It's not illegal to call him a pedophile, you just risk a bunch of shitskins going after you with some leftwing judge looking the other way because "you provoked them", even more pathetic than it sounds.
... A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? ... What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?
She appealed the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR upheld the conviction setting precedent for all of the EU. They claimed that what she said
could only be understood as having been aimed at demonstrating that Muhammad was not worthy of worship
She wasn't convicted for breaking the law. Instead she was convicted of something that could only be...... understood as..... being aimed at...... demonstrating that..... she broke the law.
But yes, precedent has been set in the EU. It's illegal to call him a pedophile.
I looked more thoroughly into the matter. Apparently Austria already had a regulation regarding "insulting of religion" which makes exceptions in the freedom of speech. Supposedly, the EU has merely justified the decision made by the Austrian judged but cannot force a similar ruling to the other EU nations (no common law system). Therefore, countries that do not have an impairment for insulting religions should be fine. However, if the EU decides to make a new law where this becomes mandatory in all nations, then all of us would be in big trouble. You could see it perhaps as somewhat of a stepping stone, since they made their preference clear.
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MagnaBatavia ago
It's not illegal to call him a pedophile, you just risk a bunch of shitskins going after you with some leftwing judge looking the other way because "you provoked them", even more pathetic than it sounds.
birds_sing ago
An Austrian woman had been convicted for saying,
She appealed the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR upheld the conviction setting precedent for all of the EU. They claimed that what she said
She wasn't convicted for breaking the law. Instead she was convicted of something that could only be...... understood as..... being aimed at...... demonstrating that..... she broke the law.
But yes, precedent has been set in the EU. It's illegal to call him a pedophile.
MagnaBatavia ago
I looked more thoroughly into the matter. Apparently Austria already had a regulation regarding "insulting of religion" which makes exceptions in the freedom of speech. Supposedly, the EU has merely justified the decision made by the Austrian judged but cannot force a similar ruling to the other EU nations (no common law system). Therefore, countries that do not have an impairment for insulting religions should be fine. However, if the EU decides to make a new law where this becomes mandatory in all nations, then all of us would be in big trouble. You could see it perhaps as somewhat of a stepping stone, since they made their preference clear.