In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death 495
An anonymous reader writes "In Iran, crimes such as apostasy (leaving a religion, in this case Islam) and armed robbery are already punishable by death, but a new bill in Iran aims to add to the list 'establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,' effectively giving the government a free hand in silencing bloggers. The internet is widely used in Iran, despite its previous attempts at censorship. Will this change as the censorship grows more rampant?"
Re:mm (Score:5, Funny)
Separation of church and state anyone?
Yeah, it's almost as if the First Amendment doesn't apply to Iran...
But Ahmadinejad has his OWN blog... (Score:4, Funny)
This can't end well... well, for HIM anyways. I imagine it will end very well for the people of Iran.
http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/
Re:Irony? (Score:2, Funny)
Irany?
Sorry.
Re:So, let's TALK to them! (Score:3, Funny)
After that, we'd wait for the dust to settle. If none of them are left then we go in and take the sweet, sweet oil while we thumb our noses at OPEC and turn the rubble into the world's largest Hedonism resort. Or, the ruins of the middle east could consolidate into some kind of Islamic mega-state, of which we will again bomb into oblivion when WWIII begins. That'll solve the ol' existentialist crisis.
Re:mm (Score:1, Funny)
More proof we need to go in there and help them to be more like us. Then they will be happy and free, just like we did in Iraq when we helped them back in 2002.
"Died in a blogging accident" (Score:3, Funny)
That's what the Iranian wants you think happened. [xkcd.com]
Re:Ok, that's it (Score:1, Funny)
LighershadeofBlack spurted with ignorance aplenty:
Yeah, killing thousands of people and destroying their country will help establish a peaceful democracy!
My response.
Jane, you ignorant slut. It worked in WWII and we killed millions between the Soviets and the other Allies.
Japan was gutted, Germany was totally trashed.
The only way to win a war is to totally destroy the enemy. All out war works if your not a coward and afraid
to wield the dogs of war to full effect.
Is that the answer here? I can't say but I suspect, in the end, it will be.
Iran will force us to nuke that entire region into non existance because THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.
ALl you need for proof is to listen to the leadership of that country that BELIEVES in the 'end times' and
are doing all they can to bring about a global war.
Once they get the nuke, they will use it. Period.
Unlike the weak minded folk of the West these days, they will not hesitate to kill all that are not of their faith.
It is a shame more of us can't wake up to that fact and grow the balls of our forefathers and
do what has to be done.
No, what we will do is wait until they hit us again with a nuke or three and then act. by then, it may be
too late.
I'll prefer to die than live under a Muslim lead world. I'll die killing as many of them as I can before
I bow to their idea of how I should live my life.
I'd rather reason with them but there comes a point you have to fight for what you believe is right.
Again, go back and read history. If your not willing to wipe out the opposition >>> YOUR SIDE LOOSES.
Idiots
I wonder if suicide is legal in that country? (Score:2, Funny)
Death would be generous to most bloggers (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe it's just because I'm getting old and cranky, but I'd say for about 90% of the blogs I happen upon these days, I wish the death penalty were the punishment for blogging in the rest of the world, too.
Re:Iraq/Iran (Score:2, Funny)
Israel doesn't have to bomb Bush supporters back into the stone age - they never left it ...
Re:mm (Score:5, Funny)
More proof we need to go in there and help them to be more like us. Then they will be happy and free, just like we did in Iraq when we helped them back in 2002.
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here
HUGE SUCCESS
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
Neoconservatism
we do what we must because we can
for the good of all of us except for the ones who are dead
but there's no sense crying over every mistake
you just keep on trying until you run out of oil
and the polics gets done and you make a neat Middle East
for the people who are still alive
I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
even though you broke my heart and voted me out of office
Re:mm (Score:2, Funny)
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In Iran... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:mm (Score:1, Funny)
Just like it applies less and less in the US.
One wonders if you are so concerned about the only fundamental right that can guarantee the others.
Because I'd bet you consider the Second Amendment a helluva lot less important than the First, when it's the Second that is the ultimate guarantor of all the rest.