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Pakistani lawyer petitions for death of Mark Zuckerberg

18 points by dman 16y ago

lylejohnson 16y ago
Oh, that they had included one of those Facebook "Like" buttons at the end of the article. Edit: This was a weak attempt at sarcasm. Apologies to anyone who was offended. I do not condone the idea of the Pakistani government killing Mr. Zuckerberg because of some Facebook stunt.
- iamdave 16y ago
  Your point? The Register isn't affiliated with the Pakistani Police and their decision to investigate Facebook; they just report news.
  - lylejohnson 16y ago
    Wow. Lighten up, Francis.
    - iamdave 16y ago
      You just made the list, buddy.
      - dhimes 16y ago
        Downmodders are presumably missing the references to the movie "Stripes."
        iamdave 16y ago
        Apparently so.
RK 16y ago
Reminds me of why I like secular government.
keltex 16y ago
Interesting part of the law: "...defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ...shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable for fine." Death AND a fine.
- andfarm 16y ago
  "Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death."
bradleyland 16y ago
This is flamebait. There is absolutely zero chance anything will come of this. Mark Zuckerberg may want to avoid traveling to many Muslim countries, but with a name like Zuckerberg, I'm not sure that would have been advisable to begin with. No international enforcement agency is going to take this seriously, and specifically with regard to INTERPOL, their constitution would seem to disallow them any involvement in this matter: Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitution/constitutionGenReg/constitution.asp#art3 http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitut...
- anamax 16y ago
  > Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. Would Interpol get involved in a case involving defamation of a head of state? Does that change if the head of state is also a religious figure? (Both the Queen of England and the Roman Catholic Pope are religious figures.) Heck - did Interpol get involved when the Pope was shot? These questions are relevant because there's not always a bright line. Are laws against murder religious? ("Thou Shalt not Kill" is one of the commandments.) If not, then why is a civil law against saying the wrong thing about the flying spaghetti monster? What about a law banning non-believers from Mecca?
siculars 16y ago
Can't wait to hear how this plays out. This stuff happens all the time in religiously totalitarian "governments". Where is the moral outrage and street rallies from the moderates? Oh, I know... laying low cause they'll get shot. There a bunch of brave Iranians though, good luck to them. Maybe a few brave Pakistanis will stand up and demand change too. Religious orthodoxy = idiocy

18 points by dman 16y ago

Oh, that they had included one of those Facebook "Like" buttons at the end of the article. Edit: This was a weak attempt at sarcasm. Apologies to anyone who was offended. I do not condone the idea of the Pakistani government killing Mr. Zuckerberg because of some Facebook stunt.

iamdave 16y ago
Your point? The Register isn't affiliated with the Pakistani Police and their decision to investigate Facebook; they just report news.
- lylejohnson 16y ago
  Wow. Lighten up, Francis.
  - iamdave 16y ago
    You just made the list, buddy.
    - dhimes 16y ago
      Downmodders are presumably missing the references to the movie "Stripes."
      - iamdave 16y ago
        Apparently so.

RK 16y ago

Reminds me of why I like secular government.

keltex 16y ago

Interesting part of the law: "...defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ...shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable for fine." Death AND a fine.

andfarm 16y ago
"Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death."

bradleyland 16y ago

This is flamebait. There is absolutely zero chance anything will come of this. Mark Zuckerberg may want to avoid traveling to many Muslim countries, but with a name like Zuckerberg, I'm not sure that would have been advisable to begin with. No international enforcement agency is going to take this seriously, and specifically with regard to INTERPOL, their constitution would seem to disallow them any involvement in this matter: Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitution/constitutionGenReg/constitution.asp#art3 http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitut...

anamax 16y ago
> Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. Would Interpol get involved in a case involving defamation of a head of state? Does that change if the head of state is also a religious figure? (Both the Queen of England and the Roman Catholic Pope are religious figures.) Heck - did Interpol get involved when the Pope was shot? These questions are relevant because there's not always a bright line. Are laws against murder religious? ("Thou Shalt not Kill" is one of the commandments.) If not, then why is a civil law against saying the wrong thing about the flying spaghetti monster? What about a law banning non-believers from Mecca?

siculars 16y ago

Can't wait to hear how this plays out. This stuff happens all the time in religiously totalitarian "governments". Where is the moral outrage and street rallies from the moderates? Oh, I know... laying low cause they'll get shot. There a bunch of brave Iranians though, good luck to them. Maybe a few brave Pakistanis will stand up and demand change too. Religious orthodoxy = idiocy