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French Fight Ban on Insulting Civil Servants

More civil servants filing suits when slighted

By Michael Foreman,  Newser User

Posted Jul 26, 2008 7:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Paris publisher has launched a high-profile crusade to legalize an increasingly popular crime: the insulting of public officials, the London Times reports. After being fined €150 for calling a cop a connard—or stupid bastard—Jean-Jacques Reboux got even angrier, and accused civil...   Read full story »

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