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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Confusing Symbols in Germany? Now correct me if I’m wrong, but a crossed-out symbol is pretty clear and to the point, isn't it? So why am I confused about a recent Stuttgart court decision made against a small German organization (company?) that specializes in crossed-out swastikas and other anti-fascist paraphernalia? The owner even has to pay a 3,600 euro fine for having sold these things. Swastikas are constitutionally banned symbols in Germany, you see, and according to the judge, when it comes to a crossed-out swastika, in this case anyway, “It is not always so easy to recognize that these symbols are being used against Nazis, especially for foreigners.” Uh, I’m no brain scientist or anything, but I am a foreigner. And, well, what on earth could possibly be confusing about a crossed-out swastika? If a crossed out crapping dog means your dog isn’t supposed to crap here, than a crossed-out swastika means that Nazis aren’t supposed to crap here either, right? Now I know that German brains are more complicated than American brains are, that’s just the way it is. It has to do with all the bottled mineral water they drink or the lack of speed limits on the Autobahn or something. And this has been proven on several occasions in laboratories all over the world (I think) and is nothing we have to go into great detail about here. But up until this court decision was made, I was convinced that not even the most complicated and complex German brain, not even a judge’s, could ever get confused about anything as straightforward as a crossed-out crapping dog and/or swastika. Looks like I was wrong.Confusing symbols? I don’t think so. The only thing confusing here is a court decision about so-called confusing symbols which will now send confusing signals to people who like the crossed-out swastikas without the crossed-out part, know what I’m sayin’? And that’s not confusing at all. Not to anyone older than three, that is. Hope this won’t be the same judge who’ll be presiding over the case about neo-Nazis launching their own video news channel. Should it ever come to that, I mean. Come visit me at Observing Hermann... Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Clarsonimus at 2:49 AM |
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