Thursday, June 22, 2006

Berlin journalist concerned about frenzied crowd surrounding the Brandenburg Gate

In a valiant and lonely attempt to belehre (instruct) his fellow countrymen about the hidden dangers of feeling good about yourself and having unadulterated fun, a Berlin journalist has taken it upon himself to point out that the Brandenburg Gate is being abused for commercial purposes. Like, duh. And I’m sure that nobody had noticed that one yet.

Crowds at national monuments like this are only allowed if you’re having a revolution, I guess. No other capital city would allow its landmarks to be mistreated in this way, he writes, World Cup or not. The Berliner Zeitung journalist, obviously a new arrival from Planet Mars, is actually pretending to be concerned about the giant soccer ball and giant public viewing screen on either side of the famous Berlin monument.

"In no other capital city of the world can one see such an undignified treatment of the nation's holy sites. The Statue of Liberty, the Arc de Triomphe, the National Monument in Rome wedged between an advertisement and the back of a stage?" he wrote.

Hmmm. That’s strange. That comment about the Statue of Liberty, I mean.

Greifswald isn’t a capital city, though, and this statue wasn't built with (quite) the same commercial intention he is referring to, so I guess his statement is pretty much "on the money".

Wir sind das Fußballvolk!

Kommentare auf Deutsch immer gern gesehen.

Posted by clarsonimus at 06:59:21 | Permanent Link | Comments (6) |
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1 - Your insights into German Politics are astonishing. You were faster than the traditional media to uncover that thing about the tax-raise an the WM, and now you show the stupid intentions of that journalist, better than most germans could have done... (Comment this)

Written by: Simon at 2006/06/22 - 10:27:17
2 - It's like this, Simon: In reality Iwork for a secret organization (it has 3 letters - starts with a C and ends with an A) and, well, how should I put it? I actually CREATE this news, know what I'm sayin? Don't tell anybody though, okay? <;-) (Comment this)

Written by: Clarsonimus at 2006/06/22 - 14:21:53
3 - I´d really like to know what you do... Are you a correspondent or something like this? (Comment this)

Written by: Simon at 2006/06/23 - 10:44:00
4 - Simon, No, just a spy - I mean - just for fun. Seriously. Blogging is just a normal obsession - just like everybody else has these days, Simon. I mean, aren't YOU obsessed? <;-) (Comment this)

Written by: Clarsonimus at 2006/06/23 - 11:27:20 in reply to: 3
5 - Indeed, I am... But, blogging and blogging competently isn´t the same. I was just wondering why you keep putting those really good texts in this blog. I´m not really an expert in journalistic writing in English, but I´d say this is good enough for a nationwide newspaper. So I was wondering if you were a journalist in your offline-life. This would explain it. I mean.

Any comments on the match today? :-D (Comment this)

Written by: Simon at 2006/06/24 - 23:27:55
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