New Pakistan Law: Death to Online Blasphemers

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Pakistan PC ClassA proposed law in Pakistan casts off old ways of thinking and brings the country into the 21st Century.

It proposes the death penalty or life in prison for the use of an “electronic system or device” to “defile the scared name of Prophet Mohammed.”

The new law would also make ordinary hacking punishable by death or life in prison.

Anyone ready to move on over to Pakistan? Not me.

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Posted on January 12, 2007 at by Laptop Guru

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  1. Comment by Luke posted on
    January 13th, 2007

    Wait wait wait, “the scared name of Prophet Mohammed”? Dude, if they see that you’ll be in trouble…
  2. Comment by LobsterMan posted on
    January 13th, 2007

    Ouch!
    I think i’d be scared to even visit there. I wonder if you’ll have to fill in a form with the url’s of your websites when you enter…
  3. Comment by Sean posted on
    January 13th, 2007

    @Luke: The proposed law only applies to people in Pakistan, so I believe that you and I are ok.
  4. Comment by Sean posted on
    January 13th, 2007

    @LobsterMan: Indeed ouch!

    I have no plans to ever visit Pakistan. I can use the internet and books to see and experience it just fine.
  5. Comment by Karen posted on
    January 17th, 2007

    that’s religious fanaticism for you…
    that should never be allowed and this just serves to remind us how lucky we are to live in a society that advocates free speech…for now, anyway

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