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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."
Hell, the national debt just jumped 3000%!
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
This from a country that practices the "Religion of Peace"? Shocked I tell you! Shocked!
>"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)."
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.