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Malaysia Uses Anti-Terrorism Laws To Stop Bloggers
Academiphiliac writes to mention the BBC reported in an article this morning that the Malaysian government may start using tough anti-terror laws to censor bloggers who insult either Islam or the country's king. "The move comes as one of Malaysia's leading online commentators has been questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party. The new rules would allow a suspect to be detained indefinitely, without being charged or put on trial. But officials insist the law is not intended to strangle internet freedom."
Everything you find will look like a terrorist to you.
... sure ...
Just think of our experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan - daily we hear reports that 70 terrorists were killed - and yet up to 50 percent of those terrorists are in fact younger than 10 years old.
The same will be true of Malaysia's looking for terrorist blogs. Lots of innocent people, upset at their government or a cop who copped a feel while "searching" their sister, will be declared to be terrorists.
And, since they will be said to be so, they won't be given adequate legal trials or lawyers or able to see their accuser or hear the evidence.
Evidence like: "Sometimes I feel like pouncing on cops and beating them up." Which could be said by someone who had a cop ignore their stolen bike.
But they'll be terrorists
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...fuck Malaysia & fuck whoever their king is.
Seriously.
There is a war going on for your mind.
This type of moderation is the kind that makes me think moderation doesn't work. Why not just make it a voting system, up or down? That's what it is anyways. You might agree with the parent here, but to label it insightful sets the bar pretty low for insight. Pathetic foolishness.
Please don't use "umm" or "err" or "erm".
You kill them as an example to others. Don't fuck with us.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
"The majority of The majority of terrorist acts in the 20th century were either by Jews against the British (which led to the creation of Israel - look up the Stern Gang and Lehi. Hey, they got away with it easily.) and the IRA."
What a crock. You can't come up with 5 things done by the Jews you can even begin to call "terrorist". There were 5 done yesterday by Muslims. They *never* attacked civilians. No, don't bring up the King David, which had been commandeered as a military headquarters and where people were given hours of warning.
As for the IRA, while they certainly could qualify as terrorists, the number of times they targeted random innocent civilians was extremely few.
Muslims have committed thousands of civilian attacks in the past 6 years, and have a total targeted civilians body count that dwarfs that of all other groups combined, over all of recorded history.