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| Brigitte Bardot on Trial for Using Muslim Slur | |
| 2008-04-15 | |
| Former French movie star Brigitte Bardot went on trial Tuesday in Paris on charges of "inciting racial hatred" by using a Muslim slur. Prosecutors asked the court to give the former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her $23,760 for saying Muslims were "destroying our country and imposing its acts," according to Reuters. "I am a little tired of prosecuting Mrs. Bardot," Prosecutor Anne de Fontette told the court.
Anti-racist groups had complained about comments the star had made about the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, which requires the slaughtering of a sheep or other animal. Bardot is a prominent animal rights activist. Bardot's previous actions include the writing a book that attacked gays, immigrants and the unemployed. | |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 Bardot's previous actions include the writing a book that attacked gays, immigrants and the unemployed. Got a good head start at a campaign speech for presidency. |
| Posted by: Slappy 2008-04-15 23:53 |
| #9 France is lost. Don't think so. Yea, there is a lot of leftists embedded in a judicial branch (same in US, Canada, UK, you name it). But the pressure cooker seems to be gathering the steam inside and one day, the valve won't help anymore. I'd think that French would be probably more inclined to go ballistic, than, for instance, Swedes, or I hate to say it, Brits. Sarky is sometimes a semi-waffle, but for the most part, I think he is keenly aware of the danger and so far, bare few steps back, he is mostly going forward, starting with rebuilding bridges with US that his pusillanimous predecessor burned so thoroughly. I see the counter-islam slowly building up. Strangely, more so in places that one would assume they would be succumbing quickly. Maybe it is the exposure. There is way more islamists in France than in UK and yet, UK seems to be crumbling right in front of your eyes. The counter-islamist movement in Turkey seems to be on the rise, the honeymoon with AKP is over and islamists are starting to be now on a defensive. In Iraq, many young people got thoroughly disillusioned, seeing the islamism first hand. Mind you, they were not indoctrinated in leftism (western style, guilt ridden, appeasing, spineless), so chances are that a strong secular core is growing there as we speak. Will take a time to establish itself, perhaps 10 years, but it is irreversible, I think. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-04-15 23:45 |
| #8 Is BB the only person in France who doesn't have her head in the sand? I hope not. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-15 22:22 |
| #7 No, Jim, but she was not on trial for slander. She was on trial for saying bad things about Muslims, which in France, is considered to be inciting racial hatred, even though Islam is a religion, not a race. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-04-15 19:47 |
| #6 TRUTH is NOT slander. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-15 19:26 |
| #5 Gosh, her stock just went up in my book. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-15 18:49 |
| #4 France is lost. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2008-04-15 18:27 |
| #3 Considering she's normally a pyscho leftist, if I remember who she is right, good on her for standing up against them. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-04-15 17:58 |
| #2 maybe the prosecuter will show the same contempt for the rioting car burning youths.. and BTW Prosecutor Anne de Fontette didn't say Bridgette was innacurate. |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2008-04-15 17:57 |
| #1 somebody send the prosecutors to ride point in Mosul |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-04-15 17:36 |