Chineese bird jailed
21 November 2010, 01:25 AM
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Chineese bird jailed
For posting a message on Twitter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11784603
Honestly WTF?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11784603
Honestly WTF?
21 November 2010, 10:53 AM
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This is China so not that surprising.
From a selfish perspective I'm more concerned about the one in the UK: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20022722-71.html
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From a selfish perspective I'm more concerned about the one in the UK: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20022722-71.html
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21 November 2010, 11:45 AM
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Bloody shocking in this day and age TBH, we cant even deport the likes of Abu Hamza because its against his human rights yet the chinese will sentence one of there own to a years hard labour for posting a bloody tweet?
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21 November 2010, 11:58 AM
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Im not saying it is right but firstly Twitter is banned in China, hence just by using it she was breaking the law. Secondly, she is seemingly a Human rights activist - not a popular occupation according to the Chinese authorities.
China is a completely different culture where western thinking on freedoms and human rights simply do not apply.
China is a completely different culture where western thinking on freedoms and human rights simply do not apply.
21 November 2010, 05:33 PM
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This is China so not that surprising.
From a selfish perspective I'm more concerned about the one in the UK: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20022722-71.html
Steve
From a selfish perspective I'm more concerned about the one in the UK: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20022722-71.html
Steve
Ive heard stories about key word searches etc etc and ive emailed mates (to test this theory out) with key words such as tony blair, bomb and dead and no so19 came knocking at my door armed with mp5s!
you can say what the **** you want on the 'net, its the 'net for ***** sake, its not like writing a death threat in your own blood and sending it to tony blair with sealy bag full of talcom powder with anthrax written on it is it?
21 November 2010, 06:26 PM
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im not sure i believe that pal.
Ive heard stories about key word searches etc etc and ive emailed mates (to test this theory out) with key words such as tony blair, bomb and dead and no so19 came knocking at my door armed with mp5s!
you can say what the **** you want on the 'net, its the 'net for ***** sake, its not like writing a death threat in your own blood and sending it to tony blair with sealy bag full of talcom powder with anthrax written on it is it?
Ive heard stories about key word searches etc etc and ive emailed mates (to test this theory out) with key words such as tony blair, bomb and dead and no so19 came knocking at my door armed with mp5s!
you can say what the **** you want on the 'net, its the 'net for ***** sake, its not like writing a death threat in your own blood and sending it to tony blair with sealy bag full of talcom powder with anthrax written on it is it?
21 November 2010, 06:26 PM
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im not sure i believe that pal.
Ive heard stories about key word searches etc etc and ive emailed mates (to test this theory out) with key words such as tony blair, bomb and dead and no so19 came knocking at my door armed with mp5s!
you can say what the **** you want on the 'net, its the 'net for ***** sake, its not like writing a death threat in your own blood and sending it to tony blair with sealy bag full of talcom powder with anthrax written on it is it?
Ive heard stories about key word searches etc etc and ive emailed mates (to test this theory out) with key words such as tony blair, bomb and dead and no so19 came knocking at my door armed with mp5s!
you can say what the **** you want on the 'net, its the 'net for ***** sake, its not like writing a death threat in your own blood and sending it to tony blair with sealy bag full of talcom powder with anthrax written on it is it?
In this particular instance someone who saw the tweet reported it to the Police.
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22 November 2010, 11:35 AM
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Although sometimes very wrong, the mere fact that they have hard labour as a punishment does make me think they have some things right.
A few days ago there was a prog on TV, about people making fake passports - 2 blokes had made hundreds of thousands from bringing illegal’s into the UK with fake passports over a 10 year period.
Massive operation at tax payers expense to catch them, and of course we now support the people that came in illegally... anyway at the end, one guy gets 18 months, the other 2 years. Thats it. For £500k+ in fraud and god knows what else (they had obtained money from banks etc etc also).
A few days ago there was a prog on TV, about people making fake passports - 2 blokes had made hundreds of thousands from bringing illegal’s into the UK with fake passports over a 10 year period.
Massive operation at tax payers expense to catch them, and of course we now support the people that came in illegally... anyway at the end, one guy gets 18 months, the other 2 years. Thats it. For £500k+ in fraud and god knows what else (they had obtained money from banks etc etc also).
22 November 2010, 11:38 AM
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So let me get this straight; Twitter is banned in China (nothing against that 
). And tehy'll jail you for defying the law. Fine.
So why the hell don't they jail all the spammers that spam Western forums with the crappy "convert/Rip/ DVD to your iPod" software?
(ps I did ask for Scoobynet powers that be to ban all of China, but apparently thats a no-go
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). And tehy'll jail you for defying the law. Fine.So why the hell don't they jail all the spammers that spam Western forums with the crappy "convert/Rip/ DVD to your iPod" software?
(ps I did ask for Scoobynet powers that be to ban all of China, but apparently thats a no-go
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Although sometimes very wrong, the mere fact that they have hard labour as a punishment does make me think they have some things right.
A few days ago there was a prog on TV, about people making fake passports - 2 blokes had made hundreds of thousands from bringing illegal’s into the UK with fake passports over a 10 year period.
Massive operation at tax payers expense to catch them, and of course we now support the people that came in illegally... anyway at the end, one guy gets 18 months, the other 2 years. Thats it. For £500k+ in fraud and god knows what else (they had obtained money from banks etc etc also).
A few days ago there was a prog on TV, about people making fake passports - 2 blokes had made hundreds of thousands from bringing illegal’s into the UK with fake passports over a 10 year period.
Massive operation at tax payers expense to catch them, and of course we now support the people that came in illegally... anyway at the end, one guy gets 18 months, the other 2 years. Thats it. For £500k+ in fraud and god knows what else (they had obtained money from banks etc etc also).
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