Fine Proposed For Making Anti-Foreigner Jokes and Commentaries
From the strange but true department, legislator Alexander Mora of the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) has presented a proposed law that would sanction Costa Ricans for making jokes or offensive commentaries to foreigners.

According to Mora, in the long run, the initiative would better Costa Rican society, learning to respect the rights of immigrants.

Asked if his initiative that would create controversy as it would punish xenophobia and anti-foreigner has any future possibility of passing, Mora, did not give any specifics, saying however that the law is needed to reduce the current violent society that is being created.

Mora added that the inspiration for the law came when he began receiving text messages on his cellular phone that put down immigrants with jokes about foreigners, especially about Nicaraguans.

The proposal pretends to fine between 10 and 50 days pay for a first offence and increased to 15 to 65 days for repeated offences, that can be up to ¢300.000 colones.

Mora added that the changes proposed will not change things overnight, but would begin to sensitize Costa Ricans of the problems faced by foreigners. At the very least, the proposal, will open discussion on the subejct and make everyone conscious that we need to change if we want a peaceful society, according to Mora.

From this mornings Inside Costa Rica:

This could get interesting with the new domestic violence law...

Tica has you thrown out of your house and you say she said some that "offended" you....

GOD, I love this country....

PEACE

Pidd

Notice the wording in the bolded sentence. PRETENDS! As in, not seriously.

You have to remember Rico copies articles from the Spanish press and translates them for Inside. He makes some errors. You often have to try and figure out what it should be. In this case I think he meant "intends".

Sorry, but I'm going Freudian slip. No Tico will ever be fined for offending a gringo.

In Nicaragua, the slang term "jincho" is a pejorative term used to describe people with poor education or from the countryside. Also, "jincho patarrajadas" as a pejorative in arguments literally "bruised feet fool" implying that people from the countryside walk barefoot

Looks like the Lowlife Scumbags from the ACLU have made their way to Costa Rica..