French go a bit Turkish

Coriolanus

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12069307

Long story short, a man has been fined for insulting the flag.

Don't like this kind of thing. Patriotism shouldn't really be legislated for.

Edit: if someone could copypasta it'd be good. On a mobile.

Man fined for insulting French flag
A case in Nice earlier this year prompted France to tighten the law on the national flag
A court in the south of France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree.
Abderrahmane Saidi, 26, was at a local government office on Tuesday when he grabbed a flag and snapped the pole in two during a row with a clerk.
A July decree made insulting the tricolour an offence punishable by a fine of up to 1,500 euros.
The rule was triggered by a photo of a man wiping his bottom with the flag.
Saidi was sentenced by a court in Nice. It also gave him a four-month suspended prison sentence and ordered him to attend citizenship classes.
Frustrated by a bureaucratic delay, he not only attacked the flag but also threw the broken pole at the clerk's window, AFP news agency reports. Two police officers then restrained him, but he tried to punch them.
The Alpes-Maritimes regional authority, police and the clerk all lodged complaints about his behaviour.
The offending picture which triggered the decree won a prize in a photo contest in Nice in March.
Before the July decree it was only an offence to insult the French flag during a public event.

curlzy

If that's true it's lame, didn't bother reading the link.

starbelgrade

The French.

A lovely bunch of lads.

Saila

do flags have ears or eyes even..

AckwelFoley

Story

A court in the south of France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree.

Abderrahmane Saidi, 26, was at a local government office on Tuesday when he grabbed a flag and snapped the pole in two during a row with a clerk.

A July decree made insulting the tricolour an offence punishable by a fine of up to 1,500 euros.

The rule was triggered by a photo of a man wiping his bottom with the flag.

Saidi was sentenced by a court in Nice. It also gave him a four-month suspended prison sentence and ordered him to attend citizenship classes.

Frustrated by a bureaucratic delay, he not only attacked the flag but also threw the broken pole at the clerk's window, AFP news agency reports. Two police officers then restrained him, but he tried to punch them.

The Alpes-Maritimes regional authority, police and the clerk all lodged complaints about his behaviour.

The offending picture which triggered the decree won a prize in a photo contest in Nice in March.

Before the July decree it was only an offence to insult the French flag during a public event.

Wolfe Tone

Someone work in a "Turkish delight" pun, I am but a young padawan and know not how

Poor Uncle Tom

They should stick to the kissing....

jugger0

If some Algerian wiped his arse with the Irish flag id want to see him lined up and shot, i hope the French deport him.

starbelgrade

jugger0 wrote: »

If some Algerian wiped his arse with the Irish flag id want to see him lined up and shot, i hope the French deport him.

Is it Third Reich night in here, or did I miss something?

Coriolanus

jugger0 wrote: »

If some Algerian wiped his arse with the Irish flag id want to see him lined up and shot, i hope the French deport him.

Read the fúcking article. It wasn't the algerian who did that.

jugger0

Nevore wrote: »

Read the fúcking article. It wasn't the algerian who did that.

"A court in the south of France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree."

And dont be acting tough on the internet you little bollocks, in real life you wouldnt say boo to a ghost ya little coward.

Coriolanus

jugger0 wrote: »

"A court in the south oof France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree."

And dont be acting tough on the internet you little bollocks, in real life you wouldnt say boo to a ghost ya little coward.

Now run along and read the rest of it to find out what he did. Hint: it wasn't wipe his arse with it.

Nodin

jugger0 wrote: »

"A court in the south of France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree."

And dont be acting tough on the internet you little bollocks, in real life you wouldnt say boo to a ghost ya little coward.

OOOOOOOoooooo

Ghandee

jugger0 wrote: »

And dont be acting tough on the internet you little bollocks, in real life you wouldnt say boo to a ghost ya little coward.

Jaysus, someone had weetabix this morning, keep up that fighting talk and Daddy might let you sit in the front seat on the drive back from Mc Donald's tomorrow.
:rolleyes:

Sisko

France you disappoint me.

ejmaztec

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is it Third Reich night in here, or did I miss something?

It's the fourth one now. The third one got stuck in a bunker.

GLaDOS

jugger0 wrote: »

And dont be acting tough on the internet you little bollocks, in real life you wouldnt say boo to a ghost ya little coward.

The ironing is delicious

biko

Why the rule was brought in.
http://flagsgonewild.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/french_flag_wipe_butt.jpg