Death sentence over FaceBook posts (Reuters)

[Anonymous]

I realize this is a different culture, but still, this is outrageous!

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisian-sentenced-death-facebook-posts-criticising-president-2025-10-03/

[Anonymous]

Don’t give this administration any ideas.

[Anonymous]

I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

What law is being applied equally here? I couldn’t find it in the article.
And yes, death is usually considered a “harsh” punishment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t give this administration any ideas.

Came here to post this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Maybe that is an administration, in Tunisia, that doesn’t deserve economic support? Oh, wait, you need a nice vacation! Nevermind, enjoy! If you see any peasants, tell them to mind their Ps and Qs so they don’t end up like that guy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

That's essentially my stance on Saudi Arabia and Khoshoggi, but people generally find that outrageous. My general philosophy is to avoid direct confrontation with anyone that would gladly feed me to a wood chipper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

No one seems that concerned about the UK putting people in prison for Facebook posts. If people post racist things, they go to jail. I'd venture to say that most democrats support that. And if you support that, then you're okay with criminalizing speech in general, even if you balk at the death sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

No one seems that concerned about the UK putting people in prison for Facebook posts. If people post racist things, they go to jail. I'd venture to say that most democrats support that. And if you support that, then you're okay with criminalizing speech in general, even if you balk at the death sentence.

What about my comment would lead you to assume I'm okay with criminalizing speech? I don't think people should go to jail for saying racist crap on Facebook. I think they should get called an a$$hole to their face, and I won't talk when they get their a$$ kicked. But I do not support the State executing or failing people for speech. So stop it with your gotcha BS. This is wrong and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

I agree, generally, but need to correct the Singaporean story.

That young man was a resident and knew the rules. He did not throw gum in the street. He vandalized a Mercedes. Here, he would have gotten in trouble and mom and dad would pay to have the damage fixed.

In the early 90s in Singapore, that damage that would have cost 5000 dollars was probably on the order of 400 to 500 USD. A Mercedes in Singapore then cost 150% of the cost in the US. Then the import duty of 300% on top of that. And about 50k for an import license. And once you got a car, you couldn’t sell it used in Singapore. It had to be exported at the end of its useful life. In Singapore, that was 5 to 7 years. Finally, the owner couldn’t get a new import license until the old one expired. To get that Mercedes fixed it had to be exported, repaired and then reimported. Since only new cars could be imported, there was a 50/50 chance it wouldn’t be allowed back in.

I was a young BIGLaw associate at that time and we represented Singapore Air in its aircraft acquisition, finance and leasing. The case came up in casual chatter constantly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

No one seems that concerned about the UK putting people in prison for Facebook posts. If people post racist things, they go to jail. I'd venture to say that most democrats support that. And if you support that, then you're okay with criminalizing speech in general, even if you balk at the death sentence.

You are trying to use logic to reason with rocks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

No one seems that concerned about the UK putting people in prison for Facebook posts. If people post racist things, they go to jail. I'd venture to say that most democrats support that. And if you support that, then you're okay with criminalizing speech in general, even if you balk at the death sentence.

The UK posts in question generally advocated for physical violence against groups of people or individuals. While those posts would not trigger police investigation in the US (the calls for violence were either said tongue-in-cheek or too generalized), the UK has always had more restrictive speech laws than the US. The speech would be investigated and prosecuted ex-poste after an incident of violence directly tied to the speech, whereas in the UK the speech is investigated and prosecuted ex-ante. Reasonable people can disagree on the correct approach in a civilized society.

Don't believe the half-truths you read on social media. Go to the source materials - i.e., the language of the posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was ready to say, "Wow, I guess I won't be going to Tunisia, even though that's on my bucket list", but now that I ve read the whole article, I think I'm good to go there still.

That guy was really dumb to do that. Yes, the punishment is harsh. But, do you remember the case where that young man was caned simply for spitting gum on the street in Singapore? But that’s the law there and it applied equally to everybody.

When in Rome, people! Just don’t tempt fate, that’s all.

Wow. Some of you really will make excuses for anything. The law and what is just and moral are not the same thing. No one should die for a Facebook post, law or not.

No one seems that concerned about the UK putting people in prison for Facebook posts. If people post racist things, they go to jail. I'd venture to say that most democrats support that. And if you support that, then you're okay with criminalizing speech in general, even if you balk at the death sentence.

DP. I’ve never once heard a Dem say people should be jailed for posting racist sh-t. That’s absurd. I would fight for that person because that would mean all our rights were trampled.

Now, are you going to protest Trump disobeying the federal judge he placed who said he could impose martial law in Oregon? And, as of last night he sent NG from California.

Please tell me you think this wrong and you’ll protest it, since it’s ACTUALLY a miscarriage of our rights.

I’ll wait….

[Anonymous]

Obviously >> said he could NOT impose martial law