Is "Louise" an insult?
A very strange courtcase now seems to have found it's conclusion in the Eastern Regional Court in Copenhagen.
In Summer 2006 a man called out "what's up, Louise" to a male police officer in Christiania, the free town in Copenhagen. The police officer filed a report, and in the Copenhagen City Court the man was fined DKK 600,- (approximately €80) for "displaying insulting behaviour designed to disturb the public peace".
In the Regional Court, however, the judge ruled that the name could not be deemed to be inflammatory enough to fit that description, and the charge was dismissed.
The name Louise has a history of being used in a derogatory meaning against men with long hair, both in the armed forces and at football matches, but I'll state a more general question:
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In Summer 2006 a man called out "what's up, Louise" to a male police officer in Christiania, the free town in Copenhagen. The police officer filed a report, and in the Copenhagen City Court the man was fined DKK 600,- (approximately €80) for "displaying insulting behaviour designed to disturb the public peace".
In the Regional Court, however, the judge ruled that the name could not be deemed to be inflammatory enough to fit that description, and the charge was dismissed.
The name Louise has a history of being used in a derogatory meaning against men with long hair, both in the armed forces and at football matches, but I'll state a more general question:
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