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> you can even say something like that in first person if it is satire or provocative art I can give you a counter-example (although in France where we have si
by yodsanklai 9y ago
> you can even say something like that in first person if it is satire or provocative art
I can give you a counter-example (although in France where we have similar laws). Patrick Sebastien, who is a well-known French humorist has been convicted for exactly that (he impersonated Jean-Marie Le Pen, far right politician, in a satire song "casser du noir").
Sorry but I can only find a reference to a French article http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1996/03/13/patrick-sebastien-condamne-il-doit-verser-30-000-francs-pour-provocation-a-la-haine-raciale-osons_165999 http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1996/03/13/patrick-sebastien...
The judges concluded that this was indeed an incitation to racial hatred, which is illegal in France.
- germanier 9y agoFrench and German law are similar but not equal and this falls clearly in to the allowed territory in Germany.