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| J'Accuse: Le Monde found guilty of "racist defamation" v. Israel /Jews |
| 2005-06-02 |
| From the Wall Street Journal. Subscription req'd, so presented here entire. A French court last week found three writers for Le Monde, as well as the newspaper's publisher, guilty of "racist defamation" against Israel and the Jewish people. In a groundbreaking decision, the Versailles court of appeal ruled that a comment piece published in Le Monde in 2002, "Israel-Palestine: The Cancer," had whipped up anti-Semitic opinion. The writers of the article, Edgar Morin (a well-known sociologist), Daniele Sallenave (a senior lecturer at Nanterre University) and Sami Nair (a member of the European parliament), as well as Le Monde's publisher, Jean-Marie Colombani, were ordered to pay symbolic damages of one euro to a human-rights group and to the Franco-Israeli association. Le Monde was also ordered to publish a condemnation of the article, which it has yet to do. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 xtianity stil open game rite? |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-06-02 23:31 |
| #8 Wonder what the euros think of their vaunted "speech" laws now that they've been used to tell writers they can't attack Jews. It's one thing to say no one can write anything about moslems, but Jews? Next the courts will be saying they can't write lies about Americans. Quelle horreur! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-02 17:21 |
| #7 This is idiocy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-02 15:21 |
| #6 The writers of the article, Edgar Morin (a well-known sociologist), Danièle Sallenave (a senior lecturer at Nanterre University) and Sami Nair (a member of the European parliament), as well as Le Monde's publisher, Jean-Marie Colombani, were ordered to pay symbolic damages of one euro to a human-rights group and to the Franco-Israeli association. Le Monde was also ordered to publish a condemnation of the article, which it has yet to do. So, it was a "symbolic" ruling, eh? And, is it just me, or does Sami Nair really sound like a good ole' French name? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-06-02 13:14 |
| #5 Are these "racist defamation" laws the same sort of thing that they're using on Fallaci in Italy? |
| Posted by: James 2005-06-02 12:34 |
| #4 Waste of time. European Civilization reached its peak in 1890es. It is all downhill from there. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-06-02 10:30 |
| #3 To the TRANZIs (which are natural anti semites) being Jewish is a crime. Israel has no right to proactive defense against those who have attacked them with arms at every chance in their self blinded eyes. All these papers and persons are useless filth. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-02 10:17 |
| #2 It's about damn time they were held accountable: start w/ Le Monde and work through the whole damned MSM. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-06-02 09:43 |
| #1 here is a link to the original article, translated into english: Israel-Palestine: The Cancer it really is disgusting. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-06-02 09:28 |