They said in the news that the Cologne satire wagon on the Hebdo assassination that was to have been part of the carnival procession was cancelled for reasons of safety.
Immediately afterwards, they broadcast the sitcom: “Third Floor Left”. Sitcom is short for situation comedy and (so the producers said in the pre-view) was supposed to spontaneously process current events.
Well, tough luck so far.
Because the first twenty minutes of the show were not, as I had expected, dedicated to the “Cologne Angst” (which is a sub-category of “German Angst”). Instead, they were actually dedicated to Frau Merkel. The cheese remained inside the borders set by the Islamists.
While doing so, it pretended to have applied its own cheese cover, because within the security zone, there was quite a bit of serious satire. Frau Merkel playing the harmless substitute victim for the dangerous Paris murderers. Well, that would certainly give the cabaret cheese a strong flavour.
Maneuvers? Not at all! Dutifully, everyone laughed. They all knew the western desire for freedom has nothing more to offer.
The same is true for me, which is why I wrote “we” in the title. To this day, I am glad that I did not have to show my courage during the Third Reich. The idea that I might have been a smooth follower is too close to home.
After twenty minutes, I switched off the sitcom. And I promised myself that, in connection with freedom and free talk, I will remain mute, instead of shooting my mouth off.
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(Translated by EG)
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