Brigitte Bardot Fined for Inciting Racial Hatred

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
If you make this statement, some may agree, others will just shake their head at your stupidity. How is that statement "inciting" anything, except possibly an ass whuppin' from someone that's offended?

The point I was trying to make, Bruce, is just that some statements are more "loaded" than others. Its illogical to state that because no one responds to a "hate" statement about folks from Iowa, that, therefore, Hitler's statements were not incenduary. This seemed to be the general drift of the discussion at the time I posted that, and I wanted to give an example of how a statement can indeed be inflammatory. No, thank God, a person saying "The damn N's are responsible for all our problems" does not inflame the population as a whole into a rage, but, certainly, it has in the past (surely, I don't need to recount to you all the sad tales of lynchings, cross burnings, etc); and I pray to God it won't in the future.