OT: No Free Speech in France

[Barb]

This is what happens when political correctness takes over.... unbelievable!



France wants prison term for Brigitte Bardot
By Charles Masters

April 15, 2008

PARIS -- French prosecutors Tuesday called for a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine of 15,000 euros ($22,500) against Brigitte Bardot for inciting racial hatred toward the Muslim community.

The Paris court heard that the actress-turned-animal rights campaigner had written a letter in December 2006 to President Nicolas Sarkozy, then interior minister, in protest of the method of slaying sheep during the Muslim festival of Aid El-Kebir. Bardot called for the sheep to be stunned before they are bled to death, which is the traditional method.

More problematic was what Bardot followed that up with.

"We're fed up with being led around by this whole population which is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts," she wrote.

The letter was published in a magazine and distributed to supporters of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. Several anti-racism groups in France filed complaints about the letter, accusing Bardot of provoking discrimination and racial hatred toward Muslims.

Prosecutor Anne de Fontette said she was "a bit tired" of pursuing the former starlet for the same offense. Bardot has been convicted of similar offenses on four previous occasions since 1997 and fined $2,250-$7,500.

The court will deliver its verdict June 3.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... fe38581599

[conversationpc]

God forbid that anyone should have the right to freedom of speech. You gotta love that "benign socialism", don't ya?

[Saint John]

Fuck France. Muslims have slowly been creating a hornet's nest in that country and when they decide to go on the offensive France is gonna be in deep shit. I suppose that's when their anti-American view will change.

[AlteredDNA]

French Riots:

[Monker]

Oh, please this is so minor compared to the limitations on our rights the US has declared as 'policy' or even passed into law since 9/11...and some even before. Why should I give a crap about France when the US has forgotten why the Bill of Rights was passed, why Presidential power was limited after Nixon abused it, and why McCarthy'ism was such bad thing? France? Bleh. I really don't care.

IMO, the US deserves to be laughed at when citizens of this country complain about how another country treats their citizens. We are no better and have no firm ground to stand on.

This is what happens when political correctness takes over.... unbelievable!

France wants prison term for Brigitte Bardot
By Charles Masters

April 15, 2008

PARIS -- French prosecutors Tuesday called for a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine of 15,000 euros ($22,500) against Brigitte Bardot for inciting racial hatred toward the Muslim community.

The Paris court heard that the actress-turned-animal rights campaigner had written a letter in December 2006 to President Nicolas Sarkozy, then interior minister, in protest of the method of slaying sheep during the Muslim festival of Aid El-Kebir. Bardot called for the sheep to be stunned before they are bled to death, which is the traditional method.

More problematic was what Bardot followed that up with.

"We're fed up with being led around by this whole population which is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts," she wrote.

The letter was published in a magazine and distributed to supporters of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. Several anti-racism groups in France filed complaints about the letter, accusing Bardot of provoking discrimination and racial hatred toward Muslims.

Prosecutor Anne de Fontette said she was "a bit tired" of pursuing the former starlet for the same offense. Bardot has been convicted of similar offenses on four previous occasions since 1997 and fined $2,250-$7,500.

The court will deliver its verdict June 3.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... fe38581599