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German President Refuses To Sign Censorship Law
thetinytoon writes "German federal president Horst Köhler has refused to sign a law to block child pornography that passed Parliament earlier this year, stating that he 'needs more information.' In Germany, the federal president has the right to reject a law only if its passage violated the order mandated by the constitution, or if it is obviously unconstitutional — he can't veto a law simply because he disagrees with it. The law was passed under a coalition government, but a different coalition took power before the law reached the president's desk. Political observers guess that the political parties would like to get rid of the law without losing face, but since it has already passed the Parliament, they can't simply abandon it."
... or at least according to the former family affairs minister - she said that everyone who is against this law is either a paedophile criminal or their lobby.
man anyone can get a lobbyist on their side these days...
Don't worry. I'm German, and I don't get it either.
Ahhhh every not ever... damn you irony!
CATS/Diebold '08- All your vote are belong to us!
I don't think anything domiantes our headlines.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
No, you have it backwards. People place a lot of value on it because that's the only Amendment they can remember.
I don't really mind regulation on speech, weapons, trial by jury, protection from excessive punishment or the right to remain silent, but quarter troops in my home and I'll blow their heads off with or without legal justification!
"I'm partial to a bit of loli myself"
-- Adolf Hitler
You have the legal right to it in many places. The more weapons are around, the more likely it is to be infringed though.
Which do I value more - the right to life or the right to privacy? Hmmm...
I'll see your Constitution and raise you a Queen.
Stay on topic please, this is a threat concerning a law to catch pedos. This has nothing to do with kids or at least not their wellbeing!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
denken Sie an die Kinder!
Bow-ties are cool.
No, there's no inflection or tone to hear in order to detect sarcasm.
No, it's the crazy.
I use so much sarcasm with my friends that on many occasions I meet people telling me that evolutionists are satanists or other such, to me, preposterous nonsense, I assume sarcasm, possibly agree sarcastically, until we hit this awkward point in the conversation where I have to say something like: "Holy shit; your serious?"
Inflection just doesn't help.