The interior ministry adviced to ban a controversial comedian from performing if they deemed public order at risk . France may not have a First Amendment , but censorship is not considered lightly , Poirier writes . Comment: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the reason why we don't censor comedians in America is because of our culture :
The interior ministry adviced to ban a controversial comedian from performing if they deemed public order at risk . France may not have a First Amendment , but censorship is not considered lightly , Poirier writes . The government is walking a fine line between censorship and the respect of republican values , she says .