Nazi Jibes a Recipe for Disaster

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Nazi Jibes a Recipe for Disaster

Comparing this with a CDU election slogan was not a smart move

German politicians know that using words loaded with Nazi ideology or making comparisons to people or things from the Nazi era will land them in hot water and possibly end their careers. So why do they keep doing it?

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,...653168,00.html

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A new story:

Livingstone faces tribunal over 'Nazi' jibe

Matthew Tempest, political correspondent
Tuesday December 13, 2005

London mayor Ken Livingstone is today facing up to a five-year disqualification, as the row over his remarks to an Evening Standard journalist finally reaches a tribunal.

The local government watchdog, the Standards Board for England & Wales, will determine whether Mr Livingstone brought his office into disrepute when he compared a Jewish reporter from the London newspaper to a Nazi concentration camp guard.

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Another case:

Italian Minister 'got message' over Nazi jibe


23 March 2006
AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said on Thursday Italian Minister Carlo Giovanardi has 'got the message' that it is unacceptable to compare legalised euthanasia in the Netherlands with Nazi eugenics.
Balkenende spoke about the comments made by Giovanardi last week when he had talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio at a meeting of Christian Democrat leaders at Meise near Brussels. The two Christian Democrats are also in Belgium for an EU summit.



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