German Police Raid 300 Homes of Anti-Semite Music Swappers
 

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WIESBADEN, Germany - German police swooped on more than 300 homes across the country to smash an Internet ring trading neo-Nazi and racist songs.

The federal crime office (BKA) said it had opened probes against 342 suspects in 15 of Germany's 16 states believed to be involved in trading songs online with banned lyrics.

In the early-morning raids of 333 apartments, police seized computers and CDs.

"Incitement to racial hatred is not a trifle," BKA president Joerg Ziercke said, adding that skinhead music allowed neo-Nazis to make inroads with German youth.

"Young people are being targeted and brought into the world of anti-Semitism and hatred of foreigners."

The BKA said that after concerts, the Internet was the most important medium for spreading far-right music, particularly via online music swap sites.

In 2001, German police staged raids on more than 100 apartments of suspects believed to be trading neo-Nazi music on the Web site Napster (news - web sites) and confiscated computers and disks.






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wow so they can target you by the music you listen to?

thats not funny to me.

i purchase some very different music myself.

not racist or nazi shit but why should that matter?

next it will be what web pages you load.

So much for freedom of expression! The only thing they have achieved is to drive them deeper underground:2 cents:

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what a shithole country

where are you from?

burning of books aint far away

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LOL

Wow, cops in gas masks to get ppl who are trading music..

Also the first cop in the pic looks like Kevin Bacon.

people need to realize free speech was not set up to protect speech you like...but speech you may be offended by...and we're not just talking about the word fuck on radio.

Nazis are so 1939.

Racism is stupid, and anyone who can't get over the fact that we now live in a multicultural world , and if you don't like someone - its not your right to take their life, need to grow the fuck up

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but in some way you are right...
not everything is good here...

That's where the likes of Hitler came from. Here we go again. Some people never learn :2 cents:

i think you hit on the real clue here... David Hasselhof was reported to also be at the shoot..

and it's not your right to push your thoughts, morals, and beliefs on others.

sure it's stupid, I don't defend their beliefs but their rights to them, and their rights to express them however they choose as long as it's within the confines of "real" laws...like no violence/assault etc...but when it comes to the sharing of music/thoughts/ideas fuck that that's bogus repressive bullshit to control the way people think and feel.

Yeh, pretty intense way to go after people because they have a certain political and music preference.

Obviously Neo-Nazism is a a major issue in Germany. But what if people were listening to this music just to see what is was all about.

Were this to happen in the US they would have to triple prison capacity just after one raid.

Neo-Nazism will do no good to that country. And after what happened 60 years ago, I think it's very reasonable to have it illegal still.

Child porn is also not covered by freedom of speech laws. And it would be a weak excuse to say 'i just wanted to see what its all about'. I think it's a similar issue that is as sensitive.

hey!!! where am i going to download my music now?

*cought*bulshit*cough*


I love how people always drag the kid issue into just about every argument...cp and racism ...apples and oranges.

While one is clearly against the law another is just the way some people think and feel and as long as they keep it to just that..thinking and feeling and no action involved then who are you to decide?

And for you as an adult webmaster who can't see the real correlation I find this even more reprehensible.

Racism sucks..but you have the right to it if you choose it.

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Shall we round up everyone making anti-Bush comments? Anti-government comments will do no good for this country.

i wonder how many of you are black, asian or jewish...

i live in a part of germany where at least about 5% of the people tend to be openly neo-nazis. and i think up to 10 or 15% more think the same way but don't show it.

try to walk around here as a black, asian or jewish guy at night, i will not be surprised if you were beaten up by some nazis. it happend several times - for nothing.

my personal opinion is that these fuckheads belong to jail. no discussion. :mad:

above all that music is so incredible bad that is alone is enough reason to lock them all up. :helpme

It is sad to see a society that is so unconfident that it needs to ban words because it doesn't trust its own people to make the right decision.

sorry, but in this country racism is as clearly against the law as cp. so: no point to discuss - a matter of history

as Karl marx said, "history repeats itself."

I don't know. If it was any other country I would be totally against such actions by the police. But then again, I don't see what good it'd do to arrest them, it'll only make them feel oppressed and increase there devotion to the cause.

