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Emirati Man Gets 3-Month Prison Sentence Over Instagram Insult (go.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: A state-owned newspaper in the United Arab Emirates is reporting that an Emirati man has received a three-month prison sentence and a fine after being convicted of insulting his brother on Instagram. The Arabic-language newspaper Al Etihad reported on Thursday that the man's brother became upset after finding his photo on his brother's Instagram account with an expletive as the caption. The newspaper says the unidentified defendant also must pay a 250,000-dirham ($68,000) fine under the sentence from the Khor Fakkan Court of Misdemeanors. The newspaper says the defendant planned to appeal. In other insult-related stories, we asked Slashdotters back in April, "What are some insults no developer wants to hear?" Some of the standout responses include: "Wow this is microsoft quality!" and "It compiled cleanly, so he shipped it."
I dread to think what I might owe...
This from a country that practices the "Religion of Peace"? Shocked I tell you! Shocked!
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>"also must pay a 250,000-dirham ($68,000) fine under the sentence from the Khor Fakkan Court of Misdemeanors"
Court of *misdemenors*? $68,000 and three months for a misdemeanor?? What is a felony? 600 years and $87 million fine?
Shouldn't be a crime at all, but that is just plain crazy.
And in the supposedly "liberal" Netherlands a Dutchman has been sentenced to jail for insulting the king on facebook:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
Apparently the guy faked photos, which arguably might be covered under regular libel laws, but he was imprisoned under
a special "lese majeste law that dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700)."
And in the supposedly "liberal" Netherlands a Dutchman has been sentenced to jail for insulting the king on facebook:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
Apparently the guy faked photos, which arguably might be covered under regular libel laws, but he was imprisoned under
a special "lese majeste law that dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700)."
Could be his head. Actually somebody photoshop the King of the Netherlands into Alice in Wonderland.
Why didn't they just have a typical sibling argument, maybe at most throw a few punches, and call it a day?
Liberty Memes ran a Hillary Clinton meme and Facebook took it down and suspended their account.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/11/facebook-deletes-hillary-clinton-memes/
IMHO the meme was well within normal political satirical norms. I can imagine "memes" that I would agree should be taken down, but this seems like a case of lese-majeste enforcement by Facebook.
I think I could get away with posting a meme like that; I'm not famous or popular. It's only if something starts getting lots of likes and shares that it will get slapped down. You are free to do whatever you want as long as nobody notices. Facebook isn't absolutely chilling speech, but I do think they are managing which things are allowed to trend.
Sigh, I'm still using Facebook. Pretty much everyone I know is on it.
P.S. I just checked and the Liberty Memes account is back up, so the suspension must be over.
lf(1): it's like ls(1) but sorts filenames by extension, tersely
Before I said that BeauHD had apparently stopped being a retard who linked unrelated bullshit at the end of a summary, but apparently that's just not true.
Today I learned that the Netherlands still has a King. WTF? How do they act all smug and superior to everyone, and they still have a 19th century concept that was the contemporary of Jim Crow?
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Political correctness and feminism all rolled into one. We'll be there soon.
not fucking Arab Emirates crimewatch. What now? We have to throw away our guns or the Instagram police and Reddit posse will come after us?
Instagram terrorism? son of a bitch Slashdot you got your cheeks spread wide for the US government now.
In other insult-related stories, we asked Slashdotters back in April, "What are some insults no developer wants to hear?" Some of the standout responses include: "Wow this is microsoft quality!" and "It compiled cleanly, so he shipped it."
You threw two things out here and tried to make them sound related to Instagram prison in the Arab Emirates?! You don't want mother fuckers to tell sorry ass piece of shit cunt developers with their heads up Microsoft's rotting asshole to talk nice. Just like the lesbians on Reddit.
You also implied Microsoft code is quality. It is full blown United States spyware. Windows is total surveillance of all of your PC interactions, as well as their other devices.
Please Slashdot, remove the penises from your rears and put them on your fronts.
OK... a goat lover insults another goat lover. So what?
Yep, and they should all have more of a say in how the Internet is run. Just as soon as the US surrenders control. The more progressive companies are already there — actively policing "hate speech" on their own.
And that last link takes us right back to the religion of peace... Quite unintentionally...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
... they still have a 19th century concept that was the contemporary of Jim Crow?
Strange argument. Monarchs have existed as long as there have been nations and states. They were not invented in the 19th century. And I'm willing to bet you were born when there was still apartheid in South-Africa, making you a contemporary of something equally as offensive.
