Racism and the W-word...
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...the W-word being, of course, "Walloon" --
Curtailing free speech in order to combat racism — the ultimate manifestation of the cure being worse than the disease.
Belgium's history of linguistic bickering between Flemings and Walloons entered a new phase this week when police arrested a Flemish woman for calling her Walloon husband lazy, Belgian media said Thursday.Of course, the fact that there is such as crime as "racism" in Belgium and that someone — even a spouse — can face criminal charges for mere words is no laughing matter, nor is the fact that Europe has no First Amendment.
The 48-year-old husband filed a complaint for racism against his spouse for scratching him and calling him "a lazy Walloon, a slave and an inferior creature," De Standaard daily said.
The 47-year-old woman will appear before a magistrate later Thursday to face charges of racism, the newspaper said.
Curtailing free speech in order to combat racism — the ultimate manifestation of the cure being worse than the disease.
Posted by Kip on
27 October 2005
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