PS Since the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon, the EU underwent 'accession' to the ECHR's rulings, which means every country in the EU is legally bound by the ECHR decision in this case, if I understand correctly. https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=basictexts/accessionEU&c …
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1. This is the ECHR, which is nothing to do with the European Union 2. Austria made it a crime, the ECHR was merely refusing to overrule it 3. Yes. The precedent driving this ECHR case washttps://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/otto-preminger-institut-v-austria/ …
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This is the a description of the ECHR ruling from 1994, on a case brought at the request of the Catholic Church:pic.twitter.com/wvM1k9BMAt
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1. This wasn't the EU, the ECHR is not an EU institution. 2. The ECHR decided not to strike down a ruling by an Austrian court in line with case law from the 90s that was established when the same Austrian law was challanged by someone who was fined for insulting Catholicism.
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South Park was literally years ahead of the soft police state curve. God Bless them.
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EU to the people: 'you will do what we want'.
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Every time I see this story I think about this thread. I don't agree with the ruling, but the legal side is something else.https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/1056032703211016192?s=19 …
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