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djstoop_id		2003-09-15 11:30:53 AM

Well I guess the dumbasses who did this got what they wanted... I mean, Reuters is a pretty big news source isn't it ?

Eat More Possum		2003-09-15 11:51:12 AM

Those funny U.F.O. Aliens, what will they do next?

Thales		2003-09-15 12:27:10 PM

The hooks on the cross actually pointed in the opposite direction to those on the swastika used by Adolf Hitler's Nazi party but it was still being treated as an illegal symbol.

So it wasn't a Nazi swastika after all. Ah Germany, so afraid of their past they'll destroy a peace sign.

Godfrey		2003-09-15 12:31:26 PM

Those displaying Nazi symbols or using the stiff-armed Hitler salute can face up to three years in prison in Germany.

ChewbaccaJones		2003-09-15 12:49:27 PM

Malaki Hess?

Ninja_Pancakes		2003-09-15 01:17:23 PM

What about freedom of speach?

ricardomontalban		2003-09-15 02:41:03 PM

What about freedom of speach?

Germany has freedom of speech, just like us, with the exception being anything pro-Nazi.
If I were a German citizen, I'd have no problem with Nazism being illegal.

andonbray		2003-09-15 04:58:47 PM

"I hate Illinois Nazis."

Korovyov		2003-09-15 05:04:22 PM

Dyslexic alien Nazis, apparently.

Bob_Laublaw		2003-09-15 05:05:24 PM

In most civilized countries, Ninja, freedom of speech excludes hate literature or signage.

FunkOut		2003-09-15 05:06:01 PM

So eithe we're dealing with pagans trampling an ancient Sanskrit good luck charm into a field or a bunch of retard Nazis who can't tell left from right.

Either way, I'd hire some locals with shotguns to protect my field. I'm sure the farmer is might pissed off.

Bill_Wick's_Friend		2003-09-15 05:06:23 PM

What about freedom of speech?

societal order trumps freedoms.

"peace order and good government" uber "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

skinink		2003-09-15 05:06:33 PM

Haha, the NeoNazis can't even make the symbol correctly. That's what happens when your father's sister is your mother.

shader		2003-09-15 05:06:57 PM

Of course freedom of speech should only apply to the popular view point!

First Post		2003-09-15 05:07:41 PM

"He Who Goosesteps Behind The Rows"

Bung_Howdy		2003-09-15 05:07:58 PM

Those wacky prankster nazis!

Miles_OToole		2003-09-15 05:09:31 PM

Good thing I read the article. I thought it was going to be about people that protest genetically engineered crops.

Monkeyfritter		2003-09-15 05:10:05 PM

This is from a contest I did for Worth1000, and seems to fit the headline perfectly!

Bill_Wick's_Friend		2003-09-15 05:10:09 PM

Planted by the hitler youth in the black forest in the late 30s/early 40s.

Much harder to stamp around and crush the surrounding trees...

Bukharin		2003-09-15 05:10:18 PM

Why do NaziSkinheads wear red suspenders anyway?
THEY DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU!!!

angstmonger		2003-09-15 05:10:27 PM

How else are you supposed to scare Jewish corn farmers?

AcadianSidhe		2003-09-15 05:10:31 PM

Kooky aliens.

shader, you make a good point, however, I believe it's totally understandable for the German government to be paranoid of allowing the swastika to be displayed anywhere. Just because you CAN say something, doesn't mean it should be said.

Vociferocicuss		2003-09-15 05:10:37 PM

Those Germans! First the chainsaw/finger story, now the backwards ass nazi hicks! We need a German edition of The Jerry Springer show.

Monkeyfritter		2003-09-15 05:12:28 PM

Vociferocicuss

Are you makin' some kind of racial slur by using "Jerry" and talking about Germans?

;)

PhilGroovy		2003-09-15 05:13:34 PM

Were the hooks at perfect right angles?

STACKENBLACHEN!

