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by kevin_thibedeau 1740 days ago
Until recently you couldn't insult any head of state in Germany and still can't insult the German leader.
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You still are not allowed to insult not just the German Leader (which Germany hasn't had in 84 years), but anyone at all.

Insults are a misdemeanor crime and you can and will be fined several thousand dollars for calling your local cop an asshole or whoreson, for instance. (Which is better than the US where you will likely get molested, possibly arrested, and might get shot for the unwritten crime of 'contempt of cop'.)

Until someone did and everyone immediately realized how stupid this law is, and then the law was repealed.