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Galliano, on trial over racist insults, blames actions on his 'triple addiction'

World Jun. 23, 2011 - 07:26AM JST ( 15 )

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Taka313Jun. 22, 2011 - 10:03PM JST

What he said was monumentally stupid, but I don't know if it should be criminal. I'm a little too much of a proponent of free speech to go along this being a criminal case. He just needs his ass kicked once. Calibrate him to understand that the world doesn't revolve around him. A good ass kicking will do that.

Taka
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_LandJun. 22, 2011 - 10:26PM JST

I don't know if it should be criminal. I'm a little too much of a proponent of free speech to go along this being a criminal case.

I agree.

Even more, I think it's pretty ridiculous. Political correctness continues to shape the world into a more 'moderated' place. Saying the wrong words can now get you arrested. Orwellian, is it not?

The world will become more and more like an internet forum where there is always somebody to be offended even it's only by a different opinion. After any remotely potentially offensive statement you must make numerous disclaimers stating it's only IMHO, emphasis on the humble, to keep the masses from ganging up on you and running you out of town/off the site with pitch forks and torches.

In the future, Galliano's comments will be 'moderated' and he could even possibly be banned (from the public eye).
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MadvertsJun. 23, 2011 - 01:07AM JST

I agree with you guys in that this is going too far. It's like imprisoning people for denying the Holocaust.

He's lost his somewhat prestigious job, been ridiculed on an international level and shown to be the drunken racist he obviously is.

I'm almost outraged my tax-Euro is been squandered on this trivia, especially since the Jewish community are bearing the brunt of similar verbal or even violent attacks in some Paris banlieus.
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grammefridayJun. 23, 2011 - 08:16AM JST

perhaps he is simply a fashion fascistonista....
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ScroteJun. 23, 2011 - 09:33AM JST

Mr Galliano may blame his addictions for his predicaments, but the drugs merely loosened his tongue allowing us to discover what he really thinks and what kind of a person he is.
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ihavegreatlegsJun. 23, 2011 - 09:40AM JST

Exactly scrote. He is a Jew hater just like that stupid actor, of which I deliberately will not even name. This jew says kick his butt hard.
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EqualityJun. 23, 2011 - 10:11AM JST

I disagree with some of the posters here. If you were a minority, racial, religious, ethnic, or otherwise, and somebody threw a barrage of targeted insults at you in public, I'd imagine that you'd like something done about it. Free speech is wonderful, until someone targets YOU and starts spewing vile hatred or inciting violence against you. Let's see if you have the same 'live and let live' attitude after that.
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NetNinjaJun. 23, 2011 - 10:17AM JST

@Equality I see where you are coming from. This cannot be a criminal act though. As much as we might despise this guy, he's free to go. It's going to catch up with him. I also agree with Scrote, it's not the drugs, that's simply his true nature.
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SuperLibJun. 23, 2011 - 11:44AM JST

Where exactly is the line drawn? Are there protected classes? I mean if you attack a Jewish person for being Jewish, what happens if you give some kind of obscene public comment about someone who is handicapped? This isn't a joke, just wondering what the laws are and if they apply to everyone or just certain groups.
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vinnyfavJun. 23, 2011 - 02:38PM JST

There's a difference between laws and morality. The french law in this case seeks to protect the rights of the minority to live their life without unfair and unjust discrimination by curtailing the rights of free speech of everyone else. The morality behind the law is sound, but the execution may not be entirely fair or just either.

Assuming that Galliano isn't lying about his remorse and his objections about discrimination, then this law is being misapplied. If Galliano is truly sorry about his actions under the influence of drugs, and if he truly does not wish to discriminate against others, then I see no reason he should be punished so harshly for what amounts to a mistake. A fine or settlement as apology for offence caused, and let the matter rest, is all that's needed.

Of course, he might be secretly anti-semitic and pro-nazi and is just putting up an act, or whatever. But my point is, laws that are based on morality are good intentioned, but may sometimes be rather poorly implemented.
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TumbleDryJun. 23, 2011 - 04:33PM JST

testified that he remembers nothing

That is the usual Japanese defense.
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PiratekingJun. 23, 2011 - 06:24PM JST

Of course, he might be secretly anti-semitic and pro-nazi and is just putting up an act, or whatever.

You don't have to be pro-nazi to be anti-semitic. After the atrocities that happened in Israel against the Palestine people again and again many people started to dislike them. After all, who likes the strong guy that keeps kicking the weak guy in the face just for the fun of it...
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Lieberman2012Jun. 23, 2011 - 09:15PM JST

"Triple " addiction? As if the garden variety anti-Semitism to be found almost everywhere in Europe needs a force multiplier.
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VirtuosoJun. 23, 2011 - 09:33PM JST

This whole problem could have been avoided if the target of this man's profanity had given him a well deserved broken nose. "The court rules: you asked for it."
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MadvertsJun. 23, 2011 - 09:40PM JST

If only courts here ruled that way Virtuoso.....