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By DAVID RISING and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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John McCartney
Giving in to these nuts will only embolden others.
nandakandamanda
"These nuts", must mean extremists of any and every persuasion, right?
WilliB
nanda:
Well, we do not know the background for this yet, it might have just been drunken driving. But the state government has banned all traditional carnival celebrations in the state from now on for this year, as a "precaution". If this was not extremist related, why the "precaution"? The extremists are certainly happy about this decision, as they find these irreverant rambuctious carnival parties with alcohol offensive, as for example Christmas markets (which now also need police protection).
About the "German man", the authorities and media keep stressing that he has a German passport, however that thing is handed out pretty liberally these days.
Confusius
Yeah, it's really worrying how they have no problem handing out a German passport to every German citizen...Let's see...requirements for naturalization by entitlement:
permanent residence permit
having been an ordinarily resident in Germany for at least the last 8 years (7 years under certain circumstances)
an adequate knowledge of the German language
passed a Citizenship Examination
knowledge of the legal system and the society in Germany
able to support themselves and their dependants without requiring benefits
have not been sentenced for a crime and not subject to any court orderThere are actually some more but to me that sounds far from handing that stuff out liberally. Sure, there are also other ways to gain German citizenship but it is quite different from what you claim.
So how about we wait for further information instead of insinuating stuff again? We had that same game in 2018 on here when a German guy drove a car into people in Münster. Something terrible happened and I really see no need for this. There should be more information on the whole incident and the driver's background at some point today so why not wait with this kind of discussion until we have that kind of information?