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Old 04-16-2008, 11:29 AM
 
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French former film star Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of "inciting racial hatred" over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers.


Prosecutors asked that the Paris court hand the 73-year-old former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her 15,000 euros ($23,760) for saying the Muslim community was "destroying our country and imposing its acts."



Brigitte Bardot on trial for Muslim slur - Yahoo! News (broken link)
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Imaginary Figment
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Ask the Plames about free speech in America.
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:42 AM
 
Location: SE Arizona - FINALLY! :D
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Ask the Plames about free speech in America.
Or the folks on the immigration board here that would like to ban Spanish language radio (and no doubt Spanish language magazines, cable etc).

Ken
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:43 AM
 
Location: Southern New Jersey
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OMG, that's pretty funny SLC...seems to me they made out pretty well...book deal and all.
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:50 AM
 
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I doubt anyone is going to jail and being prosecuted in the USA.Big brother is alive and well in Europe it seems.Can you even imagine what would happen to Rev. Wright there;since the majority controls speech.
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:57 AM
 
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OMG, that's pretty funny SLC...seems to me they made out pretty well...book deal and all.
It's irrelevant how they came out of it all. What's relevant is that they spoke up, and were viciously attacked for doing so.
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Old 04-16-2008, 12:01 PM
 
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dont we have the patriot act and domestic spying?, id say big brother is alive and well in the us too
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Old 04-16-2008, 12:03 PM
 
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that's a pretty sad state of affairs that you get put on trial for expressing thought.
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Old 04-16-2008, 12:09 PM
 
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It's called appeasement.......France tried it with Germany and look how well that worked!
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Old 04-16-2008, 12:15 PM
 
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dont we have the patriot act and domestic spying?, id say big brother is alive and well in the us too
As long as everybody uses big words, Bush won't understand a thing.
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