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L ike many other newspapers, also raises the "young world" their Marxist-oriented ^one rag at the Leipzig Book Fair free of charge to the people. This then leads to perhaps the vague hope of being able to win the one or the other readers.

As we know from experience that sometimes comes up with this hand and unintentional humor selbstparodistischen trains, one resorts to in order to browse in a quiet moment, when it once again hungry for a satire, it can. When it comes time to do a parallel world in which one wavers between laughter and horror. An example where these two are competing fiercely with each other emotions, was here as early as 2006 in reference to a "young world" printed obituary for Slobodan Milosevic documented. This tribute to the accused as a war criminal Milosevic as a "heroic defenders of Yugoslavia and international law" and as "internationalists, socialists and anti-imperialists". ²

In this year's first free issue now is one of the twelve-page supplement "Marxism" contrary to, finally, Marx's death in 2008 marks the 125th Times, even to his 190th birthday Time So now we keep the issue in the hands and body begins to habit, from behind the pages.

First, one reads that Bernd Strange, the former coach of the East German national soccer ³ , having just turned 60 years old, and that it had drifted to him now Belarus. Quite correctly, the DSFler the "young world" do not say "Belarus", but in the old East German-style "Belorussia," what comes naturally, and thus closer to the original name is correct. It is always inconsistent. Consequently, one would say "Bielarus" ^four or even "Belarus". But such considerations play in the parlance of the "young world" rather a minor role. More important seems to be the identification with the language of the defunct East German state ideal.

In a sense, somewhat one-dimensional example, the "young world" language that is not the same. Exactly one looks back at the bourgeois media. So on page 13 of the 14 issue of March 2008, a little article with the headline "LTI-date". This one has the basis of relevant examples indicate that the program director of Radio Germany, Günter Müchler, in an interview in just three minutes four times Lingua tertii Imperii have used (see screen capture). In fact Müchler used as a somewhat strange and definitely sounding for LTI vocabulary. ⁵ In particular, the fact that Müchler talking about poetry, appear to be strange that terms like "clean shot", "smashed" and "offensive" fall. Well, there is the "young world" obviously a bird "shot down" (LTI?).
The language of lovers of the "young world" is so well but hopefully not noticed that Victor Klemperer has not stopped since 1945 to write. That is why we have the "young world" safe even from the so-called "LQI" heard or read. Regarding this lingua Quartii Imperii Klemperer noted:

"I have to start gradually, systematically paying attention to the language of the Fourth Reich. She seems at times less than that of the third differed from Leipzig about Dresden's Saxon ⁶ . When Marshal Stalin as the greatest moment of living is the most brilliant strategist, etc. Or when Stalin speaks in a speech from the beginning of the war by Hitler, of course, with the greatest of law, as of the "cannibal Hitler." Anyway, I want our newsletter and the German People newspaper, which is now sent me to study exactly LQI sub specie. " ⁷

"Every day I watch anew the persistence of LTI in LQI." ⁸

"LTI = LQI!" ⁹

"LTI LQI does with skin and hair. Even cup - It can not get higher - writes constantly combative. Mrs. Kreisler amazed when I "character" objectionable. In an essay extolling the humanity of the present penal camps (detention command), the inmates are taught to "enthusiastic" people. " ¹⁰

"[...] This whole Concentrated and more and more on integrating the one differs a lot less of Nazi attitude and method. Say instead of working-class race, and both movements are identical. Tyranny and narrowness to take daily. Religious persecution, youth initiation, struggle against "ideological coexistence 'versus' fractionism" against "petty bourgeois arrogance" - all this is LQI. ¹¹

How about love "young world" if you are the heading "LTI currently" one more "current LQI" entitled hinzufügtest? Your own site should provide sufficient material for the time being.

