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Current monarchs even. In the Netherlands just a few years ago, people were jailed for spray painting and shouting 'Fuck de Koning'.
by berkes 6y ago
Current monarchs even. In the Netherlands just a few years ago, people were jailed for spray painting and shouting 'Fuck de Koning'.
- speleding 6y agoNo that case was dropped [0]. The logic of that law is that you shouldn't be allowed to insult someone who does not have free speech himself, and so cannot defend himself. But it's pretty much a dead letter. [0] https://nos.nl/artikel/2038180-fuck-de-koning-roeper-niet-langer-vervolgd.html https://nos.nl/artikel/2038180-fuck-de-koning-roeper-niet-la...
- berkes 6y agoThe case was dropped, but only after he was arrested and put in a cell; I don't know the intricacies of this, a cell probably is not a jail. But "behind bars" is what I meant.