Bardot fined over racial hatred

A French court has fined former film star Brigitte Bardot 15,000 euros (£12,000) for inciting racial hatred.

She was prosecuted over a letter published on her website that complained Muslims were "destroying our country by imposing their ways".

It is the fifth time Ms Bardot been convicted over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers. This is her heaviest fine so far.

The French film idol, who is 73, was not in court to hear the ruling.

The fine - equivalent to $23,000 - related to a letter she wrote in December 2006 to the then Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, which was published on her website, in which she deplored the slaughter of animals for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

She demanded that the animals be stunned before being killed.

She said she was "tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts".

In a letter to the court Ms Bardot, who is a prominent animal rights campaigner, insisted she had a right to speak up for animal welfare.

The prosecutor said she was weary of charging Ms Bardot with offences relating to racial hatred and xenophobia.

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Published: 2008/06/03 16:13:05 GMT

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She said she was "tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts".

Pretty much sums up her position.

I know that many of us aren't happy about illegal immigration , yet if we look at europe we must consider ourselves lucky.
The european union mandidates how many immigrants a country must allow in, then they get all the benifits allowed under that countries system. Add to that the fact that most of the newly arrived are of a completely 'foreign' culture, muslium or non christian. As bad as we may feel about our immigrtation problem from our southern neighbors they are culturially much more similar to us them what is flooding europe...

Folks of all walks need to take the thumb out of their mouths and quit getting their poor poor feelings hurt. Ask me how many poo-poos I give if something I say offends somebody.