Von der Leyen puts Rammstein's new Album on Index
I think Misses von der Leyen will have more and more enemies in the future. Not only do most information scientists hate her, but now she also led to the indexing of Rammstein's new album Liebe ist für alle da (love is there for everybody).
What does indexing mean in Germany?
The album will not be allowed to be available in public and nobody under 18 is allowed to possess it. Moreover, it is not allowed to play the songs in public. Therefore, it might only be sold to people who are at least 18 years old and tell the clerk: "Hey, you must have the new Rammstein album, don't you? I want to buy it" The clerk will then get it from below the table or somewhere different.
Why is it put on the index?
Ursula von der Leyen has a problem with one song about sexual violence (either SM or rape, you could interpret both I think) and one image on which a girl gets some slaps on the ass.
Wow, ain't this really bad?
Of course, this might be something that is not good in the eyes of everybody. However, you have to know what other lyrics are allowed in Germany. We have a lot of Gangster-rappers here singing about killing other people, fucking their mothers and raping sluts.
What von der Leyen now tries to do is playing the cultural saviour. She wants to protect us all from harmful content as if we were not able to choose ourselves what is good for us and what is not. The problem in my eyes no is: The image with which she has a problem is in the jewel case and you can only listen to the songs if you bought them. I do not understand why there is not only a restriction to people who are at least 18 years old then.
Von der Leyen: a show-off
There once was a report on TV about von der Leyen which came to the conclusion that she is always trying to put herself in front of everything. She wants to be seen and she wants to be known. Talking about her role as Family Minister, she once also told wrong data and started talking about it before others could.
I do not know why other people apart from information scientists (she is the one who is demanding internet censorship in Germany) have not had any problems with her, yet. However, she now might get problems all over the world, because Rammstein is a really widely known band.
Weblinks
- laut.de news - "Liebe ist für alle da" will be forbidden (German)
- sim4000 blog - "Liebe ist für alle da" on German index (German)
Friday, November 6, 2009
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