{"id":282475,"date":"2024-02-26T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=282475"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:23:16","slug":"why-frances-new-anti-vax-law-is-much-worse-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=282475","title":{"rendered":"Why France\u2019s New \u201cAnti-Vax Law\u201d is MUCH Worse Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Feb 25, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Last week France passed a new law, \u201cto strengthen the fight against sectarian abuses and improve the support of victims.\u201d<\/em> .<\/p>\n

This was widely covered in the alt-media as a \u201claw criminalizing anti-mRNA vaccine speech\u201d, but that is not quite true and was thoroughly \u201cfact-checked\u201d by the usual suspects.<\/p>\n

(In fact the original misconception was probably deliberately cultivated so it could be<\/em> fact-checked, that\u2019s the way these things usually work).<\/p>\n

Either way, by accident or design, there was a lot of talk about what the law doesn\u2019t say<\/em>, and not nearly enough about what it does<\/em> say.<\/p>\n

The law itself makes no specific mention of any<\/em> health care treatment. The truth is it has almost nothing to do with banning criticism of vaccines.<\/p>\n

\u2026It\u2019s potentially more dangerous than that. It\u2019s a vague law, and vague laws are always the worst laws.<\/p>\n

What is a \u201csect\u201d?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The law is not about healthcare, that\u2019s only covered by a couple of the articles, the actual focus of the law is \u201csectarian abuse\u201d (read in French here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

However \u2013 as noted by Robert Kogon in the Daily Sceptic<\/a> \u2013 a \u201csect\u201d has no formal definition in French law.<\/p>\n

Traditionally speaking, a \u201csect\u201d is group linked by religious views or practices deemed heretical or extreme by the church, and the invocation of this religious language is troubling in and of itself (although this maybe a translation issue, it\u2019s possible the word doesn\u2019t have those connotations in the original French).<\/p>\n

The more informal usage of the word sect in English tends to mean a group linked by strongly held philosophical or political ideas.<\/p>\n

Therefore it could potentially mean almost anyone or almost anything.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that vagueness which makes the law dangerous.<\/p>\n

A Facebook group or email list could be a \u201csect\u201d. A protest march. A political party. The readership of a website or newsletter. Hell, a family could<\/em> be.<\/p>\n

All it takes is one judge to rule that a \u201csect\u201d can be defined as, for example, \u201cany group of two or more people sharing political, religious or philosophical ideals and somehow acting in concert\u201d<\/em>, and the precedent is created.<\/p>\n

Then it\u2019s a free-for-all.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Sectarian Taskforce<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Article 1 sets out the \u201cImplementation of the policy of prevention and fight against the sectarian excesses\u201d<\/em>, including the creation of an \u201cinter-ministerial mission [\u2026] responsible for the implementation of the policy of prevention and fight against sectarian abuses\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Both sentences positively tingling with dystopian horror vibes.<\/p>\n

The responsibilies and powers of this mission follow a familiar playbook and are layed out as follows:<\/p>\n