We have previously discussed the German laws barring certain expressions and symbols connected to Nazi Germany. Germany like much of the West has continued to criminalize speech in a gradual erosion of free speech. Most recently, the German police arrested two Chinese tourists for making illegal Hitler salutes in front of the Reichstag building that houses the German parliament. It was obviously a joke but in Germany it is a crime. The problem is that most tourists will not assume that such a picture could be a crime because it is such a senseless denial of free speech. It is ironic that the arrests would involve Chinese citizens who probably assumed that in the West they could enjoy free speech.
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