Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england) has died) |
| From | Jette Goldie |
| Date | 2002-04-02 01:04 (2002-04-02 01:04) |
| Message-ID | <CH5q8.879$pa5.5471254@news-text.cableinet.net> |
| Client | |
| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,alt.uk.law,uk.current-events.general,uk.legal,uk.politics.constitution |
| Follows | Chris |
"Chris" <webmaster@netpub.net>wrote in
ChrisAnd do. And about our Prime Minister and the various members of the government and parliament - ever seen Spitting Image? (mind you, if you are claiming something nasty you are saying is =truth=, rather than humour, then you'd better have some proof =in your hands=, because Libel, Slander and Defamation of Character are quite different from humour)
I think you are reading slightly too much into the whole "treason" thing. Even in England we're talking more about "selling government secrets to other countries" treason, rather than: "Saying the Royal family sucks" treason. British people can say anything they want about the royal family.
Ofcourse, an interesting side note is that I think "treason" is the only crime which still carries the death penalty in the UK, or am I incorrect on that one ?Not any longer. This point came up vis a vis the UK born Muslims fighting for the Taliban.
-- Jette (aka Vinyaduriel) "Work for Peace and remain fiercely loving" - Jim Byrnes jette@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fanfic.html
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