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free speech in paris can get you 6 months in jail...no doubt about it that the guy who uttered these vile things was fired and justly so in my opinion but to possibly spend 6 months in jail for being a jerk is getting scary

 

John Galliano to Face Trial for Anti-Semitic Remarks

Exhibit A. The Paris Prosecutors Office has decided to put designer John Galliano on trial for anti-Semitic and racist abuse he allegedly hurled at customers in a Parisian bar. He faces up to six months in prison and more than $25,000 in fines. Galliano is believed to have left France and may be checking into rehab in Arizona.

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Given what happened in Europe not too long ago, they have different attitudes towards certain speech than we do. Everything in context, remember....

 

-MKL

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Hate speech with the threat of violence combined with the ability to carry out the threat is illegal in Ca.

 

422.6. (a) No person, whether or not acting under color of law,

shall by force or threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate,

interfere with, oppress, or threaten any other person in the free

exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him or her

by the Constitution or laws of this state or by the Constitution or

laws of the United States in whole or in part because of one or more

of the actual or perceived characteristics of the victim listed in

subdivision (a) of Section 422.55.

(b) No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall

knowingly deface, damage, or destroy the real or personal property of

any other person for the purpose of intimidating or interfering with

the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to

the other person by the Constitution or laws of this state or by the

Constitution or laws of the United States, in whole or in part

because of one or more of the actual or perceived characteristics of

the victim listed in subdivision (a) of Section 422.55.

© Any person convicted of violating subdivision (a) or (b) shall

be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year,

or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by

both the above imprisonment and fine, and the court shall order the

defendant to perform a minimum of community service, not to exceed

400 hours, to be performed over a period not to exceed 350 days,

during a time other than his or her hours of employment or school

attendance. However, no person may be convicted of violating

subdivision (a) based upon speech alone, except upon a showing that

the speech itself threatened violence against a specific person or

group of persons and that the defendant had the apparent ability to

carry out the threat.

(d) Conduct that violates this and any other provision of law,

including, but not limited to, an offense described in Article 4.5

(commencing with Section 11410) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4,

may be charged under all applicable provisions. However, an act or

omission punishable in different ways by this section and other

provisions of law shall not be punished under more than one

provision, and the penalty to be imposed shall be determined as set

forth in Section 654.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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