Uproar in Germany over law requiring men get military approval for long stays abroad (www.theguardian.com)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 13:03
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troed@fedia.io on 05 Apr 13:05 next collapse

"When Russia attacks I want someone else to defend me"

comrade_twisty@feddit.org on 05 Apr 13:34 next collapse

I will absolutely defend Germany when Russia attacks, but I will not fight any of Americas and Israels wars!

troed@fedia.io on 05 Apr 14:14 next collapse

What a beautiful strawman you built there.

NABDad@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 14:42 collapse

Not even against America and Israel?

setsubyou@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 13:34 next collapse

No, they want to leave Germany instead of making someone defend them there.

silverneedle@lemmy.ca on 05 Apr 13:46 next collapse

I hope to leave people like you behind when someone attacks:)

marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today on 05 Apr 16:57 collapse

I can promise you Russia does not care to attack any of the EU. If you’ve been tricked into believing something different, get a better education.

Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de on 05 Apr 17:41 collapse

Yet.

marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today on 05 Apr 18:03 collapse

Or ever. Germany has no natural resources and generally has not been enough of a pain since the Soviets freed you from Nazi control to be a danger to Russia. Why would they invade? Germany doesn’t even have a large contingency of Russian citizens in it.

Vittelius@feddit.org on 05 Apr 14:21 next collapse
  1. The government is obliged to grant your request to leave the country unless there actually is a war.
  2. There is no penalty if you leave the country without government approval.
GardenGeek@europe.pub on 05 Apr 14:33 collapse

Also this isn’t a new law but a remain of the cold war era.

perestroika@slrpnk.net on 05 Apr 15:04 next collapse

In this case, I would advise them to simply ignore the law, or protest to have it revoked. It does not make sense.

smeg@infosec.pub on 05 Apr 16:37 next collapse

Stop voting for right wing parties, folks

carrylex@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 17:13 collapse

That decision was not done by right wing parties.

carrylex@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 17:12 collapse

Article is irrelevant - we had this discussion in Germany 1 week ago.

TL;DR See comment below.