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France is not a free society in the same way America is. French people are happy to live under many more restrictive laws but we don't often see it. For instanc
by Normati 12y ago
France is not a free society in the same way America is. French people are happy to live under many more restrictive laws but we don't often see it. For instance, Charlie Hebdo's staff could have gone to prison if they had published a cartoon mocking the holocaust. Some people's offense is treated as more valuable than others in France.
- pascal_cuoq 12y agoIn “America”, laws forbid people drink beer in public. Not old, forgotten laws: policemen use these everyday as reason to arrest and search people in the street. In fact, in recent weeks, did US courts not repeatedly find nothing illegal had happened when the police executed someone who was standing in the street not being a danger? France is not perfect but you need to get out more if you think “America”, as you call it, is better.
- Normati 12y agoI was just thinking about freedom of speech. I don't deny America has a problem with police violence. It has a bigger problem with violence in general too. It is still quite bizarre that not being in France, I can safely say "The holocaust didn't happen" But a French person is at risk of having their online identity discovered, then imprisoned just for making a political claim like that. This is really quite scary.