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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 09:45 AM Original message |
British Muslim woman convicted of penning poems about beheadings |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. The comments from DM readers below are equally disturbing |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Didn't read the comments |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Actually the conviction was for "possessing documents |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Laws like that are void and unenforceable under the Bill of Rights. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. She sounds like she needs a really good shrink |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. "extremist library" do any of you guys have what "they" would call extremist? |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Standard disclaimer applies |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. True enough; it a piece of crap |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. funny how she writes this stuff living in the UK instead of choosing an Islamic nation to live nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Funny, but a democracy isn't supposed to begrudge free expression, or refer to it snidely. |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. It seems like an exercise in irony. n/t. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. Did she actually DO anything? Otherwise, it looks like thought crime. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It doesn't seem she did anything other than possession |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Do you think it should be a crime to own infant pornography? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Free expression is not a crime. Child pornography is. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. As the OP said, the title was misleading. She wasn't convicted for writing the poems |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Possession of kiddie porn is one of the very few laws |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The stories from the newspapers are rather muddled. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. OMG : "heads are going to roll" |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Pretty vague lyrics you posted there. Looks like a Steve Earle song |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. umm. how about this: |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. She wasn't charged with writing the poetry. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. but the poetry helped proved intent, didn't it? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Literature could always be ironic |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Consider the example I gave above: |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Okay, I'm all for prosecuting terrorists. But FREE SPEECH, anyone? What will crime-fiction writers |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Except that she wasn't arresting for "free speech", as the OP said, the title is misleading |
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