Has Germany Learned from Its Past?
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Mon, 2007-06-25 22:36
A quote from Reuters, 25 June 2007
Germany has barred the makers of a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler from filming at German military sites because its star Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. [...] The U.S. actor has been cast as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, leader of the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate the Nazi dictator in July 1944 with a bomb hidden in a briefcase.
Defence Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer said the film makers “will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult”.
Cruise as Stauffenberg?
Submitted by Kapitein Andre on Tue, 2007-06-26 16:08.
I'd ban him too.
Xorgons are "Holocaust" deniers
Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Tue, 2007-06-26 08:06.
It's probably because the "Xorgons" or what ever Hubbards extra terrestrials are called are "Holocaust" deniers therefore making Cruz also a denier.
Hm
Submitted by Dizma on Tue, 2007-06-26 05:41.
They obviously never heard about the freedom of religious expression.
Cosmic!!!
Submitted by Atlanticist911 on Tue, 2007-06-26 01:01.
On what planet do these people think they are on?
(The question applies to both parties).
Smug v Smug
Submitted by ras on Tue, 2007-06-26 00:47.
Insufferably smug politicians banning the Church of the Insufferably Smug? What is this, a copyright dispute?