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In the discussion thread: Man who gave Nazi salute at a basketball match fined £2,500 [View all]

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:38 PM

Blue_Tires (31,870 posts)

25. wow...Even Di Canio got a 10k fine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4544008.stm

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86 replies	Author	Time	Post
Man who gave Nazi salute at a basketball match fined £2,500 [View all]	Judi Lynn	Aug 2012	OP
good he was fined	riverbendviewgal	Aug 2012	#1
I am just thankful	Missycim	Aug 2012	#67
A Nazi salute is not a stupid expression - it is an EVIL one	riverbendviewgal	Aug 2012	#73
+++ 1,000,000 +++ and then some more +++ n/t	RKP5637	Aug 2012	#76
Does the salute physically	Missycim	Aug 2012	#79
Jail for lifting his hand, good grief	Liber T. Anjustis	Aug 2012	#85
Censorship is never right.	Pacafishmate	Aug 2012	#86
Their country, their rules.	bluestateguy	Aug 2012	#2
It is hate and harassment	jonthebru	Aug 2012	#7
The judge did right for their laws	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#9
That doesn't mean someone won't lose their job here even if it is protected.	devilgrrl	Aug 2012	#64
This is correct	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#65
Hooo-BOY!	Iggo	Aug 2012	#3
I dunno.	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#6
How about a few fines for being a liberal?	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#10
Okay, let's try that.	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#13
It's up to whoever is judging speech to define these things.	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#21
So you believe the strictures regarding bigotry in Europe are totally arbitrary?	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#23
1st amendment	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#26
No, you're not answering the question	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#48
Constitutional Protection	RobinA	Aug 2012	#50
Fair enough	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#54
Depends on how it is worded	John Frum	Aug 2012	#62
How is racism comparable to Liberalism?	Ash_F	Aug 2012	#47
Both are Ideologies	RobinA	Aug 2012	#51
Not comparable in the way you described at all.	Ash_F	Aug 2012	#53
Being escorted into a 'free speech zone' some years ago allowed me to realize	LanternWaste	Aug 2012	#61
Until I read the context, I thought the punishment went too far.	Bucky	Aug 2012	#4
Every soveriegn country has the right to draw the line between hate speech and free speech.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#8
"Every soveriegn country has the right"	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#68
It is inherent in the word soveriegn.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#69
So, rights come from labels? nt	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#70
Meaning comes from words	grantcart	Aug 2012	#71
My interest in talking with you wasn't to tell other countries what to do.	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#72
There is no totally objective view of human rights	grantcart	Aug 2012	#74
"There is no totally objective view of human rights"	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#78
Seems you've been listening to Right wing talking points	Confusious	Aug 2012	#14
Are you really arguing that the Declaration of Independence is right wing talking points?	Bucky	Aug 2012	#28
No, I wasn't saying that	Confusious	Aug 2012	#32
I see where you're coming from.	Bucky	Aug 2012	#39
Sorry abut the right wing thing	Confusious	Aug 2012	#42
I believe the idea is that the rights were given at birth and taken away by governments/people	Tunkamerica	Aug 2012	#60
Maybe you should review what the discussion was about	Confusious	Aug 2012	#66
I believe there's a basic misunderstanding here.	Tunkamerica	Aug 2012	#81
If you capture a wild animal does it not try to escape?	Confusious	Aug 2012	#82
The Declaration of Independence is not the Constitution	Spider Jerusalem	Aug 2012	#84
"Most Muslim countries you can be charged with blasphemy"	FiveGoodMen	Aug 2012	#30
No	Confusious	Aug 2012	#33
If you don't believe there are any natural rights	FiveGoodMen	Aug 2012	#35
I disapprove of people taking drugs	Confusious	Aug 2012	#44
racist pig	Liberal_in_LA	Aug 2012	#5
Not suprising.	secondvariety	Aug 2012	#11
Free speech shouldn't be an American thing	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#12
Most countries in Europe	Confusious	Aug 2012	#15
What is it about freedom of expression that so many are threatened by?	devilgrrl	Aug 2012	#18
I don't understand your sarcasm.	Bucky	Aug 2012	#29
I know	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#20
And most countries in Europe suck	Ter	Aug 2012	#38
"Their country, their rules"...	Iggo	Aug 2012	#17
I get it and I won't spit on the street in Singapore	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#19
If the Olympics were held in Germany, the punishment would be 100X severe.	Great Caesars Ghost	Aug 2012	#22
You betcha.	Iggo	Aug 2012	#34
Wasn't Lithuania on Hitler's "To Annihilate" list? Along with Poland?	devilgrrl	Aug 2012	#16
It had a puppet regime, that some still sympathise with	muriel_volestrangler	Aug 2012	#24
wow...Even Di Canio got a 10k fine	Blue_Tires	Aug 2012	#25
why?	FunnyChris	Aug 2012	#27
Well, don't expect a guy making the nazi salute to be terribly sensible.	Bucky	Aug 2012	#31
Over 50,000 Lithuanians fought for Germany in WWII	hack89	Aug 2012	#43
So that's the way bigots celebrate.	Dont call me Shirley	Aug 2012	#36
Didn't Hitler copy that salute from Mussolini?	Ter	Aug 2012	#37
Syrians use that salute today	may3rd	Aug 2012	#40
And the facists adpopted it from artwork and movies	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#41
Its not a nazi salute..	and-justice-for-all	Aug 2012	#45
Yeah, I'm sure he was emulating the Romans.	Iggo	Aug 2012	#46
I was just pointing out the historical aspects of the salute...	and-justice-for-all	Aug 2012	#56
Interestingly,	RobinA	Aug 2012	#52
LOL...oh yeah..nt	and-justice-for-all	Aug 2012	#55
OK. It is just the salute used by the NAZIs	panzerfaust	Aug 2012	#83
He's lucky the fashion police weren't there.	GreatCaesarsGhost	Aug 2012	#49
Always amusing to see people turn against the First Amendment	Nye Bevan	Aug 2012	#57
Oh my	Kurovski	Aug 2012	#58
The Firsr Amendment does not protect you from a slander lawsuit (nt)	Nye Bevan	Aug 2012	#59
Less amusing when nuanced discussion of it is minimized and petulantly interpreted as opposition	LanternWaste	Aug 2012	#63
Dumbass	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#75
I think the guy is a real asshat but is it illegal to be an asshat? nt	JoshRuiz94	Aug 2012	#77
The freak with the red and black perm should be fined as well	Ter	Aug 2012	#80

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