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New page: '''Thought crime''' refers to a kind of crime which punishes a person's opinions. They are considered unconstitutional in the United States because they would openly violate the [[Firs...
'''Thought crime''' refers to a kind of crime which punishes a person's opinions. They are considered unconstitutional in the [[United States]] because they would openly violate the [[First Amendment]].
This name was popularized by [[George Orwell]]'s [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] novel.
Thought crimes were commonly adopted in the [[Soviet Union]] and many other [[Communism|Communist]] countries.
Today, [[Europe]]an [[Liberal]]s are sometimes tempted with the introduction of laws punishing the expression of opinions, especially involving criticism of [[Homosexuality]].
== Cases ==
*Politician [[Christian Vanneste]] was fined by a court in [[Lille]] for saying that ''homosexuality was inferior to heterosexuality and that such practice would be ''perilous for humanity if it was pushed to the limit''.
This name was popularized by [[George Orwell]]'s [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] novel.
Thought crimes were commonly adopted in the [[Soviet Union]] and many other [[Communism|Communist]] countries.
Today, [[Europe]]an [[Liberal]]s are sometimes tempted with the introduction of laws punishing the expression of opinions, especially involving criticism of [[Homosexuality]].
== Cases ==
*Politician [[Christian Vanneste]] was fined by a court in [[Lille]] for saying that ''homosexuality was inferior to heterosexuality and that such practice would be ''perilous for humanity if it was pushed to the limit''.