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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Singapore: Blogger Under Investigation For Publishing Mocking Cartoons
No, don't worry. Not Muhammed-cartoons but mocking
cartoons of Jesus Christ. No rioting, embassy burning nor
beheading threats have been reported.
The poor blogger could face three years in jail and/or a
fine not more than $3144:
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/124526.asp
A Singaporean blogger is under investigation for
posting cartoons mocking Jesus Christ and could be
jailed up to three years, the police said.
A police spokesman declined to give details about the
suspect, who was described by the Straits Times as a
21-year-old office worker with his own blog site. His
race and religion were not disclosed.
The blogger himself is understandably surprised that
someone actually felt sufficiently offended to report him
to the police:
The blogger, who described himself as a "free
thinker," had first posted a cartoon depicting Jesus
Christ as a zombie biting a boy's head in January, the
Straits Times said.
He ignored an online message asking for the cartoon's
removal and went on to post more caricatures of Christ
to spite the sender.
"I never thought anyone would complain to the police
because the pictures were not insidious," he told the
newspaper, adding the cartoons have already been
removed from his site.
He was called in to the police and as I write this, some
police officer is spending time on resolving this silly
issue. But it's still better than encouraging to kill,
burn and riot.
Last year two men were jailed:
Singapore, a multi-racial island nation, clamps down
hard on anyone inciting communal tensions. Two ethnic
Chinese men were jailed last year for anti-Muslim
blogs.
If you're offended, behave civilized and sue the bastard.
But sending a guy to prision for some mockery is just
plain stupid.
Anyway, mocking, satire and sarcasm have been around for
many, many years.
Update: If you come across a cartoon that fits this
description: Jesus Christ as a zombie biting a boy's
head, please e-mail me at sugieropost-at-gmail.com
More at:
http://sugiero.blogspot.com/2006/06/singapore-blogger-under-investigation.html
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Singapore: Blogger Under Investigation For Publishing Mocking Cartoons
No, don't worry. Not Muhammed-cartoons but mocking
cartoons of Jesus Christ. No rioting, embassy burning nor
beheading threats have been reported.
The poor blogger could face three years in jail and/or a
fine not more than $3144:
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/124526.asp
A Singaporean blogger is under investigation for
posting cartoons mocking Jesus Christ and could be
jailed up to three years, the police said.
A police spokesman declined to give details about the
suspect, who was described by the Straits Times as a
21-year-old office worker with his own blog site. His
race and religion were not disclosed.
The blogger himself is understandably surprised that
someone actually felt sufficiently offended to report him
to the police:
The blogger, who described himself as a "free
thinker," had first posted a cartoon depicting Jesus
Christ as a zombie biting a boy's head in January, the
Straits Times said.
He ignored an online message asking for the cartoon's
removal and went on to post more caricatures of Christ
to spite the sender.
"I never thought anyone would complain to the police
because the pictures were not insidious," he told the
newspaper, adding the cartoons have already been
removed from his site.
He was called in to the police and as I write this, some
police officer is spending time on resolving this silly
issue. But it's still better than encouraging to kill,
burn and riot.
Last year two men were jailed:
Singapore, a multi-racial island nation, clamps down
hard on anyone inciting communal tensions. Two ethnic
Chinese men were jailed last year for anti-Muslim
blogs.
If you're offended, behave civilized and sue the bastard.
But sending a guy to prision for some mockery is just
plain stupid.
Anyway, mocking, satire and sarcasm have been around for
many, many years.
Update: If you come across a cartoon that fits this
description: Jesus Christ as a zombie biting a boy's
head, please e-mail me at sugieropost-at-gmail.com
More at:
http://sugiero.blogspot.com/2006/06/singapore-blogger-under-investigation.html
Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/a5ljc
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti
Hindu Holocaust Museum
http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
http://www.hindu.org
http://www.hindunet.org
The truth about Islam and Muslims
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.