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[Sheb]

Officials based their estimates on 600,000 migrants arriving this year, 400,000 next year and 300,000 in each of the following years, the report said, adding that they expected 55 percent of recognized refugees to have a job after five years.

45 percent official (i.e. very optimistic) expected unemployment among recognized refugees

That's a bit pessimistic if anything. 55% percent employment for refugees is what we have in Belgium, and our untnememployment rate is twice the German rate (8.5% vs. 4.2). The wording is a bit unclear too, do they expect 55% of ALL refugees to have jobs? I expect they mean "of working age refugees"?

Also do note that unemployment isn't the same as 100%-(% of those that have a job). If that 55% number is their target for labour participation, It's actually the same as that for the German population as a whole.

Also, that's just cost, doesn't take into account the benefits from those refugees finding jobs and paying taxes. It's nice to compare though: Germany spend 26% of GDP on social spending, or about 11.000 euros per person per year. Using those numbers, if the German government is spending as much on each refugees as it spend on each German, assuming their estimate for future numbers are real and 1 million refugees came in in 2015, I get a total of 125 billions. I guess the difference is largely due to the fact that refugees don't draw pensions.

[martinuzz]

A judge ruled verdict in Hamburg and has forbidden Böhmermann from repeating parts of his Erdogan poem. He can still recite parts about freedom of speech, but is no longer allowed to call Erdogan a goatfucker or pedofile.

Böhmermann's lawyer, Christian Scherz, has already called the judge's verdict wrong.
He says "the court is correct in concluding that Böhmermann's poem classifies as satire, and an expression of art, which makes it very strange that the verdict forbids parts of it"

[smjjames]

A judge ruled verdict in Hamburg and has forbidden Böhmermann from repeating parts of his Erdogan poem. He can still recite parts about freedom of speech, but is no longer allowed to call Erdogan a goatfucker or pedofile.

Böhmermann's lawyer, Christian Scherz, has already called the judge's verdict wrong.
He says "the court is correct in concluding that Böhmermann's poem classifies as satire, and an expression of art, which makes it very strange that the verdict forbids parts of it"

And the judge didn't have a moment of cognitive dissonance over it? heh.

Edit: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36317006 He's apparently done pretty controversial stuff before.

[sprinkled chariot]

I dont get, how calling someone pedophile and goatficker is elegant satire.
Germany has different meaning for satire?

[Morrigi]

...Apparently the BBC is shitposting like the best of us now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJWUmSbt0Ms

[Antsan]

I dont get, how calling someone pedophile and goatficker is elegant satire.
Germany has different meaning for satire?

Where does the "elegant" come from? It only read an unqualified "satire".

[martinuzz]

Edit: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36317006 He's apparently done pretty controversial stuff before.

To be quite fair, I've seen Charlie Hebdo magazine be much more insulting and controversial towards politicians, religions, and <insert minority group here> than this slightly bestiality-tinted poem of Böhmermann, which, as far as satire goes, tasteless or no, did a pretty good job at getting people's attention on what is happening in Turkey.

je suis Böhmermann

[Sonlirain]

German humor was never refined. I still remember that one disgusting picture with the pope shitting himself... i think the article was about pedophilia...

Anyway don't expect any class from german humor.
EVER.

[Loud Whispers]

...Apparently the BBC is shitposting like the best of us now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJWUmSbt0Ms

I WANT NORMIES TO LEAVE THE BEEB REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

German humor was never refined. I still remember that one disgusting picture with the pope shitting himself... i think the article was about pedophilia...
Anyway don't expect any class from german humor.
EVER.

German humour was never invented, don't expect class or even jokes, ever. Their jokes don't have any teeth to them, they're something you at most have a sensible chortle to and nod approvingly, never laughing aghast at the wretched joke you have born witness to.

[Antioch]

Ugh, who cares of its satire or not.


Just admit that Erdogan deserves to be insulted.

[Helgoland]

Anyway don't expect any class from german humor.

Hey, there's actually a lot of great German humor - it's just usually hard to translate/difficult to understand. Try Heine's Wintermärchen for a lot of good examples. Or Tucholsky. Or Ein Herz und eine Seele.

[smirk]

Anyway don't expect any class from german humor.

Counterpoint: German humor is the classiest.

[Orange Wizard]

Hey, there's actually a lot of great German humor - it's just usually hard to translate/difficult to understand. Try Heine's Wintermärchen for a lot of good examples. Or Tucholsky. Or Ein Herz und eine Seele.

Did he fall in a lake? It's not funny unless he fell in a lake.

[Loud Whispers]

Aye, much lake falling is comedy

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Haven't followed the topic closely.

Did anyone mention new information about great Russian victory at Sochi Olympics?

I always wondered why Russia was in a very bad shape in the first half of Sochi and than started to get medal after medal. FSB special operation does make sense.