Vociferocicuss		2003-09-15 05:14:02 PM

I should have said Kraut.

brainmeats		2003-09-15 05:14:28 PM

here's a good read on the meaning of the actual 'reverse swastika'
clickie

edgesofsanity		2003-09-15 05:14:44 PM

however, I believe it's totally understandable for the German government to be paranoid of allowing the swastika to be displayed anywhere.

Understandable, yes. Commendable, no.

seniramsetatsdetinu		2003-09-15 05:16:57 PM

Loved the old East German slant. Those West Germans are much to programmed, I mean civilized to have done it.

Iowa uber alles.

Nightsweat		2003-09-15 05:16:58 PM

From 1907 from brainmeats's link -

What a difference three decades and change makes.

Bill_Wick's_Friend		2003-09-15 05:17:06 PM

swastikas:germans as flag-burning:americans

limits of free speech.

discuss.

Dr. Pepper		2003-09-15 05:17:27 PM

The German government stamping out any Nazi references is stupid; it happened, get over it. They even censor videogames for Nazism, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (A WW2 based FPS) had to be completely changed and any swastikas removed from the game in Germany.

Farking Deutsche ...

Cooley		2003-09-15 05:18:07 PM

"Freedom of speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception"

/From the good ole days of Metallica before they joined the Nazi party

ProgeriaKid		2003-09-15 05:18:19 PM

"peace order and good government" uber "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Uh. I'll take life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness please.

Oh, I have it already. Cool.

I'd rather have the promise of the pursuit of happiness than a promise of happiness. Those promising happiness usually do nothing but perpetuate sorrow.

Vociferocicuss		2003-09-15 05:19:00 PM

At least they make good beer and cars.

Camper_Bob		2003-09-15 05:19:24 PM

The reason you have freedom of speech, of course, is so that speech you don't like can still be heard.

Bukharin		2003-09-15 05:19:54 PM

Douche Bag = Illinois Nazis

Deutsche Bag = Former EastGerman Nazis

das		2003-09-15 05:20:02 PM

This is why we need the Space Shuttle......to fight alien space Nazis......

/HEIL E.T.

hoschi2		2003-09-15 05:22:12 PM

i don't see the point why displaying a symbol of a repressive regimen propagandizing the absence of free speech should be covered by free speech.
this doesn't have to do with "popular viewpoints" but nothing more than a criminal attitude. or does someone here want to tell me that some farking nazi is a socially and politically misunderstood and suppressed person?

Horg		2003-09-15 05:22:49 PM

Those trees were cool,though

Bob_Laublaw		2003-09-15 05:23:21 PM

The reason you have freedom of speech, of course, is so that speech you don't like can still be heard.

I agree completely, CamperBob, 'cept fo most people, in particular Germans, this issue goes a little bit beyond simple dislike.

seniramsetatsdetinu		2003-09-15 05:23:49 PM

A real Nazi would have gotten it right. Probably a plot by the French to monopolize Empire Europe.

Monkeyfritter		2003-09-15 05:24:08 PM

Now is the time when we danze!

LegolasGreenleaf		2003-09-15 05:24:24 PM

Did anyone else think of the movie Contact when they read the headline? The book was better of course : )

sqerl		2003-09-15 05:25:29 PM

Those displaying Nazi symbols or using the stiff-armed Hitler salute can face up to three years in prison in Germany

hmmm i guess you have to be careful the way you flag down a taxi... eh?

rka		2003-09-15 05:25:48 PM

First they came for the Nazis, but I said nothing, because I wasn't a Nazi...

And so on.

Omar_Sharif		2003-09-15 05:26:33 PM

Kernal Klink?

xj14y		2003-09-15 05:26:45 PM

Reminds me of a great joke told by Willie Nelson...

What was the last thing that Elvis said?
Corn?

Thankya folks. Nazi's are bad, but corn is funny. Actually it's more corny than funny, but... nevermind.