Like To Blaspheme? Go Directly To Jail!

Posted on February 4, 2007
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Here’s an interesting case of state enforced religion, taken directly from the Massachusetts government website.

Section 36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior.

I don’t think there is much that I can say about this aside from the obvious fact this draconian law is completely ridiculous! Thankfully I haven’t heard any cases of this actually being enforced, so I think it’s time for this law to be removed from the books. I love Penn Jillette’s idea about having a 12 month expiry on all laws so that only the important laws would continually be renewed while the useless ones would be forgotten.

The Land of Rape and Recklessness

Posted on February 1, 2007
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According to this report by wftv.com, because of a flawed legal policy, a 21-year-old woman was held for two days in jail after reporting being raped. To top it off, the woman was denied the morning after pill to prevent pregnancy because a “jail worker later refused to give her a second dose [of the morning after pill]…because of religious convictions.” Read more

We Need More Plumbers

Posted on January 26, 2007
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At first glance, this story by ABCNews.com reports that the greatest possible
danger to the American People is our water pipes. Read more

The “Fox Nothing Channel”

Posted on January 25, 2007
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Finally, someone (Keith Olberman) has the gumption to call FOX out for what it really is: Illegitimate propaganda. Not that that is going to do anything, since Fox will fire right back with the same discrediting doublespeak they’re famous (and popular) for, but at least he’s said what we’ve all been thinking, you know, on TV.

UPDATE: The Crooks and Liars video link is now down. Learn more about this here.

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Iranian Teen Charged With Murdering Her Rapist Case Over

Posted on January 17, 2007
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If you’ve been reading the site, you will know that I have been very interested in the story of an Iranian teenager who was sentenced to death for killing a man when he tried to rape her. Thankfully the case has come to an almost acceptable end. Read more

Another Case Of Taking “Draw The Line” Too Seriously

Posted on January 17, 2007
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An Australian man is likely to escape the death penalty for trafficking 495 grams of cannabis into Singapore because he possessed just 5 grams under the limit. Instead he faces between 5 and 20 years jail as well as between 5 and 15 strokes of the cane (What the hell is with the caning?)

I strongly disprove of the death penalty for ANY reason, and I also strongly support the use of drugs (Perhaps not trafficking drugs, but what else can you do when the government bans something that should be perfectly legal?) So forget about all that for second. What I am more interested in here is the difference between a maximum of 20 years jail and the death penalty being 5 grams of cannabis. Read more

Where Do You Draw The Line On Pedophilia?

Posted on January 15, 2007
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A 16 year old boy was charged with nine counts of child pornography possession and could have faced ten years consecutive jail time for each of those counts - ninety god damn years! Luckily the case was overturned because it was shown that his computer was hacked or something. He was forced to accept the lesser charge of no jail time for sharing a playboy magazine with friends at school. They even had the nerve to force him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, but luckily that was also overturned as well.

But what if he actually did have the child pornography on his computer? Is that such a bad thing? Read more

Hurrah! Rape Victim Who Killed Attacker Spared Death Penalty

Posted on January 15, 2007
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If you were following the case of the Iranian girl sentenced to death for killing her rapist then you will be pleased to here that she has been spared the death penalty after a panel of judges decided that she had not committed intentional murder. What remains to be seen now is what her new punishment will be, unfortunately I cannot see her getting off too lightly. Read more

No Jail For Killing While Driving Drunk

Posted on January 14, 2007
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One of the main reasons people are against drugs is that think people will do crazy things while under the influence. To some degree this is true, but this is more true for legalized drugs such as alcohol than it is for illegal drugs such as marijuana. Read more

Apparently Showing 13 Year Old Kids Porn Is Worse Than Raping Them

Posted on January 14, 2007
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There’s an interesting case over in Connecticut of a 40 year substitute teacher being found guilty of “four counts of risk of injury to a minor, or impairing the morals of a child.”

The story goes along the lines of this: A teacher’s computer screen is overrun with popup windows displaying various pornographic material and a group of 7th grade students see it. She claims that the popup windows appeared by themself and would not go away. A computer expert tesified in her defense saying that he found traces of spyware on the computer, however a computer crimes “expert” claimed she would have had to physically click on the pornography links found in her computers history.

She now faces a maximum of 40 years in jail. Read more

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