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."

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Re:Sexual attraction to children is not uncommon

[Velex]

Do we know anything about female pedophilia? I don't care to look up the links to sexual abuse of children perpetrated by females. You can if you want.

Yes, females are the child-rearers, and males are the sexual destroyers and rapists. If you god-damned straight people want to make progress, then make some progress and change that damn attitude. Females mutilate male gentials without conscience.

Mod me down, I don't care. I have karma to burn, and mod points a-plenty. Why does everyone think females are so great? So good? Why does everyone think pedophiles are only male? They're only human, only /men/, haha, in the sense my dad meant when he explained that all men are created equal included women because women are a subclass of man like man is a subclass of man. Recursive bullshit. Screw it all. I'm gonna drink more vodka. You pretend that females are above this shit. You prented that females have no sexual urges. You pretend that females can't abuse children.

Re:Only two options

[jonadab]

> Either that OR he wants to make sure that the censorship
> law is congruent with the German constitution.

Germany: where the government routinely censors political ideas and historical facts without qualm, but censoring child pornography would be unconstitutional.