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Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

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Re: Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

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"Producing and distributing content that ridicules, mocks, provokes and disrupts public order, religious values and public morals through social media ... will be considered a cybercrime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of three million riyals ($800,000)"

I expected execution by guillotine as Semitic law is based on "eye for eye".

Huh? Wouldn't that suggest they'd satirize you online?

Re: Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I expected execution by guillotine as Semitic law is based on "eye for eye".

Huh? Wouldn't that suggest they'd satirize you online?

No, this is not Old Roman Law. In Semitic law, you take away the means to commit crime, not make him victim of himself. In this case, it is the brain.
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