EGYPTIAN BLOGGER JAILED
Topic: February 22, 2007
"Stockwell, Rona, Peter and the rest of you lumps, get in here. I've stumbled across something to get rid of those pesky bloggers making fun of us."
"That's fantastic Chief!"
"Peter, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times, stop calling me Chief, it makes you sound like Maxwell Smart."
"Sorry about that Chief."
"That's better. All I ask from my caucus is humility and servitude."
"Don't forget photo-ops."
"I thought that went without saying."
"Well, it does but someone needed to say it don't you think?"
"I try not to think too much. George doesn't like it much when I do."
"You said something about Bloggers?"
"Right. Thanks for reminding me. It seems our old buddy, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt got wind of a guy that was making fun of him online."
"I thought it was for making fun of Islam."
"Don't be naive. You can disregard religion to a certain degree but when you start making fun of the political leaders, then you're playing with fire. Making fun of Islam was only the ‘excuse' behind the real reason. Making fun of a political leader huh? I guess that blogger will have at least four years to figure that one out."
"So how does this translate to us? We can't jail bloggers for writing here."
"Not yet we can't. But what about for inciting hatred?"
"Hatred?"
"Yes hatred. Hatred of us!"
"It could work! I'll start a blogger task force."
"Stockwell, you complete me."