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The Northerner
 
French parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain fined over racist remarks

Last edited Thu Mar 29, 2012, 10:23 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Paris (CNN) -- French perfume designer Jean-Paul Guerlain was fined 6,000 euros ($8,000) Thursday by a Paris court for racist remarks he made during a French television interview.

He was also ordered to pay 2,000 euros ($2,665 ) to each of three French anti-racism groups that brought the case.

Guerlain was found guilty before Judge Anne Marie Sauteraud of making a racial insult, under a law dating back more than a century.

Guerlain -- who is no longer connected with the company that bears his name -- uttered a racial slur twice during an October 2010 interview on France 2 about his career and the making of the Samsara perfume.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/world/europe/france-guerlain-racism-ruling/


If only racist remarks were punished with fines here in the US then I'm certainly we'd have much less racism today.

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Justpat
1. So in France no amount of perfume can cover the stink of racism.


I like that.

gateley
3. And I like your comment! nt

Cleita
4. "If only racist remarks were punished with fines here in the US then I'm certainly we'd have

much less racism today."

I disagree. It would just go underground. Also, this is thought police tactics and I don't care for the totalitarian nature of it. The way to deal with racism is education and laws that enforce minority rights, representation and equality in the system especially with our public servants like the police.

I think we need laws that criminalize disparaging religion. 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

If only racist remarks were punished with fines here in the US then I'm certainly we'd have much less racism today.

Considering all the anti-white, anti-hispanic, anti-male, anti-christian, anti-Jewish bigotry gurgling through DU at any given time Skinner's ass would be dead broke and we'd be out of entertainment.

[Carl]

Charming little bunch of facists.

[AllosaursRus]

I suppose it will be okay when I drive thru a minority neighborhood and get called "Honky" or "Cracker", y'all will look the other way, as they are the repressed, right?

This has happened to me quite a few times in my adventures of skip tracing, doncha know? Wanted to make that clear, so you DUmbass primitives will know I'm not just makin' shit up like you morons do in order to make yourself look "impotant".

Considering all the anti-white, anti-hispanic, anti-male, anti-christian, anti-Jewish bigotry gurgling through DU at any given time Skinner's ass would be dead broke and we'd be out of entertainment.

Hell, he'd never be able to pay all the fines, so I would bet he would be in the pokey. Kinda like the 'ol 50 dolla, or 50 days, of the past down in the southern ¼ of the country.

[Karin]

For the record, this is what he said.  The French suck. 

Response to The Northerner (Original post)
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:05 PM
cali (69,926 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. I'm NOT with you. The French laws are an affront to speech

Here's what Guerlain was convicted of saying:

"I worked like a negro" (in reference to developing a perfume)

Was it stupid? Yes. Insensitive? Of course. Reflective of hate? I don't see it.

He's 75 years old. He apologized profusely. Under the law he could have been sentenced to Prison.

I mean really. Who the **** decided that this was something that should be prosecuted?

I think the law is far more dangerous than what this guy said or what the other fashion designer said.


 

[franksolich]

For the record, this is what he said.  The French suck.

It's nice to see the bitter old Vermontese cali primitive is back, as full of piss and vinegar as before.

She'd been gone for a while; I was getting concerned she needed some sort of medical attention and couldn't get to the telephone herself, and because she's the curmudgeon of her neighborhood, nobody cared to check in on her to see how she's doing.

Also it's nice to see that the bitter old Vermontese cali primitive is all fired up about the November elections, and that she plans to vote against Hate and racism, so she's going to vote for the (R) candidate this time.