Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,659
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Re: Sweden’s Press Ombudsman Wants to Prosecute Bloggers
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Originally Posted by IrishThirdPosition
If a blog is hosted on a U.S. server, these people don't have a leg to stand on.
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Not entirely true.
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Originally Posted by Tryggr
I honestly have no clue. The court case never reached Flemish press; I guess it would have if they were sentenced though. So I assume they were released under conditions.
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Most likely they were only "visited" and then questioned, without any charges being pressed. Probably seeking a psychological effect if nothing else.
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accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem:
hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,
et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
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–Plato–
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–Gerry McGeough, Irish Nationalist and POW–
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