Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Bic on December 16, 2010, 10:27:01 AM
Title: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: Bic on December 16, 2010, 10:27:01 AM
Austria: Judge Rules That Yodeling Offends Muslims
by Elad Benari
It seems as though in Austria, the popular yodel is an insult to Muslims.
An Austrian court has recently fined a citizen for yodeling while mowing his lawn, according to a report in The Kronen Zeitung newspaper.
The citizen, 63-year-old Helmut G., was told by the court that his yodeling offended his next-door Muslim neighbors, who accused him of trying to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin.
In Muslim tradition, the Muezzin is the chosen person at a mosque who leads the call to prayer at Friday services and the five daily times for prayer from one of the mosque's minarets.
The yodel is a song which is sung with an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch and makes a high-low-high-low sound. Developed in the Central Alps as a method of communication between alpine mountaineers or between alpine villages, the yodel later became part of the region's traditional lore and musical expression. The technique is used in many cultures throughout the world and Austria is one of the countries where it is most popular.
Unfortunately for Helmut G., his neighbors were in the middle of a prayer when he started to yodel. The Kronen Zeitung reported that he was fined 800 Euros after judges ruled that he could have tried to offend his neighbors and ridicule their belief.
Helmut G. clarified that “It was not my intention to imitate or insult them. I simply started to yodel a few tunes because I was in such a good mood.”
Title: Re: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: Hazcat on December 16, 2010, 10:33:36 AM
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The Kronen Zeitung reported that he was fined 800 Euros after judges ruled that he could have tried to offend his neighbors and ridicule their belief.
Title: Re: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: tt11758 on December 16, 2010, 10:47:32 AM
Here comes my best yodeling performance!!
I laid your old lady, too!!!!
;D
Corner here I come!!!
Title: Re: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: fightingquaker13 on January 02, 2011, 04:41:58 AM
When and why did Europe collectively decide to turn themselves into a bunch of eunchs? First they give up their guns. Then they invite muslim imigrants in and don't insist on assimilation. Then they tolerate their calls for sharia and call anyone who objects a racist and prosecute them. When did this start and why? What the hell is wrong with these people? FQ13 who is not a fan of right wing nationalism as a general rule, but in this case? A few verses of Eidlewiess or Deutchland Uber Allies might not go amiss. This is said in jest of course, but honestly, its time to wake the hell up. >:( :o
Title: Re: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: twyacht on January 02, 2011, 06:14:34 AM
At this rate, (re: previous posting on Muslim Demographics), Europe, will be an Islamic State in less than two generations.
By the time they realize it, the European "infidels", will have to convert or be killed. You know, Islam being a peaceful and tolerant religion and all..
Chamberlain reincarnated,...."All is well, nothing to see,....."
Title: Re: I'm awa' tae ma yodeling class......
Post by: billt on January 02, 2011, 12:33:15 PM
Is that where we got the "Crescent Moon" thing for the doors on our outhouses?