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melm00se

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Thu Sep-01-11 05:37 AM
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9. there are degrees in Freedom of the Press

Nor can I really imagine anyone arguing that such an action would be justified. (Nor can I imagine it happening in the UK, or France, or Germany.) "Insulting public officials" is not a crime in democracies with some idea of free speech and a free press

well, in Germany or France if you photoshopped a politican's onto a Nazi uniform you are probably going to visit the klink.

In the USA, you might be publicly excoriated but not risk jail time.

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