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| Calling Islam stupid lands author in court |
| 2002-09-18 |
| Michel Houellebecq, whose new novel Platform was released in Britain this month, appeared in a Paris court yesterday charged with inciting religious and racial hatred in an interview about the book, in which he dismissed Islam as "stupid". Well, that's pretty... uh... dumb. The charges, based on a complaint by the Islamic authorities in Lyon and Paris, are being challenged by a group of best-selling authors led by Philippe Sollers and Régine Desforges who have condemned the trail as an attack on freedom of speech. "Duh... Just cuz we drool and say 'duh' alla time don't mean we're stoopid... And lotsa people that don't wear turbans is stoopid, too..." Next month the court will hear a complaint by Islamic leaders against the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci for describing Muslims as "a billion rats". "Duh! We ain't no rats! Nope. Nope. We ain't go no tails!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 I must say what the frenchy said was totally out of line.In order to maintain our European values we must limit our hatr... I mean criticism to acceptable targets: Americans, Jews and Slavs(just call them Eastern Europeans though). |
| Posted by: El Id 2002-09-18 19:58:12 |
| #4 Damn, apparently islam cant take a joke either. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2002-09-18 16:30:52 |
| #3 MIKE- We also gots Milan, Marsailles, an' Rome here in Illinoiz as well! But I am sure that is just a J-E-W-ish plot. Dem' Zionists make us Mid-Western farmers raise all of these hogs as cover. We only love Israel 'cuz we are told to do so. But please, shush, I wazzn't supposed to tell. (good chuckle Mike C. wtg!) |
| Posted by: Craig 2002-09-18 16:28:06 |
| #2 Actually Oriana has it wrong. Islam is a form of mass psychosis. |
| Posted by: Roger S. 2002-09-18 13:34:23 |
| #1 Look at what’s happening to our civil liberties. Our precious first amendment has been under attack even before 9/11, thanks to the Bush administration and its evil henchman, Ashcroft. That citizens in Paris, Lyons, and other Illinois towns -- we’re talking heartland of America - can be brought to court is beyond belief. Wait a minute, this ain’t Illinois, it’s France! Never mind. |
| Posted by: Mike Cakora 2002-09-18 13:31:57 |