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Egypt's Ex-Pres Mubarak Fined Millions For Cutting Off The Internet
from the that's-a-costly-line-break dept
Remember when Egypt wasn't quite sure how to deal with protests in the streets, and the government decided the best course of action was to cut off the internet (because nothing attracts the travel business like a capricious and arbitrary government, running around like crazy, just because citizens start speaking up). However, then President Hosni Mubarak probably should have thought twice before hitting the kill switch. Apparently he (along with two other officials) has been fined something close to $34 million for shutting down the internet:
The court ruled that Mubarak, Nazif and Adli were guilty of "causing damage to the national economy" and the fines would be paid to the country's treasury.Who knew it was illegal to do that?
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I hope this sets an international precedent!
I don't know, but I hope it is illegal in the US as well. That would be awesome. We could finally get rid of almost everyone in the government.
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Mubarak is gonna be hanged, not _fined_
The man has lost power, and will be robbed and hanged (eventually). This is kind of stuff that happens to retired rulers.
Turning off internet for few days is _illegal_? But throwing out (somewhat) democratically elected president is OK, I guess.
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Re: Mubarak is gonna be hanged, not _fined_
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Re: I hope this sets an international precedent!
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Re: Mubarak is gonna be hanged, not _fined_
Question: My understanding was that Mubarak was the only one on the Presidential election ballots. How exactly does that make him a democratically elected President?
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You really have to feel sorry about democracies that are so unsophisticated that they can not arrange decent gerrymandering rules like the US does.
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Re: Mubarak is gonna be hanged, not _fined_
Mubarak was the ONLY valid candidate for years. There were no other choices. In 2005, there was finally some choices, but guess what, nearly all of the news outlets and the electoral institutions are under presidential control.
You may also want to note that Egypt has been in a "State of Emergency" for the past 44 years. This means the constitution can be completely ignored and censorship is allowed. Also, the president can put anyone in prison without trial or even reason.
Who do you think the electoral institutions are going to vote for?
"Democratic"...
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Re: I hope this sets an international precedent!
Huh. I seriously doubt it.
The major Wall St. players (Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, AIG, etc) in the subprime loan debacle which helped cause the largest economic depression in a long time haven't been punished at all, I believe.
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As someone earlier pointed out, in US you have two(!) candidates, saying and doing same things. Did war in Iraq already ended? What do you mean by "No"?. Ah, I see.
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Wait till the Muslim Brotherhood take rule
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Wait till the Muslim Brotherhood take rule
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