Thursday, January 03, 2008

Careful what you say.

If you're blogging in Saudi Arabia, don't be too critical of the government.

This guy went to jail for blogging about what he believed were lies being propogated by the Saudi government. Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan apparently wrote to support political figures in SA who are considered supporters of terrorism by the government there.

In an interesting twist, the Bush administration has condemed the arrest as contrary to the principles of freedom of speech. I find this a curious dichotomy given BushCo's general attitude toward anybody who could even marginally be considered as supporting the supporters of terrorists.

Anyway, I won't be blogging from Saudi Arabia anytime soon.

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