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UK Politician Arrested Over Twitter 'Stoning Joke'
History's Coming To writes "The BBC is reporting that a Tory city councillor has been arrested over a 'joke' he posted to Twitter suggesting that Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a UK based writer, be stoned to death. The full tweet read, 'Can someone please stone Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to death? I shan't tell Amnesty if you don't. It would be a blessing, really.' Following complaints he was arrested under the Communications Act 2003 and bailed. He has since apologized. This comes on the same day that a conviction for a Twitter 'joke' about blowing up an airport was upheld."
In the US, if you make a similar "joke" about a politician you don't even get arrested, just "disappeared" to Guantanamo Bay.
it instills fear into other people who have to increasingly worry about what they say and how they say it.
Good. I want people to be afraid to make death threats.
Jeuj another lie to excuse islam. I wonder, do you do the same for nazism ? Or socialism ? Or any other genocidal ideology ?
Even if this were true, does it somehow excuse islam's slavery practices ? It's genocides ? It's massive numbers of dead bodies, even today ? Does it excuse 9/11 ? Does it excuse ANYTHING ? Yes muslims are not, strictly speaking, the only moral abominations on the planet. That does not excuse their moral abominations in ANY way.
And Jesus did not, when ordered by a judge, and threatened by a mob of angry idiots, stone a woman. He also forbade anyone else from doing it. Is that somehow not clear enough for you ? Or are you simply lying ? Yes, Jesus still considers adultery a crime. Good thing, too, as it is a most grievous breach of trust.