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October 18, 2011 02:09 pm PDT
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Proposed Australian law makes it an offense to insult Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien
The state of Victoria, Australia is considering legislation making it an offense to "assault, obstruct, hinder, threaten, abuse, insult or intimidate" the state's Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien or his staff. Laws against insulting government ministers are not customary in liberal democracies, a fact that has not escaped the opposition in Victoria's Parliament: State Labor has [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JxQF9DlXa2g/proposed-australian-law-makes-it-an-offense-to-insult-gaming-minister-michael-obrien.htm
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