German court convicts man for insulting Islam

[Prometheus]

And if anyone feels injustly treated he can make an appeal before a regional supreme court, and, if that's not enough, before the federal supreme court. Only if those say that you would be an a-hole, it's final.

Not sure if it's really final then, IMO an appeal at the European supreme court for human rights would be also possible in this case.

[kinghk]

5) My personal take: I don't like it. If I were King of Germany (which would turn Germany into an absolutist monarchy), I would introduce complete freedom of speech like in America.

They have something called hate crime in the US, AFAIK that means that they don't have a total freedom of speech.

[Vandervahn]

Werent there some new US laws against "annoying" on the Internet recently?

[Pan_Grzegorz]

Yes, death penalty is nearly the same as one year of jail.

What's wrong with death penalty ?

[Count Lippe]

What's wrong with death penalty ?

Read the thread about tookie that some necrophile recently decided to dig out...

[Weasel]

What's wrong with death penalty ?

Nothing. Killing is pure fun.

[BarkingSquirrel]

ONLY Hindus don't eat beef. They don't object to others eating beef.

Apparently you've forgotten those muslim prisoners in britian who got pork taken completely off the menu for all prisoners since the muslims didn't eat it, to hell with what the other people eat.

[Wodan]

Nothing. Killing is pure fun.

Have to agree here, same reason why I eat meat.

(I dont really like the taste, but the more meat I eat the more animals will be killed)

[Freibier]

Have to agree here, same reason why I eat meat.

(I dont really like the taste, but the more meat I eat the more animals will be killed)

If stupidity would hurt, you'd scream all day

[Wodan]

If stupidity would hurt, you'd scream all day

what a well-balanced predication