Well, another controversy about a Festival.
After “Samian and the Festival where there are too many French people”, and “Émile Bilodeau and the Festival where there are too many men”, here is “Éric Lapointe and the Festival where there are too many… Éric The point “.
- Listen to Sophie Durocher’s editorial broadcast live every day at 7 a.m. 50 via OLD radio :
ANYTHING
The duty we learned yesterday that the Plessisville Maple Festival is in hot water because a woman on social media was offended that we invited Éric Lapointe.
Between a “maple méchoui”, “bazous races”, a “sawing contest” (divided into four categories: Amateur stock chainsaws; Appearance stock chainsaws; Modified chainsaws; Sciotte, godendart, hot water bottle and ax throwing), “tractor shooting”, inflatable games, a mini-farm, a make-up kiosk, a lively parade in the streets and a show by former students of the Polyvalente La Samare de Plessisville, the Festival will let come on stage… Éric Lapointe!
It does not suit the Justices of the Web who consider that we should boycott the rocker.
The slogan of the Maple Festival is: “It’s going to brew in the cabin”. They didn’t think so.
Éric Lapointe pleaded guilty in 2019 to an assault case. I don’t want to minimize or trivialize the gestures made by the rocker. But the criminal and penal prosecuting attorney, together with the defense attorney, asked for a conditional discharge. And the judge endorsed their joint suggestion. Lapointe was not sentenced to any prison term!
And should the “people’s court” be more severe with Éric Lapointe than the official court? Lapointe faced justice. Why inflict a professional penalty on him?
Is Lapointe the mis-maple re-ins-able, or irretrievable? (I have exhausted all my puns with maple…)
As the public, you have every right to “boycott” Lapointe because you find what he has done unacceptable.
But why should those who want to give Lapointe a second chance be deprived of this choice?
If a criminal who has served his sentence has the right to the principle of “social reintegration” and “rehabilitation”, why shouldn’t artists be entitled to it?
Emilie Pinette, 22, who is behind the boycott call, told the Homework “Being known is a privilege. Famous people are supposed to be role models, and it sends a bad message that Eric Lapointe is still on stage.
All famous people have to be perfect or else they have to stay holed up at home?
But what are these little priests who distribute their sentences from the height of their twenty years of experience in life?
- Listen to the Barrette and Durocher meeting broadcast live every day at 6 p.m. via OLD radio :
SLIDINGS
Among the slippages of the #metoo movement, we have seen:
- those who convict before there is a trial,
- those that pass sentence, even when no charges are laid;
- those who continue to punish even when the culprit has received his sentence!
I have questions for the wrongdoers of the web: When are you going to be happy? What sentence will be severe enough in your opinion? For how many centuries should the wrongdoers be banished? When are you going to stop setting yourself up as lawyers, judges and ministers of justice?
You are causing society… immeasurable harm.