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French President Proposes Jail For Terrorist Website Visitors
howardd21 writes "French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is only a month away from an election, argued that it is time to treat those who browse extremist websites the same way as those who consume child pornography. 'Anyone who regularly consults Internet sites which promote terror or hatred or violence will be sentenced to prison,' he told a campaign rally in Strasbourg, in eastern France. 'Don't tell me it's not possible. What is possible for pedophiles should be possible for trainee terrorists and their supporters, too.' Is this a good move for security, or just another step towards a totalitarian society that prohibits free expression?"
So do you jail the intelligence agents who monitor said sites?
The French should remind themselves that their motto is Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and that all three bits are important.
Yes, but some bits are more important than others.
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license." --John Milton
Now all of you who have read this post, give yourselves up at the nearest police, s'il vous plais.
"they also demand French people to adapt to Muslim costumes."
Aha! I think I finally understand why they banned head scarves, then.
Not every wine soaked douchebag is French, you insensitive clod!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
"Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos."
- Walter Sobchak