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January 29, 2007

Brussels Berserk: Belgium Forbids 18 and 88

Posted by Jaanus at 12:26 | Permalink

Brussels Berserk: Belgium Forbids 18 and 88

This is so dumb that I’ll just quote it without any further comments.

Patrick Dewael, the Belgian minister of the Interior, has forbidden the wearing of football shirts displaying the numbers 18 and 88. According to the Liberal minister the number 18 stands for “Adolf Hitler” and the number 88 for “Heil Hitler.” A is the 1st letter of the alphabet, H the 8th.

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Is there a large Pro-Hitler movement in Belgium currently or is Dewael responding to a very vocal minority?

I don’t agree with censoring people’s freedom of speech no matter how misguided it might be, but it did peak my curiosity to exactly how many people might be involved in such a movement.

If the government had to issue a ban, it makes me think that it might be more widespread than I thought.

Posted by: Justin | January 30, 2007 23:20