racist opinion a crime ?

helary at niji.or.jp helary at niji.or.jp
Fri Mar 30 18:27:38 PST 2001


Le Fri, Mar 30, 2001 a 11:52:21AM -0500, Charles Brown a ecrit:
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> Expression of racist and fascist opinion is not freedom. It is repression.

i don't know much about french law, only what happens when an extreme right group publicizes a racist/fascist opinion. so i am not sure about where this restriction on freedom of speech comes. but as charles seems to suggest, i would say that in the case of racist/fascist opinions, those opinions are equated to racist/fascist acts and thus are criminal in nature. i have a few memories of my linguistic classes where i heard about 'performatory' speech. in that meaning racist/facist declarations can be interpreted as criminal acts.

same with sexual harrasment, what makes verbal harrasment a crime if freedom of speech is _absolutely_ granted ?

jc helary



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