French Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Visiting Pro-ISIS Websites (theverge.com)

According to French media, a court in the department of Ardeche on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man in France to two years in prison for repeatedly visiting pro-ISIS websites -- even though there was no indication he planned to stage a terrorist attack. Police raided his house and found the man's browsing history. They also found pro-ISIS images and execution videos on his phone, personal computer, and a USB stick, an ISIS flag wallpaper on his computer, and a computer password that was "13novembrehaha," referencing the Paris terrorist attacks that left 130 people dead. Slashdot reader future guy shares with us an excerpt from The Verge's report: In court, the man argued that he visited the sites out of curiosity. "I wanted to tell the difference between real Islam and the false Islam, now I understand," he said, according to FranceBleu. But the man reportedly admitted to not reading other news sites or international press, and family members told the court that his behavior had recently changed. He became irritated when discussing religion, they said, and began sporting a long beard with harem pants. A representative from the Ardeche court confirmed to The Verge that there was no indication that the man had any plans to launch an attack. In addition to the two-year prison sentence, he will have to pay a 30,000 euros (roughly $32,000) fine.

Comments

Well that's terrifying

[Hadlock]

For two reasons:
 
1) no valid crime (in my opinion) was committed
2) it's a two year sentence, besides pissing off a bunch of people, what purpose does this serve?
 
You can't change a person's ideologies by imprisoning them, not without brainwashing them. This seems like the wrong way to address these problems. Imprisoning and fining people for their thoughts and beliefs is likely to cause more people to think this way, rather than deter it.

Re:Well that's terrifying

[Capsaicin]

1) no valid crime (in my opinion) was committed

1) On what basis do you argue that Article 421-2-5-2 was not duly enacted as a valid law of France?

2) On what basis do you claim your entitlement to an opinion on a matter of French constitutional law?

Re:Disturbing, but practical

[mark-t]

Regardless of how fundamentalist he might have been becoming, there was no indication that he would have ever committed an actual crime. This is like arresting someone for drunk driving when all they have done is gotten drunk, and you never even gave the guy a chance to call a cab or friend to pick him up

Koran 9:29

[zapadnik]

Once you understand the Islamic Doctrine of Abrogation (later verses replace earlier verses of the Koran) then you will see that Koran 9:29 is the only verse that really matters to non-Muslims. It commands that Islam take over the World until everyone has submitted to the rule of Sharia and the supremacy of Islam.

Islam is NOT founded on what we would call 'ethical good' but instead is based on the supremacy of Allah over all others. So mass rape and murder is considered 'good' because Allah clearly commands Muslims do these to the hated kaffir unbelievers (non-Muslims).

Thus, Islam cannot be refuted on the basis of natural morality. Pointing out Mohammed was evil (from the Western point of view) will not change the mind of many Muslims. The only way to beat Islam is to point out the truth, that Islam is FICTION. The archeological record shows Islam's claims about its origins CANNOT BE TRUE. Thus, Islam is FICTION and is FALSE. To understand the archeology see:
"An Historical Critique of Islam's Beginnings"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Muslims don't report other jihadi Muslims because war against the despised infidel non-Muslims is the 'will of Allah'. Killing non-Muslims is not considered evil but is 'good' by definition, since Allah wills it.

Islam will only be defeated when the World understands that it is FICTION and is FALSE. Mohammed is a mostly mythological figure invented to advance Arab Imperialism, and Islam was invented by Arab Imperialists to counterbalance the Christianity of the Byzantines and Zoroastrianism of the Persians. Islam is false, so people should stop arguing about what Mohammed said or didn't say - the fact is that Mohammed is mostly FICTION (the earliest depictions of a person with the title Mohammed shows a Christian cross, which Arab Imperialists would later reject utterly and invent a Mohammed to suits their lusts for women, wealth and conquest).

Re:I peruse iffy websites all the time

[Dutch Gun]

The law specifically requires "habitual" viewing, so theoretically you wouldn't be charged unless you visited regularly over a period of time. Also, probably more relevantly, not unless you're living in France.

Re:Thoughtcrime

[PopeRatzo]

the jihadis were imported by the Collectivists

The jihadis were supported and armed by Ronald Reagan. Was he a collectivist?

You're using terms you don't understand to explain a history that is just wrong.

European Court of Human Rights

[Anonymous Coward]

Does he get to pursue the issue in the ECHR? Because it's hard to imagine any public international law body allowing this to stand.

Re:Thoughtcrime

[fnj]

Yeah, Ratzo, the "jihadis" in Afghanistan helped end the cancer that was the USSR. And earlier we made common cause with the USSR and the murdering SOB Stalin against the Nazis.

Ronald Reagan did NOT import hordes of unassimilable savages into the US as fast as he could. Employing a strategy which turns out to have undesirable side effects is NOT the same as doing one's level best to destroy the nation and turn it into a cesspool.

Re:Thoughtcrime

[Joce640k]

That totally applies in the USA as well.

Please tell us how you'd go about getting off the "no-fly" list, and how people get on it in the first place.