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

 

I find this...

Funny. 10 16.39%
 
Absurd. 20 32.79%
 
Scary. 16 26.23%
 
Sexist. 7 11.48%
 
Indifferent/comments... 8 13.11%
 
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kirby007 on 17 March 2018

Bahahajaha that uptight lady could use the 3k to do fun stuff so next time she laughs with him



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JRPGfan on 17 March 2018

So he basically called her a whore, after she gave him a ticket or something?
And now hes faceing jail time?

WTF?

That punishment seems out of balance with the deed done.
Even being fined 3700$ for calling a police cop a whore.... is extreme (imo).

*edit:
Doesnt effect me, and I would never call a female officer such, but this is scary imo.
Sexism punished like this is too extreme.
I have a problem with the "punishment not fitting the crime"


Imagine in the USA all the people that swear "son of a whore" when you get a ticket, and then getting another ticket for (for like 3700$ USD), and then being thrown in jail for haveing sworn, and not paid the fine? its insane.

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Peh on 17 March 2018

I guess I get better off when I steal 3000€ than what this guy did.



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VGPolyglot on 17 March 2018

It'd be nice if there were transcripts of the interaction.



forest-spirit on 17 March 2018

Hm, a law that punishes stupidity. I'm fine with that.

Seriously, just don't be a worthless idiot and you'll be fine.



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PwerlvlAmy on 17 March 2018

dammit belgium, why do you gotta be stupid.



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NightDragon83 on 17 March 2018
John2290 said:

The driver was found guilty of three charges: contempt of a police officer, making threats and sexist remarks in public, and a serious violation of another person’s dignity because of her gender.

Whoa whoa whoa... did they just ASSUME someone's gender??? Add another €3,000 fine on top of that for the crime of gender assumption!  GUILTY!!!

No seriously... this is what feminists actually believe:

https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/assuming-gender/



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Flilix on 17 March 2018

The fine for sexism can vary from €50 to €1000. So the majority of these €3000 is because of the other charges.



Mystro-Sama on 17 March 2018

Convicted of sexism!? Is this what the world has come to?



Conina on 17 March 2018

John2290 said:

He was reported to have said she would be better off doing a job “adapted to women”, in a scene witnessed by several other people. 

The "Independant" missed something.

That's not all he said. He also called her a "dirty whore" and told her to shut up: https://www.brigitte.de/aktuell/gesellschaft/belgien--erste-verurteilung-wegen-sexismus--11069304.html

Even without this whole sexism debate... a €3000 penalty for that kind of insult is in the normal range in Europe. (or at least in Germany: https://www.bussgeldkatalog.org/beleidigung-im-strassenverkehr/ )

It is also not unusual that you can go to jail if you ignore the penalty and don't pay up, even for the tiniest delicts. If you don't like the decision of the court, take it to a higher court. But letting the decision get legally binding and just wait what will happen next if you don't pay ain't very smart.

Last edited by Conina - on 17 March 2018