Paris anti-Semitic T-shirt probe

[Lazy Lob]

I wonder who? moooooooz............


Paris anti-Semitic T-shirt probe
By Ed Horton
BBC News

French prosecutors have opened an investigation after T-shirts carrying anti-Semitic slogans were seen on sale in a shop in Paris.

The tops carried slogans in German and Polish that translate as "Jews forbidden from entering the park".

They were reproduced from Nazi signs from 1940 that targeted the Jewish community in the Polish town of Lodz.

Some 95% of more than 200,000 Jewish people there would die in concentration camps during World War II.

The sales assistant at the Parisian store, in the Belleville district, said one person had bought five of the grey, sleeveless garments for about 18 euros ($27) each.

She said she did not understand what the inscription meant.

The neighbourhood of Belleville in eastern Paris has been the site of ongoing scuffles between groups of Jewish youngsters and youths of North African origin.

France has one of the largest Jewish communities outside Israel, numbering about half a million people.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/7557499.stm

Published: 2008/08/12 21:16:18 GMT

© BBC MMVIII

[Beowulf]

Pool's Closed

[LongShot]

Awwwhhh hell, I came in here expecting some crazy business with Paris Hilton............

[LaoSexMachine]

What are the Free speech laws like in France?

[Winger]

I thought the US had the largest Jewish community outside Israel? This reporter says its France.

Oh nevermind, the US is part of Israel. p-)

[LaoSexMachine]

I thought the US had the largest Jewish community outside Israel? This reporter says its France.

Oh nevermind, the US is part of Israel. p-)

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html

[Hollis]

I thought the US had the largest Jewish community outside Israel? This reporter says its France.

Oh nevermind, the US is part of Israel. p-)


Considering the threads on Russia/Georgia...... you might want to rethink how you say something. I would suspect the MOD's sense of humor might be a bit strained.


Oh yes, consider your title as hint.

[Ali Baba]

Awwwhhh hell, I came in here expecting some crazy business with Paris Hilton............


Lmfao Same here.

[tanks_alot]

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html

Wow, looks like we almost tapped out the former USSR.... i wasn't aware of that.

[playtym]

If these shirts sell well it may be time to do a production run with a South African twist.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/668/durbansign1989rx3.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8168/whitesonlyzq4.jpg


They should go down just as well as the anti-Semetic shirts.

[Power_serj]

Although these people carrying the anti-Semetic signs are idiots, it is my opinion that they should have free speech rights as well.

[JJC]

This article is fitting for this thread. Sarkozy family threatened to sue a magazine for antisemitism against Sarkozy's son who is engaged to a Jewish girl.
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Europe/July-Aug-08/Allegedly-Anti-Semitic-Cartoon-Leaves-France-in-Frenzy.html

[Mr.K]

created a cartoon claiming that President Nicholas Sarkozy’s son Jean will convert to Judaism before marrying his Jewish fiancée,

where is the antisemitism? help? anyone