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In reply to the discussion: France arrests 54 in hate speech crackdown [View all]Ash_F
(5,861 posts)28. I am more concerned about the aircraft carrier.
The gunmen were of Algerian descent. A former French colony that they brutalized not too long ago. It makes sense that they would have been pissed at France.
So now they are going to send a carrier to bomb Iraq?
I wonder if the French will see the connection if they have another terrorist attack in 30 years, this time committed by Iraqis, or will they completely forget their history again?
I do think people should be arrested for making threats, if that is what they mean by hate speech, but would have to scrutinize these 54 cases before I could say I support it. I am always skeptical of reactionary policy.
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France has long and tragic experience with hate speech. Their country, their country, their laws.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#2
And..in other news... Charlie Hebdo Attack Committed By "Magical Shape Shifting Jews"
Rhinodawg
Jan 2015
#3
Thanks. There has to be a crime in order to have a hate crime. Speech may be associated
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#23
Generally true, however, when I looked into this issue about 15 or so years ago, Germans'
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#25
I believe that the American Bill of Rights restrains the government, while the German rights
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#27
Granted, I oversimplified, but in the US, the Constitutional protections of our rights apply to
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#29
Thanks. The article explains the difference and also explains how German law limits speech rights.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#33
The ACLU and many decades of hard fought liberal and progressive legal victories
branford
Jan 2015
#14