Ed Zeppelin Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 I found this amusing story on the BBC news website: German man wants state-paid sex A German court has rejected a claim from an unemployed man who wanted the state to provide him with pornographic material and free visits to a brothel. The 35-year-old man took his local authority to court after the foreign ministry refused to pay an airfare for his Thai wife to travel to Germany. He argued that they should compensate him for his lack of sex. But the court in the southern town of Ansbach said such activities should be paid out of his welfare benefits. A court spokesman said the man was planning to appeal. Unfulfilled needs The unnamed man argued that, as his wife lived in Thailand, the local authority had to compensate him for his "considerable sexual needs". The 2,500-euro claim (£1,700, $3,050) a month was to fund weekly brothel trips, eight pornographic videos and transport costs to and from a video store. "I require the brothel visits for my physical and psychological wellbeing," the man said in his application. But the court said social security benefits already covered "everyday requirements". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 sorry Ed you are too late and in the wrong forum for this one Check the Bored Board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Cool name though. Ed Zeppelin, I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 I always knew germany wasn't really a true welfare state such as e.g. denmark sending old people on holiday to exotic places saving money in the process :hubba: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 ib13 said:I always knew germany wasn't really a true welfare state such as e.g. denmark sending old people on holiday to exotic places saving money in the process :hubba: Denmark and Sweden should be justly proud of their welfare provisions. (I believe they are). Keir Hardie, Nye Bevan et al. would be fucking spinning if they could see the UK now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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