Message from @Dennafen

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2018-07-20 15:13:40 UTC  

or we're being Beanie-boozled

2018-07-20 15:19:42 UTC  

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2018-07-20 15:21:54 UTC  

yes

2018-07-20 15:28:23 UTC  

Maybe I did?

2018-07-20 15:28:59 UTC  

Silly question, any German folks present?

2018-07-20 15:29:17 UTC  

yes

2018-07-20 15:29:18 UTC  

but not me

2018-07-20 15:29:26 UTC  

i believe Falko was German?

2018-07-20 15:29:57 UTC  

tl;dr there was a government thing in 2011 that said, in as many words, that we can't forbid PMCs to form in Germany.

2018-07-20 15:31:10 UTC  

Thing is: we used to have a ban on PMCs in Germany.

2018-07-20 15:32:10 UTC  

I don't know if this could lead to something in the future, but it's not unthinkable.

2018-07-20 15:32:24 UTC  

PMC is?

Paramilitary Company?

2018-07-20 15:32:36 UTC  

Private Military Contractor

2018-07-20 15:32:41 UTC  

Aka "Mercenaries"

2018-07-20 15:32:46 UTC  

ah

2018-07-20 15:32:57 UTC  

almost the same 😛

2018-07-20 15:33:06 UTC  

Close enough in any case.

2018-07-20 15:33:14 UTC  

No @LunaticHell Mercenaries are illegal.

2018-07-20 15:33:19 UTC  

We couldn't have those.

2018-07-20 15:33:28 UTC  

You from Germany?

2018-07-20 15:33:53 UTC  

Sorry they're "illegal"

2018-07-20 15:34:00 UTC  

Well

2018-07-20 15:34:13 UTC  

In 2011 there was a debate in the Bundestag about that.

2018-07-20 15:35:05 UTC  

Called " Regulierung Privater Militär- und Sicherheitsfirmen"

2018-07-20 15:35:44 UTC  

Regularated Private Militia and Security Firms?

2018-07-20 15:36:09 UTC  

In essence, yes.

2018-07-20 15:36:47 UTC  

Well regulated militia.

2018-07-20 15:38:45 UTC  

Well, militia actually means something different

2018-07-20 15:39:23 UTC  

the more proper translation would be "Regulation of Private Military- and Securityfirms"

2018-07-20 15:39:43 UTC  

Private military as in "PMC", for example Blackwater.

2018-07-20 15:39:58 UTC  

Which is a Militia

2018-07-20 15:40:34 UTC  

A militia is a group of armed citizen that protect their country, is it not?

2018-07-20 15:41:03 UTC  

country/their faction

2018-07-20 15:41:07 UTC  

It's a civilian force to supplement the regular army.

2018-07-20 15:41:24 UTC  

basically, an army comprised of civilians, to protect their turf

2018-07-20 15:41:49 UTC  

"Supplement the regular army", we call those "mercenaries"

2018-07-20 15:41:59 UTC  

Mercenaries are soldiers for hire

2018-07-20 15:42:05 UTC  

Exactly.

2018-07-20 15:42:12 UTC  

but supplement doesn't have to be for hire

2018-07-20 15:42:27 UTC  

Mercenaries, have no loyalty.

2018-07-20 15:42:32 UTC  

As well.