You Can't Do This in France

Set: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ........

Criminal this and illegal that... I'll tell you what's criminal - is that our educational system produces minds like yours.

Obviosly Set doesn't care that France has a huge problem with Islamic immigrants and they are so scared that they might riot and burn **** that they make stupid laws like the one they prosecuted Bardot under.

I say, screw the French, and f*** Islam.

As opposed the result of the educational system's effort in a case such as yours, in which there is no evidence of a mind at all . . .

Could you be a bigger blowhard?

As far as I remember, Francis is the only French here.

But we Europeans and most of the Americans seem to have got, indeed, a much more decent socialisation and education.

And very few Americans on this board just want to prove continuously that they grew up not only under the worst influences but got their graduation from a school for children with learning difficulties via a charity's lottery.

I imagine that Nicolas Sarkozy is quite interested in the opinions of racist, immigrant-fearing, gun-waving Americans.

I'm quite sure he is. Islam is a huge problem for the French.

It's haining right now.

At least, he didn't like Bardot's letter - he got it first, during his time as interior minister.

After or before they were srewed?

Don't the French delight in screwing and f***ing? More power to 'em, I say.

Posted in the wrong forum.

Nobody cares.

MTV fined $484,500 by U.K. regulator
Net taking steps to prevent future breaches
By STEVE CLARKE


MTV Networks Europe has been fined a total of £255,000 ($484,500) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for "widespread and persistent" breaches of its broadcasting code by four of its channels.

The Viacom-owned operator will have to pay the following penalties: TMF £80,000 ($152,000), MTV France £35,000 ($66,500), MTV UK £80,000 ($152,000) and MTV Hits £60,000 ($114,000).

The "highly offensive language and material" was broadcast before the 9pm family-viewing watershed.

Auds complained about a number of shows. They included: repeated use of the words "************", "**** you" and "****" in a music video by Aphex Twin for the song "Windowlicker" on TMF, and racist and homophobic text messages aired by MTV France in "Belge Chat."

Additionally TMF screened a trailer for the reality skein "Totally Jodie Marsh" on seven occasions between 9.48am and 3.15pm on July 24 last year containing the sentence: "I just don't want you settling down with some ******* wanker from a modeling agency."

Other breaches identified by Ofcom included a 4.30pm broadcast of MTV UK show "Totally Boyband" in 2006 featuring "extensive offensive language."

In a statement the regulator said: "Ofcom concluded that this material was not justified by the context of broadcasts that were likely to appeal to children and that the likely audience would have expected to have been protected from the most offensive language and material in such programming."

A spokesman for MTV said: "MTV Networks Europe takes this sanction and fine very seriously and has taken a series of steps to minimize as much as possible any breaches in the future.

"These include strengthening procedures regarding programs for pre-watershed broadcast, reviewing MTV's archive programming, increasing the number of staff involved in compliance and investing in a new channel management system."


Here in the States we have broadcast, cable, and sattelite, to name a few formats. Only broadcast TV is really subjected these types of silly rules. It should be noted that MTV is not broadcast OTA at all, only over cable/sat.

Yes, she probably did know or ought to have known that she might be punished for expressing her opinion, even in a private letter. If someone in any country that outlaws free expression defies the law, then he ought to know that there may be consequences. That doesn't make it right, though, to outlaw free speech, and, despite your speculation as to my motives, the truth is that I am really horrified to see this happening in Western Europe. Do you believe that its alright or unimportant when a country outlaws the "public expression" of ideas?

No, or course, not. I am saying that free speech should be permitted except in those special cases.

I'm saying that too and, till now, nobody prevented me from expressing my opinions.

But my moderation and my law abiding orientation did prevent me from uttering racial hatred comments, unlike Mrs Bardot.

You know, you can say than you don't agree with the immigration policy of an European country.

You can even say that the Muslim culture is incompatible with the European values.

But you cannot say (publicly) that people should harm the Muslims because they are Muslims, in violent terms.

What if you invite them all over to a pig roast?

I wouldn't invite them for a pig roast, nor would I invite you for snails or frog legs..

Let alone tête de veau..

I won't eat snails. We had so many in California that I just got grossed out by them. After a rain, thousands of them would come out of the lilys and from under porches, and well, ick. I will dunk bread in the snail scented garlic butter though, and frog legs are delicious. Not much interest in calf's head, but I do love most veal.

I can talk food with just about anyone.