14 NOVEMBER 2007, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich \u2013 like the Town of Muegeln, Finding Itself Not Guilty? \u2013 10<\/p>\n
\u201cMuegeln: population just under 5,000. Not much happens in this town where the processes of building up and tearing down eastern Germany go on all around it. A lot of people in Muegeln feel abandoned by \u2018those above us,\u2019 i.e., politicians and the authorities. The result is a sense of frustration and a sullen attitude toward the government.<\/p>\n \u201cSaxony\u2019s prime minister, Georg Milbradt, stops by to check out the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cHe claps Muegeln\u2019s mayor on the shoulder. The latter has been in office for seventeen years and says he doesn\u2019t understand his townspeople anymore. He plays down the issue and says that Muegeln is not a right-wing extremist place.<\/p>\n \u201cGotthard Deuse, member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Mayor of Muegeln: \u2018I\u2019m telling you quite simply that this thing was a spontaneous event that just escalated. I think nobody wanted to give offense. Things like that always happen at public festivals. If the men from India had not been there, there would have \u2013 yes, there can be friction like that among Germans too. It always happens\u2019.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (First Report – to be continued)<\/p>\n Sources: First Report – Steffen Judzikowski, Wolfgang Kramer, Joe Sperling, \u201eMuegeln unter Verdacht \u2013 Deutsche jagen Auslaender,\u201c ZDF, Frontal 21, Broadcast of 21 August 2007. Second Report – Guener Balci und Reinhard Laska, Gefaehrliche Zivilcourage – Kein Schutz fuer mutige Buerger, ZDF, Frontal 21, Broadcast of 4 September 2007. Third Report \u2013 Caroline Walter und Alexander Kobylinski, \u201eMuegeln \u2013 eine Stadt waescht sich rein,\u201c Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg, Kontraste, Broadcast of 20 September 2007.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n \u201cI love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.\u201d – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n 14 NOVEMBER 2007, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen \u2013 wie M\u00fcgeln, w\u00e4scht sie sich rein? \u2013 10<\/p>\n \u201eM\u00fcgeln: knapp 5000 Einwohner. Nicht viel los in dieser Kleinstadt zwischen Aufbau und Abriss Ost. Viele f\u00fchlen sich \u201evon denen da oben\u201c Im Stich gelassen. Frustration und Staatsverdrossenheit. <\/p>\n Landesvater Milbradt kommt vorbei, will sich informieren. <\/p>\n Schulterklopfen f\u00fcr den B\u00fcrgermeister. Der ist seit 17 Jahren im Amt, versteht seine B\u00fcrger nicht mehr. Wir sind doch keine rechtsextreme Stadt, wiegelt er ab. <\/p>\n O-Ton Gotthard Deuse, FDP, B\u00fcrgermeister M\u00fcgeln: Ich sage einfach auch, dass diese Sache, die dann eskaliert ist, eine spontane Sache gewesen ist und ich denke auch, da niemandem nahe zu treten, bei Volksfesten passiert das immer mal. Wenn die Inder nicht da gewesen w\u00e4ren, h\u00e4tte -ja k\u00f6nnen genauso Reibereien zwischen Deutschen sein, denn das passiert ja immer mal.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n (Erster Bericht – Fortsetzung folgt)<\/p>\n Quellen: Erster Bericht – Steffen Judzikowski, Wolfgang Kramer, Joe Sperling, \u201eM\u00fcgeln unter Verdacht \u2013 Deutsche jagen Ausl\u00e4nder,\u201c ZDF, Frontal 21, Sendung vom 21. August 2007. Zweiter Bericht – G\u00fcner Balci und Reinhard Laska, Gef\u00e4hrliche Zivilcourage – Kein Schutz f\u00fcr mutige B\u00fcrger, ZDF, Frontal 21, Sendung vom 4. September 2007. Dritter Bericht \u2013 Caroline Walter und Alexander Kobylinski, \u201eM\u00fcgeln \u2013 eine Stadt w\u00e4scht sich rein,\u201c Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg, Kontraste-Sendung vom 20.September 2007.<\/p>\n \u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber man muss andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n \u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 14 NOVEMBER 2007, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich \u2013 like the Town of Muegeln, Finding Itself Not Guilty? \u2013 10 \u201cMuegeln: population just under 5,000. Not much happens in this town where the processes of building up and tearing down eastern Germany go on all around it. 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