Polish woman fined for harrassing gay neighbor

[WestVillage]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 4:06pm

"In Poland a 44-year old woman was sentenced to pay a fine of 3.645 euro for offending her homosexual neighbor. Ryszard Giersza (25) was pummeled with bricks and tomatoes after the woman had called him a faggot in public.

In his ruling the judge said that "everybody has the right to a protected private life", which is seen as an important breakthrough by Polish gay organizations. It's the first time a gay person has fought back after being insulted like that."

She also has to pay 1000 euro in court fees. This must be huge for Polish gays.


Polish woman fined for harrassing gay neighbor

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 8:55pm

You never know where our little victories will emerge .....

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 11:36pm

Little victories is right. 3.645 euros comes out to roughly $5.40.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 11:45pm

I guess if you're going to break the law, Poland's the place to do it. Their fines are so reasonable there!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 11:28am

I don't know if you guys are joking, but I believe they were using a form of European punctuation. In many European countries, the comma and period are the reverse of American monetary notation. I doubt she was fined so specifically as to the thousandth of a Euro. With court costs, she was fined around $6,914.19.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 11:39am

Is it wrong that I giggled at this.."Sentenced for insulting gay Pole"

Let's hear it for gay Poles!!!

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 4:14pm

That would indeed make much more sense, Mister Matt. Not having dealt with Euros before I did not know that the period was akin to the comma in terms of denoting such sums.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 4:47pm

Yes. Likewise, something represented as 19.99 in USD would be seen as 19,99 in Euros, but I'm not sure if it's consistent with all European countries.

Updated On: 10/14/09 at 04:47 PM