[lbo-talk] chavez, bush, the devil and jon stewart

[B.]

Wow. That sure does suck. I guess one could say that
"at least" it's a written law and not an unofficial,
unwritten policy that would happen anyway, as it does
in many countries that don't bother to formally
announce restrictions on civil liberties like this.

Still, it really sucks. And I'm sure it's only worse
in Iran.

-B.

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

"Article 147.  Whosoever offends, by speech or
writing, or in some other way disrespect, the
President of the Republic [of Venezuela] or a person
who is standing in for the President, may be punished
by six to thirty months in prison if the offense is
serious, by half that time if it is slight.  The
penalty is increased by one third if the offense has
been committed publicly."*