The French Are Losing

[Meh_Gerbil]

See: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/franceban/index.php

I guess their government can now tell the citizenary that you must be a professional journalist in order to capture and publicize violence on film. Maybe the riots over the past couple of years have been too embarrassing? I cannot imagine a justification for this move at all.

[Ryokan]

That's garbage.

[Solly]

Have you guys heard of happy slapping?

[Ryokan]

Have you guys heard of happy slapping?

Assualt is illegal regardless if you film it right?

[Pilgrim]

The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.

So only journalists can commit acts of violence that can then be broadcast?

Seriously, who edits these news bits? What a bad bit of writing.

[themuzicman]

Viva la free speech?

[Solly]

Assualt is illegal regardless if you film it right?


Yes, but distributing the footage of assault makes it worse in the eyes of the law. At least round these parts.

[Ryokan]

Yes, but distributing the footage of assault makes it worse in the eyes of the law. At least round these parts.

Here you'd probably jsut be an accessory to the assualt. In any event this law is broad enough to prevent any taping of violence period, not just happy slapping. Around these parts we take police brutality seriously.

[Darth Executor]

Here you'd probably jsut be an accessory to the assualt. In any event this law is broad enough to prevent any taping of violence period, not just happy slapping. Around these parts we take police brutality seriously.

Police brutality is the least of my concerns. Professional journalists are just as easy to corrupt (if not moreso) than politicians. I don't like having news fed to me by an exclusive elite. Plus, if you follow Chris Rock'tips, it's fairly easy to avoid police brutality. (language warning)

It is against Campus Decorum to link to content with profanity

[Rahab]

Yes, but distributing the footage of assault makes it worse in the eyes of the law. At least round these parts. Salut Solly! The "happy slapping" fad consists in targeting anyone and physicaly assault them for the SOLE purpose of filming it and distributing it to an audience on the Internet primarely. A teacher in France was recently beaten up by a group of kids for that purpose. It has joined the "reality show" type of entertainment. There was a time when "hard core porn" would use similar tactics to fulfill the very sick needs of an audience looking for reality torture and death.

[Yankee_Doodle]

Salut Solly! The "happy slapping" fad consists in targeting anyone and physicaly assault them for the SOLE purpose of filming it and distributing it to an audience on the Internet primarely. A teacher in France was recently beaten up by a group of kids for that purpose. It has joined the "reality show" type of entertainment. There was a time when "hard core porn" would use similar tactics to fulfill the very sick needs of an audience looking for reality torture and death.


The text of the law seems overly broad. To restrict filming acts of violence by anyone except a journalist is unthinkable in a nation that calls themselves a democracy. The happy slapping phenomina is certainly disturbing, however, those who film such acts are theirself part of the criminal conspiracy. Certainly in the US a judge would issue an injunction and order the removal of such footage from the internet. However, the broad language used in the French law is maybe the most poorly written law in the western world in probably the last century. I could see if they banned publication of violence except for "journalistic purposes" without considering whether the party who films & publishes the event is theirself a journalist.......

This is an example of what happens when God is expelled from a culture or society

[Rahab]

The text of the law seems overly broad. To restrict filming acts of violence by anyone except a journalist is unthinkable in a nation that calls themselves a democracy. Can you quote the TEXT of the law? I did some research and found so far no publication of the text itself. Did you? Did you get access to a translation of the text or are you fluent enough in my native language to not need a translation?



The happy slapping phenomina is certainly disturbing, however, those who film such acts are theirself part of the criminal conspiracy. Certainly in the US a judge would issue an injunction and order the removal of such footage from the internet. However, the broad language used in the French law is maybe the most poorly written law in the western world in probably the last century. Again, how did you evaluate the "language" used in the French Law ? Can you cite the text law in its integrity? What's your actual knowlege of all the legislations which have occured in the "last century" "in the western world"? Can you give me a sample of your knowlege with Italian Law for example?


I could see if they banned publication of violence except for "journalistic purposes" without considering whether the party who films & publishes the event is theirself a journalist....... That sounds reasonable.

This is an example of what happens when God is expelled from a culture or society Care to brief me on how "God was expelled" from the French culture or society? Surely, you do not dismiss our catholic population or do you? Maybe they are not representative of christianity?