[cake_crumb]

"In its verdict, the court ruled that Bardot had deliberately tried to draw a link between Islam and terrorism by mentioning the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States..."

Intellectually, the current ruling elite of France would have to speed up in order to be at a complete stop.

I'm a little confused though: is this the same French former actress fined last year for the same book, or is this a different case (or different actress)?

[Gunrunner2]

Don't know. . .but you are correct. . .the french elite are rowing without both oars in the water on this one.

A thought crime? Writing a book because it offends? What about the best-selling (in france) book that accused the CIA of being the force behind 911? I'm offended that they would accuse the US government of waging war upon the American people. Arrest that man! (Oh, sorry, there are no MEN in france, just a bunch of smelly eunuchs).