As far as Klemperer's relationship to communism was, but also repeatedly quoted from his diary:

"It gives me this afternoon has become clear that communism is equally suited to pull out of the primeval slime primitive peoples and civilized zurückzutauchen in primeval slime. In the second case, he goes to work and mendacious acts not only stultifying but demoralizing, as he consistently to hypocrisy rears. I am just by my trip to China and in recognition of the tremendous achievements made ​​here for ulterior anti-communists. This can not Marx's ideal state have been. " ¹²

But back to football coach Bernd Strange. Now we learn that his birthday at a bar committing Schnittchenbüffet in Minsk to nachzufeiern then in the summer in Jena with a barbecue. Somehow reminds this passage to Loriots lottery winners Lindemann: "My name is ... ... Erwin ... Lindemann, am retired and 66 years ... with my lottery winnings of 500,000 D-Mark, I'm doing a trip to Iceland ... then I take my daughter to Rome attend a papal audience in the fall ... and then I open a men's boutique in Wuppertal ". ¹³ - Finally, we read that it was Stange's goal to qualify with the Belarusian national team for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Now already the amused gaze further down and stays at the following startling headline hanging: "Cuba betrayed". A shudder seizes at once the reader, who then asks anxiously, who had betrayed Cuba in the world? The first suspect is asking that the entire former Eastern bloc - except of course the "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il - was meant. But this suspicion immediately smashes, which is page 16 of the "young world" but the sport reserved. So you read further. After a qualifying match of the Cuban Olympic team, it says, five Cuban players were not returned to their quarters. Among them, would find himself both the goalkeeper and the captain.

Then, the "young world" indeed a lucky hand proved that she placed this item directly to Cuba among those on the former coach of the East German national soccer team. So it makes it easier for the reader to remember that the State Security of the GDR did prevent a lot better that East German athletes committed desertion. In the GDR, Republic of Volatile ever been persuaded to stay by shooting in livable socialism. This Caribbean-because apparently some people are careless, so that can go just five people at once through the network. Well, the matter becomes more complicated if one stays in the middle of the country of the imperialist enemy. Cuba has it but its insularity turn a home advantage in the prevention of illegal emigration.

In the eyes of the glorified "Young World" the Cuban athletes have thus betraying Cuba and most likely committed to socialism as a whole. By definition, treason "break a relationship of trust" means ¹⁴ has one or all of these five other Cubans ever wondered if the Cuba of the Maximo Lider, whether socialism and everything that goes along with him, that's what they want? Or rather the people are forced to his "luck"? Actually exists between the people and Government of Cuba, North Korea or Belarus, a relationship of trust that can be broken? Or is it not rather a relationship of dependency, that one has stumbled or was born and where you want to break out whenever the opportunity arises? How must a country worth living, even the return trip privileged cadre athletes just like the back? more>

1. Self-reported on the website of the paper [ ← ]
2. Obituary of Slobodan Milosevic: Young World (. 18-19 March 2006) [ ← ]
3. become known nationwide as coach of the Iraqi national team from 2002 to 2004 [ ← ]
4. Transcription of white soot. Беларусь [ ← ]
5. One could interpret this to his advantage simply as an attempt at pandering to the young target audience. Finally, it goes into the interview to the student competition "lyrix". The attempt to use teenage slang goes, yes, with so many older half like to go back. But well, the "young world" does not want to interpret Müchler favor, which is their right. [ ← ]
6. For non-Saxons, these two varieties are distinguished by the Saxon difficult. [ ← ]
7. Klemperer, Victor: So I sit between all chairs. Entry from 25.06.1945. Volume 1: Diaries 1945-1949, p.24. [ ← ]
8. Ibid. Entry from 12.10.1945, p.126. [ ← ]
9. Ibid. Entry from 26.10.1945, p.133. [ ← ]
10. Ibid., Entry dated 15.10.1945, p.127. [ ← ]
11. Klemperer, Victor: So I sit between all chairs. Entry from 14.02.1958. Volume 2: Diaries 1950-1959, S.673. [ ← ]
12. Ibid., Entry dated 24.10.1958, S.723. [ ← ]
13. Loriot: the egg. Collected stories with dramatic Klöbner Doctor and Mr. Mueller-Lüdenscheidt, Mr. and Mrs. Hoppenstedt, Erwin Lindemann etc. Zurich, 2003, p. 269 [ ← ]
14. Duden - German explanatory dictionary. Fourth, revised and expanded edition. Mannheim, 2001. [ ← ]