German arms manufacturer and technology company Rheinmetall has become a sponsor of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in what club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke named ‘a new normality’ in connection with security in Europe. Watzke said in a club statement titled “Taking responsibility” on Wednesday that Dortmund were “consciously opening ourselves up to a dialogue” over the deal which immediately drew many negative reactions on social media. The German Peace Society, which brings together pacifists and those resisting war, started a petition aiming to nullify the deal. Dortmund announced a three-yea…