 A
French court has rejected a demand from Nicolas Sarkozy, the president,
for a ban on a Sarkozy doll and voodoo manual that encourages readers to
stick pins in it.
The doll is decorated with some of the French leader's most famous
quotes, like Get lost you pathetic a***hole – to a bystander who
refused to shake his hand at an agricultural show in 2007.
Update:
Undignified
29th November 2008. See
article
from
thescotsman.scotsman.com
A doll representing the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and an
accompanying voodoo manual with directions for sticking pins into
the figurine can remain on sale, a court has ruled – but it must carry a
notice saying it harms the president's dignity.
The court ruled that the kit constituted an offence against the
personal dignity of Sarkozy. But it said it would be
disproportionate and harmful to liberty of expression to ban their
sale outright.
It ruled the doll may be sold provided it carries a notice of the
judgment attached. The manufacturers must also pay the costs of the case
as well as a symbolic 1 Euro in damages.
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