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Re:France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines for ... by pegasus on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:28AM (#17677891)
What makes you say that? It would obviously have to seem offensive to the judge, not just to the purported victim. Same as for the other adjectives, like "intimidating", "sexual" etc. I don't see why "offensive" is any more inherently subjective than those.
Re:France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines for ... by cm2187 on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:38AM (#17677946)
Is a carricature of Muhammad offensive? Cartoonist have been making carricatures of God and Jesus for years, but most newspapers didn’t dare to publish the Muhammad cartoons. Apparently some people get offended when being called either male or female, even though these two categories are bioligically correct. Etc. Anyone can make up their own definition of what is offensive to them, and many do not hesitate. You seem to treat being offended as if it was an absolute objective thing. And I would certainly not use the word “victim” to refer to someone attemting to limit someone else’ speech on the pretext of having been offended.
Re:France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines for ... by pegasus on Friday August 03, 2018 @05:30AM (#17678416)
My point was anyone can make their own definition of pretty much any word, and still, we have a functioning legal system. Very different from what you've read in my comment.