Belgian man convicted for sexism, will be jailed if fine isn't paid, Under new law.

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DarthMetalliCube said:

o_O.Q said:
what also baffles me about this is that am i really supposed to believe that the guys in this thread championing what happened to this guy have never had a disagreement and cursed severely at someone else?

Same, along with the fact that a few people here are seriously lumping in talking back to a female police officer with ACTUAL crimes, which is not only wrongheaded it's potentially dangerous. Just glad certain people here aren't in charge of things, of we'd be living in a very scary society indeed.. :/

Fascinating how some will so willingly give up their power to authoritarian governments. I always found it difficult to believe that Fascist and Communist governments can get enough support of the masses to rise to prominence, but then I see something like this, and suddenly it becomes easier to believe..

well its all in the spirit of making everything "safe"

of making interactions between imperfect people perfect

because apparently we are living in an era where no one wants to be responsible and retain some degree of their individuality when facing the challenges of life so therefore they need a daddy above them to handle things for them

"a guy catcalls a woman? well since she's a female she's too much of an infant to handle the situation herself, so we need laws to take that responsibility away from her"

and i seriously wonder if the people pushing this are aware that this is essentially their argument?

that's not to say that we don't need to limit risks with laws, but what i'm saying is that there's a reasonable balance between the two and that fining or jailing people for speech that is not threats is way too restrictive