Topic: Man in Poland fined for making fun of the Pope
Agent 204
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 4668
posted 27 January 2005 09:30 PM
Not too long ago you could get in trouble in Poland for ridiculing Communist leaders. My how times have changed.
quote: One of Poland's best known newspaper editors has been fined $6,500 (£3,457) for ridiculing Pope John Paul II.
A court in Warsaw found Jerzy Urban guilty of insulting a head of state by writing a satirical article on the eve of the pontiff's 2002 visit to Poland.
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