I read that whole article very carefully Jimbo, and I failed to see where it is mentionned that the governement was preventing Brigitte Bardot to speak up :-)
However, I saw that some organisations (which are not the governement) were suing Brigitte Bardot for her opinions. How does that mean that the governement is not respecting people freedom of speech ?
Also, do you mean that *preventing* these organisations to complain about Brigitte Bardot opinions, would be the best way to insure freedom of speech is guaranteed ? Whose freedom of speech and opinion are we talking about ? * Brigitte right to speak ? * or the organisations right to complain ?
I also note that though legal proceedings are mentionned in the article, no conclusions are given about them. So, that does not mean Brigitte will be put in jail with tape on the mouth.
I also noticed that regardless of the feedback I offered with regards to the nearly libelous accusations against my government, not only did you choose not to recognise there hasn't been any accusation made by my governement against the Sun, but that on top of it, you choose to redirect accusations toward independant organisations.
I have the unconfortable feeling that whatever facts I will bring to your attention, you will not be very motivated to consider it. Still, let me provide you a last reference.
Currently, Wikipedia mentions this article
http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4116
That is the "first worldwide press freedom index"
Exactly the topic we are currently discussing I guess
Here is the top ranking
Rank Country Note 1 Finland 0,50 - 2 Iceland 0,50 - 3 Norway 0,50 - 4 Netherlands 0,50 5 Canada 0,75 6 Ireland 1,00 7 Germany 1,50 8 Portugal 1,50 9 Sweden 1,50 10 Denmark 3,00 11 France 3,25 12 Australia 3,50 - 13 Belgium 3,50 14 Slovenia 4,00 15 Costa Rica 4,25 - 16 Switzerland 4,25 17 United States 4,75 18 Hong Kong 4,83 19 Greece 5,00 20 Ecuador 5,50 21 Benin 6,00 - 22 United Kingdom 6,00
My best Ant
Jimmy Wales a écrit:
Anthere wrote:
And rather than to discuss them, and spent time on them, you just stop referring to them and stop using them. They are just forgotten.
The problem is that laws restricting the freedom of speech in France are not all forgotten, but are prosecuted with some regularity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot
--Jimbo