Teh One Who Knocks
02-10-2017, 11:58 AM
By Jillian Kay Melchior - Heat Street
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The small German town of Limburg an der Lahn in Hesse is changing the musical lineup for its town hall glockenspiel after a local vegan said she was offended by “hostility toward animals” in one song.
Before, the town’s bell tunes included a song called “Fox, You Stole the Goose.” It describes how theft puts the fox in the crosshairs of a local hunter with a big, long shotgun.
The Limburg glockenspiel played only the melody, not the lyrics. But the unnamed vegan woman was bothered by the song’s imagery about a hunter with a gun, so she complained to city officials, who yielded to her request.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuqDVchWgdQ
Limburg’s mayor Marius Hahn said in an interview with a German newspaper that the decision was “really nothing ideological” but instead “just a kind favor for a citizen.”
“I thought it was nice,” he said. “Who am I to refuse such a kindly wish?”
Hahn said he hoped the widespread coverage of the decision would attract visitors to see Limburg’s charming bells. But some, he said, criticized local authorities for yielding to “the demands of a vegan mafia.”
Limburg may reintroduce the song after granting the vegan a respite, the mayor said. In the mean time, the town’s glockenspiel will play other German folk tunes.
http://i.imgur.com/xEJ6jKkh.jpg
The small German town of Limburg an der Lahn in Hesse is changing the musical lineup for its town hall glockenspiel after a local vegan said she was offended by “hostility toward animals” in one song.
Before, the town’s bell tunes included a song called “Fox, You Stole the Goose.” It describes how theft puts the fox in the crosshairs of a local hunter with a big, long shotgun.
The Limburg glockenspiel played only the melody, not the lyrics. But the unnamed vegan woman was bothered by the song’s imagery about a hunter with a gun, so she complained to city officials, who yielded to her request.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuqDVchWgdQ
Limburg’s mayor Marius Hahn said in an interview with a German newspaper that the decision was “really nothing ideological” but instead “just a kind favor for a citizen.”
“I thought it was nice,” he said. “Who am I to refuse such a kindly wish?”
Hahn said he hoped the widespread coverage of the decision would attract visitors to see Limburg’s charming bells. But some, he said, criticized local authorities for yielding to “the demands of a vegan mafia.”
Limburg may reintroduce the song after granting the vegan a respite, the mayor said. In the mean time, the town’s glockenspiel will play other German folk tunes.