Dear Böhmermann,
we do not know, and I have unfortunately been your shipments can not see. However, I am writing in an open letter to you, because it is revealing what reactions your satire triggered. A crystallization and turning point
Vorneweg I want to say: I find your poem succeeded. I laughed out loud. The reason to say is important to me, because you’re not a single contribution in the past few days – whether accusatory or party moving for you – read on your text, which not only once, as it benevolentiae as Captatio emphasized how tasteless and primitive and insulting your satire about Erdoğan is.
This is about as original and meaningful, as if accusing a formula 1 car maker, its cars but be quick. That your poem was tasteless, crude and offensive, was yes – if I have understood correctly – the whole point. You did just gathered all the insulting, offensive especially all in the Muslim world stereotypes to make in grotesque exaggeration a satire about dealing with tasteless satire.
Art and Satire freedom
they wanted after quite sirloin lame Erdoğan-Veräppelungs song in the ARD ironically the illiberal reaction of the Turkish President and maximum provocation destroy the people around them to let think about how a society with satire and – dealing with the satire intolerance of non-Democrats – even more important. An artwork. Like any great satire. And as such: free. Or is it?
I understand the excitement over your text not quite. For there is in Germany a good Tucholsky coined by Hitler ex negative hardened tradition of opinion, art and satire freedom.
Especially when it comes to religious provocations, precisely, is Christian feelings, everything goes in Germany. Reminds me your appearance in Second German Television a little of the probably most famous work of the artist Martin Kippenberger. It shows, carved in different versions in wood, a crucified nailed smiling frog. On the aesthetic characteristic style of South German Herrgottsschnitzerei.
And the title of this frog-crucifixions (which are now traded on the international auction market to high six-figure sums ) reads: “What is the difference between Casanova and Jesus: the facial expression when nailed.” Kippenberger, punk painter and Gesamtkunstwerk-provocateur is great art at Sotheby’s and Christie’s bring the important paintings million. Who twitches there is considered bourgeois.
Similarly, when the “Titanic” the pope in a full body condom or with a urine stain on the garment shows. Once it goes against the Catholic Church, the laughter of the juste milieu is programmed. It can not be disrespectful and hurtful enough.
You, dear Lord Böhmermann, now had to learn that different standards apply when it comes to Turkish leaders goes. In Germany, a kind of broke out political crisis, just because you have referred to Mr Erdoğan as “goat fuckers”. Speaking of fucking. If ZDF – its fee-funded educational mission subtly committed – calls a hashtag “Fuck you, Bild-Zeitung” to life and to the domain “fickdichbildzeitung.com” ensures that linked up today to a spot of ZDF, then knocks the German intelligence joyful excitement puffing on his thighs. “Fuck you, image”, and commissioned by the Second German Television commissioned and sent in prime time and then marketed multimedia online – ho, ho, ho, quite boldly. “Picture” deserved it. They’re not even better.
The pussyfooting the federal government
When Turkish President is the different. Erdoğan checked in his country about 90 percent of newspaper circulation and leaves protesters who disagree, remove forcibly from public places. Opposition he refers to as “atheists and terrorists”. Students who demonstrate risk de-registration. University professors, journalists and bloggers who express criticism are arbitrarily arrested, sometimes tortured, editors are combed. . A peaceful demonstration for the rights of homosexuals is crushed with water cannons and tear gas
Equality between men and women rejects Turkish President from: Islam teach that women especially are mothers. And towards the Kurds is excessive and reckless violence of the Turkish army on the agenda, says Amnesty International. Violence against Kurds have demanded hundreds of deaths alone since last summer
More importantly, however. For the small compensation of three billion euros regulates Erdoğan the refugees so that the conditions are not placed in Germany out of hand. Because you have to understand, Mr. Böhmermann that the German government apologized to the Turkish government for your insensitive remarks. These are – artistic freedom or not – in the current situation simply “unhelpful”
You could also just call kowtowing the whole.. Or as Michel Houellebecq put it in his masterpiece about the self-sacrifice of the democratic West in the title: the submission
Your Mathias Döpfner.
PS I would like, Mr. Böhmermann precaution all connect your formulations and abuse content fully and make his own me in any legal form. Maybe we get to know in this way in court. With Erdogan as peer reviewers for the limits of satirical taste.
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