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We knew Brigitte Bardot was a right wing freak, but... phewww!

Submitted by litlgrey on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 10:39.


As a backdrop to this scenario, a quick Google search reveals that the people most outraged by this judgement against BB have been Europe's growing coterie of increasingly vocal anti-Muslim hatemongers.  One article I read began with the phrase, "France continued its march toward sharia law..." and refers to a well known British Press Service as "Al-Reuters."  I will not provide the link to this hateful site because they do not deserve link hits from Luxuria visitors.  Apparently, the only kind of speech they protest sanction against, is hate speech.  Surprise!  -CH

2008-06-03   [June 3, 2008]

Brigitte Bardot Convicted Over Her Islam Comments

Legendary actress Brigitte Bardot has been fined $23,325 after she was found guilty of inciting racial hatred in her native France.

The former screen siren-turned-animal rights activist was accused of publicly criticizing the Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Adha - during which sheep are slaughtered as a sacrifice - in an open letter to French president Nicolas Sarkozy in December 2006.

In the letter she said, "I am fed up with being under the thumb of this (Muslim) population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its acts." The Contempt star was convicted of the racial slur in a Paris court on Tuesday.

She faced a possible two-month suspended prison sentence for the charge, but was instead just fined $23,325 and ordered to pay an additional $1,555 in damages to leading French anti-racism group Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP). The 73-year-old's lawyer, Francois-Xavier Kelidjian, is now looking into appealing the ruling - but he insists the constant legal woes will not stop Bardot from voicing her opinions.

He says, "She is tired of this type of proceedings. She has the impression that people want to silence her. She will not be silenced in her defense of animal rights."

Bardot, who quit the film industry in the 1970s to pursue a career as an animal rights activist, is no stranger to the law - she has been fined for similar charges of inciting racial hatred on four prior occasions, starting in 1997.

 
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The human race needs some

Submitted by ArtFart on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 17:05.
The human race needs some sort of innoculation against the spread of lunacy. It's also sad being forced to watch the decline of yet another icon of what many of us foolishly remember as a better time.

23 Grand...for bein' an ass?

Submitted by Pasquale on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 22:04.
I think what is creepy, no matter what one makes of Ms. Bardot's comments, is that a government can now stick you for 23 G's because they don't like something you said....not did, but said. Not sure what's more facist, Bardot's comments or the "remedial" and costly sanctions she received for them. What ever happend to tellin' someone you disagreed with that they were an idiot? Now we want governments and legislative bodies to fine people for unsavory remarks. Yikes. Besides, does anybody think Bridget Bardot has any influence on anyone -in the social or political sense?

 SAD...LOOKS LIKE A RIGHT

Submitted by DJpyro on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 19:28.
 SAD...LOOKS LIKE A RIGHT WING PRUNE!