I know it's against the law...but it's a law against thought as well as action when action is all you should be concerned with...catch a clue will ya?

Good point. You can't really stop people from listening to music by putting them in jail for a few days.

I'm surprised in the post above the guy in Germany claims up to 15% of Germany still has Nazi beliefs. That's quite a large number of people if that claim is indeed true.

Anyone else here live in Germany? Are the feelings still there to this extent?

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Try to limit what we can think and we'll remember it well when the world looks different. Do you think the world is static? :1orglaugh Nationalism will come around again eventually because it is sensible and in accord with Mother Nature. Multiculturalism is not natural, and the only arguments supporting it goes along the line of "more exotic foods and translators available."

i'm not dumb - but understanding and accepting are two different things.

and if you don't shave it could happen that the nazis consider you as a tramp and beat you up as well. :glugglug

maybe we should all be lobatomized at birth so we dont think for ourselves anymore

Aha ...........Caught You!! We will report you to the Music Gestapo:1orglaugh

I am from Germany and all what i can tell you is:

!!! THIS COUNTRY SUCKS !!!

They hunt you if you listen the wrong music.....
They hunt you if you talk something against jews/israel...
They hunt you for the freedom of speech

You dont hear much such things about the "democratic" System called Germany...it is nothing worth...this country is ruled almost like afghanisthan and the taliban.....

If a german webmaster is using an us Porn Sponsor he gets problems....if they found out, that you do so, the come with a whole group of policemen and turn your apartment upside down..

THATS GERMANY.....cool county hm???

WTF does accepting and understanding have to do with this? LOL

No country...I REPEAT NO COUNTRY! should attempt to legislate thought, and free speech..sure some do...and some who think they are free only have varying degrees of freedom.

But we are focusing on Germany here...and to arrest people for swapping neo-nazi music is pure fucking crazy.

Who cares if you were just checking it out or if you agreed with the content of they lyrics.

As long as you don't act out on that racism you should be okay...once you do..then the law should break loose on your ass...but not a second sooner.

i live in the extreme east of germany, near to the polish/czech border - and i just have to step out of the door to see it every day on the streets.

if you travel to cities like munich, hamburg or berlin it would not be that much.

but for example: 2 years ago in hamburg, which is normally a very liberal city, nearly 20% voted for a party which had some very nationalistic thoughts.

but it is no german specialty - also france, italy or denmark have up to 20% votes for parties like that

this is not true....or not correct
The people just see, that more and more scumbacks come from the east into germany to make some bullshit, thats all....if you are against something like that, you are already a nazi in germany.

In Germany you are for every little mind a nazi...if you dont like sharon..you are a nazi.
If you tell that you dont agree with this masses of immigrants..you are a nazi
if you tell, that the system of the state is absolute sick...you are a nazi...

YOU see what i mean????

So why don't you all vote out the government you have all these complaints with?

Try to walk as a white guy through some ghetto neighborhood at night, does that mean we should go around and have our cops do racial profiling and sentence young urban blacks to a life of perpetual incarceration? Wait, that's already happening..

hehe - what a pity its too warm on mallorca to wear my long black leather coat - you could have taken some nice pictures. :Graucho

Good point.

Because there is no other government what you could vote for after.....they will all complaints to this.

Thats the problem

I left this country, and i am happy that i made this step

More like a matter of indoctrination, Germans have seen plenty of that throughout history

No, i would not say 15% have Nazi beliefs. It is true that there is a increasing level of violence against aliens but that has nothing to do with Nazi beliefs. More with typical german stubborness and violent stupidity. Ok, there is also a rational reason: The high rate of violent crimes commited by foreign juveniles.

is it possible that you exaggerate a very very little bit? :glugglug

I know "nazis," and I could perhaps be considered one as well (I agree with many National Socialistic precepts). We do not go around and "beat up" people, and I consider myself and my friends considerate people who long for better ideals than those of the day. For myself, I long for a new type of democracy which allows the population to have their direct say in all issues (doable with current tech), and where the peoples of the earth all have their fair share of sovereign land along with a recognized right to exist and rule themselves.

I swear to you...NO i dont !!!

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This should not come as much surprise. My guess is numbers are even higher, Germans have been a xenophobic bunch since Roman times..