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In most EU countries, you can’t publicly insult the country politicians.

gambiting 4y ago
That's absolutely not true, definitely not in the criminal sense. Politicians are always allowed to bring a civil suit against you over the things you've said, but the same is true in US.
- hartator 4y ago
  It is criminal. > She stands accused of "insulting the president of the republic" and will stand trial on June 20 in Saint Omer, the prosecutor said.
  - kranke155 4y ago
    Where
  - gambiting 4y ago
    Who is "she"? What republic? Does one republic(whichever one that is) constitute the "most" of EU now?
simon_o 4y ago
Citation needed.
- hartator 4y ago
  Ref: https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-163820283.html https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-16...
  - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    that's the right of every people here in EU. If you offend me (online or offline) I can sue you and you could face trial. It's called defamation. Nothing to see here. EDIT: insult here must be read using its most informal meaning (offense sufers the same destiny), not the legal one. We have different wording for the two circumstances "ingiuria" for the legal term which has been depenalisedd years ago and "insulto" to mean offending someone. Saying to someone "pedophile" is both an insult (a personal attack) and can be defamation, if the person is not a pedophile. The system is designed to be highly protective of the presumption of innocence, a judge must decide if the circumstances need to be solved in a trial by another judge or the case can be dismissed because there isn't enough substance to call it defamation. So every depiction of EU being swift to put people in jail for their opinions is highly exaggerated.
    - vr46 4y ago
      Everything you wrote is wrong. "Offending" someone is meaningless. Anyone can claim they were offended by anything, but that doesn't automatically make the thing illegal or injurious. Insults != defamation

That's absolutely not true, definitely not in the criminal sense. Politicians are always allowed to bring a civil suit against you over the things you've said, but the same is true in US.

hartator 4y ago
It is criminal. > She stands accused of "insulting the president of the republic" and will stand trial on June 20 in Saint Omer, the prosecutor said.
- kranke155 4y ago
  Where
- gambiting 4y ago
  Who is "she"? What republic? Does one republic(whichever one that is) constitute the "most" of EU now?

simon_o 4y ago

Citation needed.

hartator 4y ago
Ref: https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-163820283.html https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-16...
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  that's the right of every people here in EU. If you offend me (online or offline) I can sue you and you could face trial. It's called defamation. Nothing to see here. EDIT: insult here must be read using its most informal meaning (offense sufers the same destiny), not the legal one. We have different wording for the two circumstances "ingiuria" for the legal term which has been depenalisedd years ago and "insulto" to mean offending someone. Saying to someone "pedophile" is both an insult (a personal attack) and can be defamation, if the person is not a pedophile. The system is designed to be highly protective of the presumption of innocence, a judge must decide if the circumstances need to be solved in a trial by another judge or the case can be dismissed because there isn't enough substance to call it defamation. So every depiction of EU being swift to put people in jail for their opinions is highly exaggerated.
  - vr46 4y ago
    Everything you wrote is wrong. "Offending" someone is meaningless. Anyone can claim they were offended by anything, but that doesn't automatically make the thing illegal or injurious. Insults != defamation