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German Spiegel publishes "United Stasi of America" graffiti photo of U.S. Embassy in Berlin!
(Written by an U.S. citizen expat living in Germany)
The mainstream German magazine Der Spiegel, English language edition (which is the equivalent of Time magazine in Europe) published a photo produced by a light graffiti artist containing the phrase, "United Stasi of America" which was projected at night onto the face of the United States Embassy in Berlin last Sunday. To which European journalists are asking, is this free speech? Is it art? Do we have intellectual freedom in the European Union in keeping with tenets of modern democracy? Should the light artist in question be praised for an act of courage and free speech or should he be criminally prosecuted and if so, who will file the charges? Or was this simply a publicity stunt that should be ignored? But first, the question in the minds of many Americans is, what is the Stasi? The Stasi were the former East German secret police who were part of the communist surveillance state and they were severely hated in much the same way as the echos of the Nazi secret police called the Gestapo. Additionally we must remember Berlin's history as being a divided city, partly under communist rule divided by the iron curtain as a scar left behind in the aftermath of World War II.
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Please note: This picture has gone viral around the world.
(Please click on the link below to read my entire article. Thanks)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/13/1223232/-German-Spiegel-publishes-United-Stasi-of-America-graffti-photo-of-U-S-Embassy-in-Berlin
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German Spiegel publishes "United Stasi of America" graffiti photo of U.S. Embassy in Berlin! (Original Post)
Democrats Ramshield
Jul 2013
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Not the first Stasi reference on this issue...
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)2. One Reaps What One Sows
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struggle4progress
(118,291 posts)3. Kim Dotcom's libertarian groupies will be thrilled