Frenchman locked up for asking Rachida Dati for 'an inflation'

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Frenchman locked up for asking Rachida Dati for 'an inflation'


A Frenchman was locked up for two days and is facing criminal charges for sending a joke email to Rachida Dati, the former Justice Minister, asking for "an inflation".


Peter Allen, in Paris
Published: 2:52PM BST 29 Oct 2010



Rachida Dati made the 'inflation' gaffe in a radio interview





The unnamed 40-year-old contacted the MEP at the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week following her appearance on a national radio station when she confused the words "fellatio" and "inflation" – which sound similar in French.

At the time Miss Dati managed to laugh off the mix-up, saying she had spoken too quickly.


After Miss Dati complained about the joke email, the home of sender from Bourg de Péage region of south east France, was raided by Lyon's Judicial Police.
Ivan Flaud, the man's lawyer, said: "My client's computer was seized and he was remanded in custody for 48 hours."
The man was traced through the IP address on his personal computer.
After being kept in a cell and then placed on bail he was ordered to appear in court on December 3 charged with displaying contempt towards a public servant, an offence which is punishable with a prison sentence of up to a month and a €10,000 (£8,700) fine.
"My client solely addressed the email to Miss Dati, and did not distribute it to anyone else," said Mr Flaud, saying there was nothing offensive about it as it solely contained an innocent euphemism.
"The email was addressed to Miss Dati as a person and not as a public servant," he said. He said that politicians and others in public life frequently receive humorous emails, and even obscene ones are considered part and parcel of life in the public eye.
Miss Dati was an authoritarian Justice Minister thanks to her close links with President Nicolas Sarkozy, a former Interior Minister known for his uncompromising attitude to upholding the law.
He finally sacked Miss Dati for her inability to do her job properly, accusing her of being too interested in becoming a glamorous celebrity.
Mr Sarkozy is known to detest attacks on politicians and has frequently used the courts to defend his reputation.
Anthony Paganelli, a Lyons prosecutor, defended the arrest saying "contempt is clear when a term is used to lower the reputation of a public servant, in this case Miss Dati, who is referred to by name in her email."



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...inflation.html

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madness

sounds like france and sarkozy is the new european totalitarian dubbya bush replacement

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_five_regimes

Think were close to tyranny , very close. Europe and the USA have changed so much in the last few years in there attitudes to freedom of expression is scary.

Its a cycle and democracy can only go on so long its inevitable that tyranny will come soon as it has done countless times before.