINE party.
Bigfoot76: Why...?