Studies have shown that a powerless monarchy is about as expensive as a presidency. I'm personally still opposed to keeping it (in my country), mainly because it forces a few people into an occupation and a religion (in Sweden, the monarch needs to be of a specific Lutheran/Protestant faith), which is not only reactionary but also highly unethical.
It may surprise you that many countries still have a monarch as head of state. More interesting would be that he is as much as a figurehead as the queen of England, and even more interesting is that his monarchy is disputed due to the fact that at some point back the royal family did not have a male heir to the throne.
Anyway you clearly don't know much about the Netherlands. Kings day is one of the biggest tourism days of the year and the entire country basically busts out the orange cloths they store specifically for this occasion. Or if you have an older tourist guide it's Queens day, which caused some serious fun this year when tourists showed up on Queens day weekend expecting a huge celebration ... 3 days after the actual Kings day celebrations.
Their religion has made them incapable of rational thought or putting things in perspective. Insult someone, draw a cartoon, or say something that they don't like (even if it is patently true) and they go into an uncontrollable rage. Hence the law in muslim countries treats them more like a vicious dog or an ants nest than human beings, say something nasty and its your fault if they go on a killing spree.
They are all goat fuckers anyway, let them be with their "religion of peace" lol.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/02/16/british-police-arrest-man-for-syrian-migrants-facebook-post-promise-zero-tolerance-on-offence-online/
http://www.infowars.com/germans-could-have-their-children-snatched-for-anti-migrant-facebook-posts/
All thanks to our Jewish 'masters'. Are you sick of being told that you can't say what you feel any more? And by UNELECTED Jews, to boot?
I didn't know this until I lived there for a while. I'm pretty sure most of Europe haven't got a clue about King's day and the celebrations either, let alone the US, Australia etc.
Yeah. A "figurehead" who happens to be specially protected from criticism. That's kind of the hallmark of a monarchy.
Someone is currently in prison for insulting him. I don't call that a figurehead. Put the king to death and establish a republic, join the 20th century for God's sake.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Mod the fuck up!!!
Prison sentences, for insults.
Words.
Sticks and stones and all of that?
Nope. Now we have "microaggressions".
All because our population is becoming ridiculously infantilized.
So point and laugh now.
Victim culture will have us at the same level soon.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
An insult only says something about the person telling it.
The target has to have quite a fragile ego to give any care about it.
Unless, maybe,f it's the truth. But then, is it still called an insult ?
Irrelevant news and morons using moderation to mod down what they disagree on. 2018 resolution: so long.
Adding the Emirates to my long list of places I'd rather not be.
-Bob-
Yeah. A "figurehead" who happens to be specially protected from criticism. That's kind of the hallmark of a monarchy.
What kind of criticism? Someone who does nothing and is responsible for nothing is hardly in a position to be criticised. This is simply a case of national pride and very very different from the kind of crap that goes on in eastern countries.
In any case, look up what he did and for what he got punished. The crime carries a max penalty of 5 years. He spent 14 days in jail. The parliament wanted to debate removing the law from the books in parliament and the king happily gave the go-ahead to do so. Is that your hallmark of a monarchy?
Someone is currently in prison for insulting him. I don't call that a figurehead. Put the king to death and establish a republic, join the 20th century for God's sake.
For 14 days...
For a law that the king has happily said he's happy to be revoked if the parliament decides.
But yes I know understanding something is much easier than spewing catch phrases over the internet, and thinking is so 90s.
Why?
And before you answer, look into the case a bit more.
Are they called that anywhere other than in the USA?
Why?
And before you answer, look into the case a bit more.
I've looked into the case with tremendous interest and was surprised to find how many people have, in fact, been charged under this law in recent years... Regardless, feudalism, "nobility" (sic) and aristocracy should've been completely eradicated centuries ago; the fact that their ilk are still extant anywhere on the planet, much mess Western Europe, makes me want to hurl.
What "ilk"? A figurehead who is symbolic only, who doesn't care much for the law under which this person got charged and has stated he'll support any motion by the parliament to remove it (not that he gets a say in the matter), a person who is much loved by his people, doesn't wear a crown, sends his children to state school, has no problem with people talking to him in informal language, and is part of a royal family where every member is normal functioning member of society with a normal job....
yeah what a monster, we must hang him! /sarcasm
Truly they sound like decent enough people but smarter men than you or i have done a more than adequate job demonstrating the evil inherent in a monarchy. In any case, if he's really that enlightened and wants to impress the world with his considerable self-respect, he's free to step down and abdicate. Anything else is meaningless.
What's the deal here? Anyone would think this was the US, UK, or Canada with the litigious way this was handled!