Stardate 20011019.1311 (On Screen): A high school student in France organized a demonstration in favor of bin Laden, and against the US. He's under investigation and may be charged with the crime if "justifying acts of terrorism''. I think this is wrong. At least in the US, such a law would be blatantly unconstitutional, but of course French law has a different basis. Still, I find it troubling that it's possible for someone to go to prison in an otherwise enlightened nation for expressing a political opinion, no matter how abhorrent.
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