BF2S Forums Wow, Freedom Just Died a little in France.

ATG wrote:

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/franceban/index.php


No cell camera phone posts on blogs. No filming police violence and broadcasting it on youtube.

This seems like a shocking leap towards a police state. What is the goal? Is a crackdown on youth violence about to happen?

The council chose an unfortunate anniversary to publish its decision approving the law, which came exactly 16 years after Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King were filmed by amateur videographer George Holliday on the night of March 3, 1991. The officers’ acquittal at the end on April 29, 1992 sparked riots in Los Angeles.

If Holliday were to film a similar scene of violence in France today, he could end up in prison as a result of the new law, said Pascal Cohet, a spokesman for French online civil liberties group Odebi. And anyone publishing such images could face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (US$98,537), potentially a harsher sentence than that for committing the violent act.

So...let me see... Its a crime to film the police beating the shit out of someone...............

My offical response.....Bullshit....Fricken commies.........

What's your unofficial response?
Lol.


Yeah, those wacky Frogs. I remember my dad telling me twenty years ago that France was a socialist-communist country. Today they call it a welfare state.

This does seem rather ominous. Could it be that a crack down on the radical Muslims is in the works and they don't want footage???

can the french run away from themselves?

They recently were rated best country to live in (based on health, welfare, work etc) so perhaps they didn't want to be the best and preferred to come second or third.

Oh I say, I just described the English.

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Reciprocity wrote:

they never had to earn it, so I doubt they really care.

Man, learn some history...

'[1stSSF wrote:

They've earned it...just because most of the world makes fun of 'em doesn't mean that they had no reason to exist...while we can all laugh (moridly) about the Vichy Republic and such, the French HAVE had several bloody revolutions against their own aristocracy and have "earned it."

yeah, and the first chance they get, they roll over.  and most of their revolutions just replaced one joke with another joke.  they're almost as bad as Italy when it comes to governments.  they choose to live as a wellfare state, that's fine with me.  they have different priorities.

beerface702 wrote:

glad i live in america

Patriot act > You. But still better then France

Reciprocity wrote:

yeah, and the first chance they get, they roll over.

You clearly have no understanding of them or their history or the nature of WWII, so how about you STFU before you embarass yourself further.

That is seriously bad news!

beerface702 wrote:

glad i live in america

beerface702 wrote:

countdown for what?

another dipshit president?

do you really think the next guy in office will clean shit up

no

lol

beerface702 wrote:

glad i live in america

The country where e-mails can be opened without their owner's agreement by the FBI or whatever ?
Yeah, stick with this.

I agree with ATG's shock to that news, but you have to understand that, while in the US, nobody would cross the line in a queue, in France, the line is there to be crossed. Obviously something you can't conceive.

And we have a REAL freedom of speech. While in the US there is censorship everywhere for 4-letter words (TV, forums etc...) in France, someone can come anywhere and say anything you would translate as "Shit" or "Fuck". This is what WE call FREEDOM of speech. You only have a vague idea of what freedom of speech is.
So there may be some law passed, but people won't consider it legit if it goes against freedom of expression or any kind of liberty.