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posted by martyb on Monday June 12 2017, @06:03AM   Printer-friendly

From Reuters:

A Pakistani counter-terrorism court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a government prosecutor said on Sunday, the first time someone has been handed the death penalty for blaspheming on social media.

[...] Shafiq Qureshi, public prosecutor in Bahawalpur, about 500km (300 miles) south of provincial capital Lahore, said Raza was convicted for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad, his wives and companions.

"An anti terrorism court of Bahawalpur has awarded him the death sentence," Qureshi told Reuters." It is the first ever death sentence in a case that involves social media."


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday June 12 2017, @12:39PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 12 2017, @12:39PM (#524332) Journal

    If your house is on fire, do you really expect the fire truck to arrive, and the fire fighting team to cast votes to see if they are going to fight this particular fire? Or, do you expect the team leader to take charge, and to tell his team where and how to attack the fire? THAT is authoritarian leadership in action.

    Disagree.
    That is authority in action, and I hope the authority is derived from vast experience, the ability to maintain a cool head in front of a fire and the skills to use that head fast. I won't refuse a good physical condition as well.

    Yes, that authority requires compliance from the team, but not unreserved compliance; i.e. I do expect that the rest of the team have enough experience as well to not rely solely on the authority of their leader in dealing with problems they notice (like communicating "I'm not going to get to the second floor, send someone else. I just noticed a scared kid hiding under the bed at the first floor, he's suffocating")
     

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