Der Fall Sarrazin
addition to the very vigorous debate about the form and content of Thilo Sarrazin's socio-political statements in his book interests me as a writer and especially from the aspect of free speech: Is it true Sarrazin to fire him from his job and expelled from his party? If a man gagged, the calls just to inconvenient facts way?
one immediately start: No one forbids Mr. Sarrazin his remarks. The book is not burned. I may buy it and read it and say, the man writes nonsense or finally speaks to the truth. All this is possible. The speech is not threatened. The man can fill ten books with his ideas. No one will stop him.
has, however, to say the right of each community that a particular person who expresses a definite opinion, does not fit into this community. This may be the SPD or Sarrazin skat. And I think (note, now is content) that Mr. Sarrazin a nationalism the day before yesterday in the head and this has promoted pseudoscientific. He's afraid of a "Durchrassung" (which could express his comrade Edmund Stoiber impunity years ago), he wants integration through adaptation. That German immigrants built anywhere in the German culture abroad fortresses interests him and neither do we consider whether the nationalistic concept of the people may not have actually been used. He asks not, as far as I can see that. Nationalism is its premise. And he expressed his fear that German society is more stupid by Muslim immigrants and our grandchildren are all governed by the muezzin and headscarves, is a so-educated people rather embarrassing. But he may say something like that. Fortunately, not all consequences.
Nobody forces me as a "real Germans" (and I am, because I only have one son, high school and university degree, I can write and count and very good German doll) to integrate myself. I have the birth right belonged to the German people and must prove it not by myself adjusting my neighbors. The Muslim immigrants are dangerous for Sarrazin, because it occurs in hordes that tolerate the small German people not because he is genetically less intelligent, dramatically propagates and because of its religious and cultural background Intolerance and isolation tendency.
apology, with the man I want to create anything! This must also say Mr. Gabriel Merkel, even if they do it perhaps more of populism. But Mr. Sarrazin show the boundaries, is an act of moderation. Well, it would be natural to refute him objectively. Point by point. The trouble I'm not here. But that will do them.
Just a quote from Sarrazin's introduction, which illustrates what I mean by yesterday's nationalism.
"The birth rate in Germany fell more than 1.3 million per year in the first half of the sixties
to 650,000 in the year 2009 the so on - And why should anything change in this trend, which lasts for over four decades - then, after three generations, so in 90 years, the number of births in Germany at around 200000-250000 lie. More than half of which will be descendants of the 1965 population living in Germany.
The Germans had virtually eliminated it. Some Like this fate feel for a just punishment a nation where once were SS men fathered - the only way to the sometimes translucent secret joy explain about the German Bevälkerungsentwicklung "
No, Mr. Sarrazin If these numbers are correct.. - and I take the easy at times - then that's really nothing bad! If the people who call in 90 years, "German", half of people with immigrant descendants, then it does not frighten me! The mixture will probably be more colorful, are much more alive, but in any case - different.
An example: If the German national football team is thrilled at the last World Cup by a great, young team, in which a young Berlin called Boateng or a born in Gelsenkirchen "German Turks" called Özil Germany have represented sports, the German football so as started to create it?
The dangerous fool at Sarrazin Statements is not that he calls facts that may be something like this. The horror is his interpretation of these facts, based on an uncritical populist-nationalistic sentiments. And although it just that many words repeatedly denied (because it is always better to its own weakness to criticize in a pleasant way), and it remains his main mistake. The Master of the numbers itself up as chief historian and social visionary on - and fails in his brutal attitude. This attitude is dangerous because it hides behind facts, which are formed by a people thoroughly researched and played smart. This is pseudo-scientific xenophobia. We know this very painful from the oh-so-German past.
and then gets really dangerous: Because many people, even very educated people who consider themselves liberal and tolerant, then say: The man was right with what he quotes! One has but must tell the truth! These abused Sarrazin even Ferdinand Lassalle in his preface: ". Kleingeisterei all political lies in the concealment and disguise of what is"
Before then I fear - and not before a Durchrassung the German people.
And by the way - I like a German!