Designer John Galliano finally had his day in court. By “day”, of course I mean a whopping 6 minutes. Galliano lost his job at Dior after he was caught on tape in a drunken stupor, bashing Jews, and today he was found guilty of “public insults toward persons on the basis of their religion or origin”, and must pay a fine of $8,500, Jewish Journal mediates.
I guess that ‘s the going rate for spewing hate in Paris. You can call someone a “dirty Jew face” and it will run you under ten grand, with no jail time. Personally, I’m a little offended. Not offended that he apparently hates Jews when he’s drunk, but that the government of France determined that hating Jews is worth $8500.
I would have been less offended if he had been asked to make a PSA against hate, or made to do community service hours at a Temple, or told to serve dinner at a Jewish Home for the elderly, or asked to visit a Holocaust museum to see what power his words hold. His “punishment” should have taught him something.
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