re: #216 Nyet

Yes, you went off on a tangent because you are unable to discuss the topic at hand.
LePen is not being charged for any of the things you say. She is being charged for posting the photos, period. Anyone, with any intent, would have been charged. That’s bullshit. And that bullshit is all the more dangerous in this case since it will likely make her look like a victim and thus make her more popular.

I directly quoted from the article you linked. She had her parliamentary immunity stripped for posting the photos, because EU law regarding speech is different than USA law regarding speech.

I don’t really have an opinion on the EU’s laws concerning what constitutes protected speech or no. However, there is no doubt that what Marine Le Pen is engaging in is agitprop, designed to inflame and slander a whole group of people for the actions of a few.

The question is really simple, yet you seem to be unwilling to answer it: Should Christians be held to the same standards as Muslims? If O’Reilly were a television presenter in the EU, he would already be in jail.

In both the EU and the USA, incitement to violence is considered a criminal act. The EUs speech laws seem to hold a tougher standard up for what constitutes incitement.

(We’ll skip the part where Marine Le Pen is also being investigated for defrauding the EU Parliament.)

By the way (unrelated to this), I saw a link on your profile to your blog regarding Holocaust denialism. Although in this short time I have only skimmed it, the research you’ve put into the subject is fascinating - I have bookmarked it for further reading.