CaseyJones
12-03-2013, 12:53 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/charged-dylan-told-apologise-over-alleged-racist-comments-113015981.html
Bob Dylan was urged Tuesday to apologise for comparing Croats to Nazis in comments which have led to him being charged in France for inciting hatred.
The legendary American singer was charged with the offence during a visit to Paris last month after comments made to Rolling Stone magazine last year sparked a complaint from the Council of Croats in France (CRICCF).
"If you got a slave master or Klan in your blood, blacks can sense that. That stuff lingers to this day. Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can sense Croatian blood," Dylan was quoted as saying in an answer to a question about race relations in the United States.
Dylan, 72, was informed of the charges while he was in Paris for three concerts -- a visit during which the French government also awarded him its prestigious Legion d'Honneur.
The CRICCF said Tuesday said it wants the singer to make a public apology.
"We hope he will apologise and we are ready to accept an apology," Ivan Jurasinovic, the CRICCF's lawyer, said.
"A conviction will not repair the damage as much as an apology will."
But even if Dylan were to apologise and the CRICCF withdrew its complaint, the singer could still be taken to court.
Bob Dylan was urged Tuesday to apologise for comparing Croats to Nazis in comments which have led to him being charged in France for inciting hatred.
The legendary American singer was charged with the offence during a visit to Paris last month after comments made to Rolling Stone magazine last year sparked a complaint from the Council of Croats in France (CRICCF).
"If you got a slave master or Klan in your blood, blacks can sense that. That stuff lingers to this day. Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can sense Croatian blood," Dylan was quoted as saying in an answer to a question about race relations in the United States.
Dylan, 72, was informed of the charges while he was in Paris for three concerts -- a visit during which the French government also awarded him its prestigious Legion d'Honneur.
The CRICCF said Tuesday said it wants the singer to make a public apology.
"We hope he will apologise and we are ready to accept an apology," Ivan Jurasinovic, the CRICCF's lawyer, said.
"A conviction will not repair the damage as much as an apology will."
But even if Dylan were to apologise and the CRICCF withdrew its complaint, the singer could still be taken to court.