“The French parliament has adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered "genocide" at the hands of the Turks, infuriating Turkey.
The bill, which provides for a year in jail and a heavy fine, still needs approval from the Senate and president.” (BBC)
As a non-European I don’t understand the significance of this bill. Who does it protect? How does it advance society, or law and order? Whose interests does it serve? It strikes me as a “We’re French and we like being assholes” law. This looks a law designed strictly to piss off Turkey. What gives???
I believe that there was indeed genocide committed against Armenians by the Turks in 1915, but I’m baffled by the need to make it a crime to deny it.
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maybe it's related to the jerry lewis thing
The French may change their minds about that if they ever see THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED. Perhaps it will then be illegal to ever admit that anyone from France EVER liked Jerry Lewis.
I live for that day
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