German: A Language of Discrimination?
By Nick • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: German Culture
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Yes, German is a language of discrimination. Built into the language is already the clear discriminatory difference between male and female. Take Arzt and Arztin, we already know which one is the female, Artzin.
German: Easy Discrimination
In German, females are distinguished by their noun. German adds “in” to the add of the nouns that involve a female… Take Girl Student = Studentin. This makes it very easy to seperate genders, emphasizing that male and female is not the same.
Germany: No Freedom of Religion?
It seems that even in Germany, you really aren’t freely able to worship as you please. Take Scientology for example. Though I might not support such beliefs, it is almost outright banned in Germany. I’ve been straight out asked if I am a Scientologist, and that’s legal here in Germany.
Germany: Discrimination Problems
The government of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany, forbid jazz great Chick Corea to play because of his affliation with the religion Scientology. Even Tom Cruise had plenty of problems and was even persecuted himself. Even something so simply as playing the game Wolfenstein is illegal in Germany.
Shouldn’t Germany uphold the right to freedom of Religion and Speech?
Popularity: 32% [?]
Scientology is not a religion but an enterprise selling overprized personel development courses diguising as a relgion to save taxes.
Everybody has the right to believe what he wants but: if I start a company selling soft drinks and then tell everybody that I am not selling soft drinks but “life juice” as commanded by my god “holly bubble” and that I do not run an enterprise but a church and should be exempt of taxes - that’s just laughable. And thats about what Scientology does.