meanwhile in germany freedom and liberty are under attack as a german police officer fined a man for insulting his lady's honor by farting in her presence
luckily the courts ruled in favour of freedom this time
https://www.rt.com/news/402425-berlin-court-citizens-fart/Quote
A Berlin man was fined €900 for farting twice while he was undergoing a routine police identity check in February 2016. He appealed the fine in court on Tuesday.
The defendant, named only as Christoph S., reportedly 'cut the cheese' twice in the vicinity of a female officer. Her squad leader took this as an insult to his officer's honor and slapped Christoph with a huge fine, which he received only in February this year.
Christoph was not silent, but deadly in his defense of the right to break wind.
“It is one thing if the leader of a police unit sees his colleague’s honour as being injured by a fart. But it is quite another if prosecutors and the judiciary agree - that is a failure of the state,” said Christoph's lawyer Daniel Werner at the appeal hearing, as cited by Berliner Zeitung.
The trial was reportedly gone like the wind, as the judge threw the case out within a matter of minutes.
elsewhere in canada a man is facing a defamation lawsuit after posting a negative google review of a tech company
no word yet on the legality of the case but i'm hoping this gets drawn out into a hilarious legal battle
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/edmonton-man-threatened-with-defamation-lawsuit-after-negative-google-review-1.3582424Quote
An Edmonton man who left a negative Google review about a local tech company has been threatened with a six-figure lawsuit if he doesn’t take down what he wrote.
David Dube gave a one-star review against TechPro Computer Solutions in Edmonton after he says the company failed to call him back when they said they would.
Shortly after, the company contacted him and told him that he would face a $150,000 defamation lawsuit if he didn’t take the review down.
“They made a commitment to call back in a certain amount of time...and they didn't do that," Dube told CTV Edmonton.
"If you don't follow through, you don't deserve a good rating."
A representative for TechPro Computer Solutions refused to provide an interview or a statement on the matter, but told CTV Edmonton they’re serious about the lawsuit and that Dube’s review is fake.
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