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[Teneb]

Dafuq? And they actually arrested him? I mean, what's the logic behind that?

Don't know about scotland, but around here, doing the salute outside stuff like acting or satire can end up with you arrested too.

[ChairmanPoo]

This was a dog hailing a screen. Hows that not satire?

[Helgoland]

Iunno, training your dog to do the Hitler salute is definitely a Nazi thing around these parts.

[Orange Wizard]

AFAIK a number of central/eastern European countries criminalise the whole nazi thing because nazi war crimes were kind of a big deal around there. Elsewhere the impact is less direct so there's not really any point in cracking down on it.

Scotland is far enough away that the only reason for the dude to be arrested is some moral busybodies getting offended.

[Loud Whispers]

Iunno, training your dog to do the Hitler salute is definitely a Nazi thing around these parts.

Nah fam only the pug's a nazi

[Jopax]

Hell, the dude even says it's just a fucking joke to piss his friend off.

So he's arresting because some people found his joke to be offensive. Holy shit this is like a whole new level of policing speech here

[smjjames]

It's one thng to do that to piss off his friend and another to post the video online. It seems like the point they are making is that even if it's someone just being a troll, it's not allowed because otherwise it'll look okay.

[Grim Portent]

We also have a history of sectarian and ethnic violence with a very close link to 'humour'. This is not dissimilar to banning singing sectarian songs at football games in the hopes of detoxifying the atmosphere at matches.

[SirQuiamus]

tfw the dog in question is a degenerate Unterhund and not a purebred Aryan shepherd

[Loud Whispers]

It's one thng to do that to piss off his friend and another to post the video online. It seems like the point they are making is that even if it's someone just being a troll, it's not allowed because otherwise it'll look okay.

muh slippery slope

pugzstaffel confirmed

[Morrigi]

Almost sprayed juice all over my monitor laughing at "pugzstaffel".

[Sheb]

We also have a history of sectarian and ethnic violence with a very close link to 'humour'. This is not dissimilar to banning singing sectarian songs at football games in the hopes of detoxifying the atmosphere at matches.

Somehow, I don't think that video would directly have incited violence. If you're going to use the full power of the law to silence even videos of dogs doing a nazi salute, the potential for abuse is just too high.

[Orange Wizard]

Always better to err on the side of caution with censorship IMO. If a person is saying "go out and kill people in group X" then by all means, censor away, but banning humour is stupid.

[Grim Portent]

But none of that is for the arresting officers to decide, and overlooking events that appear to be just jokes might miss some incidents that actually matter. What's likely going to happen is the case gets glanced at by someone in the judiciary system and thrown out for not being worth a judge's time.

[Orange Wizard]

Someone signed the arrest warrant, and that person is an idiot.