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> to 30 days in jail for insulting the king on Facebook. That's not tough crime. You can't insult the President of Republic here in Italy too, because it repr
by peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> to 30 days in jail for insulting the king on Facebook.
That's not tough crime.
You can't insult the President of Republic here in Italy too, because it represent Italy, you're insulting the institution, it's against the law.
A though crime, as per Orwell - who invented the term - definition. is someone who goes against the status quo and get punished for expressing an unorthodox idea or doubting the system. You don't get a sentence usually, you simply disappear. Or get hunged in public as an example.
What you just reported is a plain straight law infringement. Just like a robbery.
A though crime would be being arrested for protesting against the US Supreme court and their vote to cancel abortion rights.
- mardifoufs 4y agoI think that's a distinction that can make sense and I agree that the definition of the word has been a bit diluted. You obviously don't get disappeared in the NL. But I don't get your last point. If it was illegal to protest/criticize the Supreme court, and someone did, wouldn't that be straight law infringement too? I don't think they are mutually exclusive. Insulting an institution, especially that of the Crown, is a form of protest and can be a way to express an unorthodox idea or a rejection of the system. It's akin to going to jail for insulting Trump, Biden or Bush because you insulted the American presidency. To me that's just unsettling.