AdairSarasy

Mrs.Tucker
Ptolemy
2/19/14
FrenchGovernmentBanning
TheFrenchgovernmenthasbannedDieudonnefamouscomedianperformance
fromtelevisionafternumerouscrueljokeshavingtodowiththeHolocaust.Theywereright
todosobybanninghisshow,yesfreedomofspeechisconstitutional,butitcomestoa
pointwhereitistoomuch.Commoncourtesyshouldbeamajorroletobeplayed.The
Holocaustwasnolaughingmatter.Millionsofinnocentpeoplewerebeingkilled,because
oftheirreligion.HehasbeencondemnedonsevenoccasionsforantiSemiticremarks
atonepointdescribingholocaustcommemorationsas"memorialpornography"and
countsasalliesamotleymixturefromShiaradicalstoshavenheadedfarright
ultras(Schofield).Peoplelivingthereareinfearofthisuprisingprevailingtoanother
Holocaust.Freedomofspeechisonething,butwhenhundredsofpeopleliveinfearfrom
theirowncountryandmakeachoicetomoveoutiswhenthegovernmentshouldstepin,
toprotecttheirpeople.Butitsoriginsarethereforanyonetofindout,andtheyareclearly
antiJewish.(Schofield).SomepeopleinFrancehavesaidthatitisjusthumorandthere's
nothingwrongwithit,butwhenriotsformandpeoplefearfortheirlives,iswhenthehumor
isnolongeraharmlessjoke.

Schofield,Hugh,Dieudonne:Thebizarrejourneyofacontroversialcomic,BBC
News,Paris13December2013Webn.p19February2014