Classic French actress Birgitte Bardot fined

[Free Capitalist 0]

France's 1960s screen icon Brigitte Bardot received a 15,000-euro (23,000 dollar) fine on Tuesday for inciting hatred against Muslims.

In December 2006, the film star-turned-animal rights activist wrote a letter to France's then interior minister, current President Nicolas Sarkozy, arguing that Muslims should stun animals before slaughtering them during the Aid al-Kabir holiday.

She outraged anti-racist groups by saying: "I've had enough of being led by the nose by this whole population which is destroying us, (and) destroying our country by imposing their ways."

Bardot, now 73 and suffering from arthritis, was absent from Tuesday's court hearing in Paris. She wrote to the court saying: "I'm sickened by how (these organisations) are harassing me."

She added: "I will not shut up until stunning is carried out" on animals before their ritual slaughter.

Bardot already has four convictions on similar charges. In 2004 she was fined 5,000 euros for inciting racial hatred in her book "Un Cri Dans le Silence" (A Cry in the Silence).

France is home to Europe's largest Muslim community, estimated at five million people.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=08...;show_article=1

[Stussy88 0]

France's 1960s screen icon Brigitte Bardot received a 15,000-euro (23,000 dollar) fine on Tuesday for inciting hatred against Muslims.

In December 2006, the film star-turned-animal rights activist wrote a letter to France's then interior minister, current President Nicolas Sarkozy, arguing that Muslims should stun animals before slaughtering them during the Aid al-Kabir holiday.

She outraged anti-racist groups by saying: "I've had enough of being led by the nose by this whole population which is destroying us, (and) destroying our country by imposing their ways."

Bardot, now 73 and suffering from arthritis, was absent from Tuesday's court hearing in Paris. She wrote to the court saying: "I'm sickened by how (these organisations) are harassing me."

She added: "I will not shut up until stunning is carried out" on animals before their ritual slaughter.

Bardot already has four convictions on similar charges. In 2004 she was fined 5,000 euros for inciting racial hatred in her book "Un Cri Dans le Silence" (A Cry in the Silence).

France is home to Europe's largest Muslim community, estimated at five million people.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=08...;show_article=1

Given that Halal and Kosher methods of killing are more or less the same, if she had included Jews in her point, would she have escaped censure altogether or had a double fine for inciting hatred against two groups?

Whilst I certainly don't support animal rights activism, it is notable how the whole movement in the UK is totally silent on the issue of halal slaughter. If McDonald's don't properly stun 1 cow in 2,000 you never hear the end of it, halal butchery doesn't stun any (therefore much worse if you apply objective measurement to this complaint) yet you don't hear a peep out of them.

A combination of a massive double standard and fear of upsetting those who readily preach violence.

[alann 0]

"Inciting racial hatred." Wow! In America, Catholic priests were the subject of national outrage, condemnation, and ridicule, to the point that the Pope recently apologized. On the other hand, saying that Muslim butchers should stun cows (as opposed to tipping them, as we do here in Oklahoma, or slitting their throats and letting them bleed to death, as both Kosher and Halal butchers do) is a hate crime.

It's especially notable that, in spite of the Left's willingness to annihilate Western civilization to stop "Global Warming," offending Muslims now trumps animal cruelty. I know there's no real contradiction... rather there are hundreds of them, but I believe that this is abject fear disguised as sensitivity. Offending Muslims threaten to bring suicide bombers to a theatre or drive-in near you. However they dress it up, that's the real fear and that's what the "leadership" is pandering to. In other words, I'm putting Pragmatism down for the philosophical driver, rather than Social Relativism / Egalitarianism. I think that's pretty window dressing for a craven lot of Neville Chamberlains.

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It's especially notable that, in spite of the Left's willingness to annihilate Western civilization to stop "Global Warming," offending Muslims now trumps animal cruelty.

That's a really good point to keep in mind. We really need Big Brother to send out regular updates to keep us informed about the hierarchy of sacrifice. After all, this election taught us that racism is worse than sexism (as shown by the free pass Obama's gotten from the liberals, who are too afraid of being labeled racist, compared to the analogous argument for voting for Hillary).

So what are the current rankings of things like:

environmentalism

multiculturalism

poverty

animal rights

racism

sexism

... and so on? (Not to mention the numerous subdivisions therein.)

It's hard to say from one day to the next which cause would trump another when they conflict, as in the case alann cites.

[Stussy88 0]

"Inciting racial hatred." Wow! In America, Catholic priests were the subject of national outrage, condemnation, and ridicule, to the point that the Pope recently apologized. On the other hand, saying that Muslim butchers should stun cows (as opposed to tipping them, as we do here in Oklahoma, or slitting their throats and letting them bleed to death, as both Kosher and Halal butchers do) is a hate crime.

It's especially notable that, in spite of the Left's willingness to annihilate Western civilization to stop "Global Warming," offending Muslims now trumps animal cruelty. I know there's no real contradiction... rather there are hundreds of them, but I believe that this is abject fear disguised as sensitivity. Offending Muslims threatens to bring suicide bombers to a theatre or drive-in near you. However they dress it up, that's the real fear and that's what the "leadership" is pandering to. In other words, I'm putting Pragmatism down for the philosophical driver, rather than Social Relativism / Egalitarianism. I think that's pretty window dressing for a craven lot of Neville Chamberlains.

Very, very well said

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It's this kind of nonsense that makes them look especially hypocritical given that French papers freely, and almost self-righteously published the Mohammed cartoons last year.