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Yahoo! Not Bound by French Court Ruling
Klerck writes "Luckily, a US federal judge has ruled that Yahoo! is not bound by the French ruling that demanded that all Nazi memorabilia be removed from its auction site. It's a nice surprise to have a sensible ruling come out of a federal court in times like these."
Well, they don't have to abide by it in the States. You can bet your ass that those things will not appear on the french version of Yahoo- at least not if they don't want to get a massive fine slapped on them.
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At lease the exchange rate on Franks is really good. Any fine would probably end up costing them oh about $2.00
In France (and Germany, btw) apologism of nazi is forbidden. ditto.
So in France you don't sell nazi stuff. The same way that in the usa you don't drink alcohol in the street (well, you do, but you hide it...)
So, I propose this silly US judge comes to France and try to enforce his decision. Let's hope he's very good.
Every country has a right to its own specifics.
We don't bother you when you do stupid stuff (please ask for a list 8|), you don't talk to us when we forbid any teenager has access to stuff belonging to Mindwashed mongrels.
BTW, if a french wants some Nazi stuff, all he has to do is go to yahoo.com. Or ProudWhiteAmericans.com, any web in USA or nazi supporting area...
Mostly, yahoo tried to protect itself (in the usa) so that next time a nazi flag is sold they won't have to pay fines.
and, of course, please those wo don't agree now flame me, put me @-14 (Dumbass), I don't really care.
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
I see *no* niceness whatsoever when it comes to spreading nazi shit around any piece of the globe.
Do i like nazi's no. but unfortunately, their speech is protected(in theory) in this country. As such, we are all obligated to respect the right to speech(note i am not saying we should respect the speech itself). This is the consequence of a free society. I think the pros outweigh the cons. Deal with it or fuck off.
Got Freedom?
Thinking?
OK, let's try it another way. Let's make it anathama to glorify the Nazi's in any way. But all of their symbolism and dogma was aimed at glorifying themselves. So we can't show the symbolisms, or discuss the dogma at all, right? In fact, to ensure that no young minds are corrupted, we have to edit them out of history. That's the only way to stop "spreading nazi shit", right?
How do you avoid repeating the mistakes of the past if you make it impossible to find out what the past was?
Sure, make your counter argument, but you need to explain how newsreel footage of swastika emblazoned flag is less corrupting than the flag itself.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.