Swiss man who compared parliament member to Hitler gets suspended fine
A 50-year-old Zurich man has been given a suspended fine for defamation and slander after he compared Social Democrat parliamentarian Tamara Funicello to Adolf Hitler on Facebook.
He was given a suspended fine of CHF3,750 ($4,370) and ordered to pay CHF800 in legal costs.
The offence occurred last September, the day after a popular vote in which Swiss citizens approved raising the legal retirement age for women from 64 to 65.
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Imagine how much money the US government could make doing that. In the US, everyone compares everyone they don't like to Hitler.
"it's like printing money"
Same in germany. A fine for this comment is absolutely asinine because comments like this are common.