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<p>[quote user="Paul Milenkovic"]A stand-up comic in Germany was brought up on charges, recently in Germany, for saying that the President of Turkey has relations with farm animals.[/quote]</p> <p>As I said in my latest post there a limits to the freedom of art. We have an ancient § in the criminal code that penalizes insults of foreign heads of state. Our goverment has to authorize the use. And that is what Mrs. Merkel did. As it is in the law a court has to decide. The criminal charge was rejected by the prosecutors and didn't reach the court. The civil charges a not finally decide but Mr. Boehmermann lost the first level of jurisdiction. The people were divided as is the judiciary.</p> <p>As the public opinion was devided it was very important to have a judicial and not a political (not to allow the charges) ruling. The civil charges couldn't be prevented. BTW there is an other paragraph dealing with insult independent of goverment approval.<br />Regards, Volker</p>
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