Erdogan and his nocturnal ovine pleasuring habits

Like many others who support free speech, I was very disappointed in yesterday's decision by a Hamburg court that it stands by its ban of a satirical poem by German comedian Jan Böhmermann. Herr Böhmermann, not a big fan of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erodgan and his oppression of both people and speech, narrated this poem "Schmägedicht" ("Defamation Poem") on his show on 31st March 2016.

Here's the original reading: if you have any German speakers in the room with you then now would be an excellent time to send them out.

Jan Böhmermann - Erdogan Gedicht (Jan Boehmermann Erdogan poem) (English subtitled) from mjchris on Vimeo.

As a public service, here is my transcription of the original text, plus a translation.

German	English
Sackdoof, feige und verklemmt	Stupid as fuck, cowardly and uptight
Ist Erdogan, der Präsident	is Erdogan, the president.
Sein Gelöt stinkt schlimm nach Döner	His erection reeks of Doner kebab;
selbst ein Schweinefurz riecht schöner	Even a pig fart smells better.
Er ist der Mann, der Mädchen schlägt	He's a man who hits girls
und dabei Gummimasken trägt	while wearing rubber masks.
Am liebsten mag er Ziegen ficken	He loves most to fuck goats
und Minderheiten unterdrücken	and repress minorities.
Kurden treten, Christen hauen	Kicking Kurds, beating Christians
und dabei Kinderpornos schauen	while gazing at kiddie porn.
Und selbst abends heisst’s statt schlafen	And at night, instead of sleep,
Fellatio mit hundert Schafen	Performs fellatio on a hundred sheep.
Ja, Erdogan ist voll and ganz	Yes, Erdogan truly is
ein Präsident mit kleinem Schwanz	A president with a small dick.
Jeden Türken hört man flöten	Every Turk will tell you
die dumme Sau hat Schrumpelklöten	the stupid pig has wrinkled balls.
Von Ankara bis Istanbul	From Ankara to Istanbul
weiss jeder, dieser Mann ist schwul	everyone knows this man's a poof,
pervers, verlaust und zoophil	perverse, lice-ridden, an animal fucker.
Recep “Fritzl Priklopil”	Recep (Josef) Fritzl (Wolfgang) Priklopil [the famous perverts]
Sein Kopf so leer wie seine Eier	His head as empty as his balls,
der Star auf jeder Gangbang-Feier	the star of every gangbang party.
Bis der Schwanz beim Pinkeln brennt	Until his cock burns when he pisses
das is Recep Erdogan, der türkische Präsident	That’s Recep Erdogan, the Turkish president.

The court assessment was that only 6 of the 24 lines were acceptable: you can view their transcript with "unacceptable" lines marked in red. Interestingly they didn't seem to object to the suggestion that Erdogan likes wearing rubber masks while beating girls.

Germany and Turkey, of course, have the right to make whatever laws they desire about the limits on free speech and criticism of women-beating dictators. We in turn have the right to tell them what we think of their laws, and of Recep Tayyip Erdogan - and in the future, whenever we see President Erdogan on screen, hear in our minds the bleating of a hundred happy sheep.