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"Kabuki theatre" / DHS, etymology of "Heimatschutz" since Goeebels
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:21:03 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Erich M <me () quintessenz org> Date: October 2, 2006 5:20:17 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: "Kabuki theatre" / DHS, etymology of "Heimatschutz" since Goeebels
Dave, Here is the article published this morning at orf.at Website. US-Heimatschutz als "Kabuki-Theater" http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/140470/As to the title of the story I feel compelled to add a comment or two by a native speaker of German. When the "Departement of Homeland Security" in the USA was founded German speaking journalists faced a dilemma. How could we
possibly translate that? Correctly that would be "Ministerium fuer Heimatsicherheit".In Austrian and German ears that sounds 100 percent Goebbels. Additionallly
the secret service "Stasi" of communist Germany was an acronym of the "Ministerium fuer Staatssicherheit".We can't do that the "Ami" [as Americans are commonly named here], was the gist of the discussion. They may sometimes behave, especially currently, like
elephants in a microprocessor factory, but they do not deserve that translation. What else? "Heimatlandsicherheit"? Says the same and sounds clumsy.So more or less all German speaking journalists decided to go for "Ministerium
fuer Heimatschutz". This is still the shortest and least pejorative translation for DHS one can find. Not as aggressive as the other, butdenoting something like "home-made, rugged, hillbilly style" in addition. From 1934 untill 1938 when Austria was ruled by a homegrown clerical/ fascist regime dominated by Catholic fanatics the word "Heimatschutz" was much used.
Again, when the Nazis were at their ende and the war was soon over. Ahem yes, no offense meant. This is a real life matter. Good night from Vienna Erich M. US-Heimatschutz als "Kabuki-Theater" http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/140470/ -- pgp-Key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE386BAA1 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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