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0 pointssdoering5y ago0 comments

It happened in Germany, where he went to jail, because he regularly showed forbidden Nazi insignia as well as regularly doing the Hitler salute and shouting "Sieg Heil" - all of which is forbidden by law in Germany.

Especially after he was already on probation for earlier transgressions against these laws.

He did not go to jail because he "only" teached his dog (it was actually his dog) a poor taste trick.

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JetSetWilly5y ago

No, it happened in Scotland where none of these excuses apply, and the guy certainly was doing it as a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan

sdoeringOP5y ago

OK - then we have two cases, as nearly the same also happened in Germany[1]. In Germany the owner was sent to prison. As far as I am aware in Scotland the owner had to pay a fine [2].

I was initially wrong in assuming there would have been only one knucklehead on this planet doing something so obviously stupid.

Sorry for that.

[1]: https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrc...

[2]: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-...

Sorry for the sources being in German only.

RandoHolmes5y ago

Yep, that's the guy I was thinking of. Glad to see I wasn't that far off the mark.

RandoHolmes5y ago

fair enough, I'm not super familiar with the guy I just remember that being the narrative.

As an aside, I remember watching 'The Wave' years ago (I think there's a new version on netflix?) and being fascinated by it. It gave a brief glimpse into the cultural fear of what happened in Germany happening again.

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0 pointssdoering5y ago0 comments

Especially after he was already on probation for earlier transgressions against these laws.

He did not go to jail because he "only" teached his dog (it was actually his dog) a poor taste trick.

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JetSetWilly5y ago

No, it happened in Scotland where none of these excuses apply, and the guy certainly was doing it as a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan

sdoeringOP5y ago

OK - then we have two cases, as nearly the same also happened in Germany[1]. In Germany the owner was sent to prison. As far as I am aware in Scotland the owner had to pay a fine [2].

I was initially wrong in assuming there would have been only one knucklehead on this planet doing something so obviously stupid.

Sorry for that.

[1]: https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrc...

[2]: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-...

Sorry for the sources being in German only.

RandoHolmes5y ago

Yep, that's the guy I was thinking of. Glad to see I wasn't that far off the mark.

RandoHolmes5y ago

fair enough, I'm not super familiar with the guy I just remember that being the narrative.

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