22 NOVEMBER 2007, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich \u2013 like the Town of Muegeln, Finding Itself Not Guilty? (Second Report) \u2013 15<\/p>\n
\u201cProgram Moderator: \u2018Sure, we\u2019re all supposed to have the courage of our convictions. Ever since the recent events in Muegeln, that\u2019s what politicians everywhere have been saying, even Chancellor Merkel. In Saxony, in the town of Muegeln, all the nice people looked on nicely as a mob of fifty hooligans hunted down eight men from India.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018But what would we have done in that situation? How would each of us have acted? It\u2019s certainly understandable that we should be asked to have the courage of our convictions, but that\u2019s an easy request for politicians to make.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Responding nobly to cries for help against a force of unreason, multiplied fifty times, can be a life-threatening thing to do.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Our reporters Guener Balci and Reinhard Laska show us what can happen to courageous people in Germany. They also show us that the government, in problematic cases, simply draws back from the sometimes bitter consequences of being courageous\u2019.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (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 22 NOVEMBER 2007, DONNERSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen \u2013 wie M\u00fcgeln, w\u00e4scht sie sich rein? (Zweiter Bericht) \u2013 15<\/p>\n \u201eAnmoderation: Ja, ja, Zivilcourage sollen wir B\u00fcrger haben – das fordern seit M\u00fcgeln wieder Politiker allerorten, bis hoch zur Kanzlerin. Im s\u00e4chsischen M\u00fcgeln hatten alle braven Anwohner brav zugeschaut, als ein Mob von 50 Randalierern acht Inder jagte.<\/p>\n Was aber h\u00e4tten wir gemacht? Wie h\u00e4tte man selbst reagiert? Es ist verst\u00e4ndlich, aber auch etwas wohlfeil, vom B\u00fcrger mehr Zivilcourage zu fordern.<\/p>\n Gegen 50fach unkalkulierbare Unvernunft wird hehrer Hilfs-Anspruch mitunter lebensgef\u00e4hrlich.<\/p>\n G\u00fcner Balci und Reinhard Laska zeigen, wie es mutigen Menschen in diesem Lande ergehen kann – und dass der Staat sich bei den mitunter bitteren Folgen von Zivilcourage im Zweifelsfall zur\u00fcckzieht.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n (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":" 22 NOVEMBER 2007, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich \u2013 like the Town of Muegeln, Finding Itself Not Guilty? (Second Report) \u2013 15 \u201cProgram Moderator: \u2018Sure, we\u2019re all supposed to have the courage of our convictions. Ever since the recent events in Muegeln, that\u2019s what politicians everywhere have been saying, even Chancellor Merkel. 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