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Question for non-Americans

Postby godix » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:39 am

I've recently decided to write a story that would be deemed illegal in every country in the world. For example, if I quote DeCSS it'd be illegal in the US. In much of eastern Europe encouraging communism will technically violate the law. Similarly promoting nazism is illegal in some European countries. In China it's illegal to pray, for given denominations of prayer. Islamic law countries would deem 'Muhhamad buggered little boys' to be illegal. In Russia it seems that publishing anything at all in a non-state controlled newspaper is a death sentance.

Now I need a little help here. There's a lot of nations in the world. That's a lot of research to produce something that could possible get me arrested anywhere in the world. So for you poor fools stuck in countries other than the US, what could I include that would violate your nations laws?
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby guy07 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:07 am

Bad mouth Pier Trudeau. Most Canadians don't give two shits about slander and all those pointless laws. But bad mouth Trudeau and you'll get lynch mobbed. :up:
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Athena » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:54 am

I believe specifically rousing Japan to take militarily aggressive action against a described target is illegal in Japan. So like saying "ZOMG JAPAN SHOULD TOTALLY ATTACK CHINA" would actually be illegal.

Korea is easy, glorification of the North Korean state is sedition under the law.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:23 am

Kionon wrote:saying "ZOMG JAPAN SHOULD TOTALLY ATTACK CHINA" would actually be illegal.

And quite nostalgic for the WW2 vets.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Fall_Child42 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:29 pm

Written actions describing sex with children is considered child porn in Canada ...

Good luck finding something for holland
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Prodigi » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:33 pm

Chicago Todd wrote:Good luck finding something for holland

The characters could not do drugs?
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Otohiko » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:39 pm

godix wrote:In Russia it seems that publishing anything at all in a non-state controlled newspaper is a death sentance.


Not so simple.

Russia has recently introduced a very creepy set of laws covering treason and sedition, which among their nicer features include a provision to bypass the jury trial and instead go to a trial by troika (panel of three) which has the power to convict a person of treason and 'award' a prison sentence of up to 15 years. OTOH, this only applies to Russian citizens, so that wouldn't work for you.

The laws on possession/production of written material are actually remarkably lax in Russia. I don't think you could get nailed on that. Most of the laws regarding content deal mostly with (commercial) distribution. Ethnic/racial hatred/stereotyping/misrepresentation is a big thing they're touchy on to the point of absurd - for instance Borat was banned from Russian theaters/official retail for this reason, which of course made it wildly popular as a pirated item.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Kosmit » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:04 pm

If you want to get banned in Poland there's a lot of things you could do. I'd say the easiest way would be to write that the German concentration camps in Poland where actually built and managed by Poles. You'd probably start a shitstorm with that.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Moonlight Soldier » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:35 pm

guy07 wrote:Bad mouth Pier Trudeau. Most Canadians don't give two shits about slander and all those pointless laws. But bad mouth Trudeau and you'll get lynch mobbed. :up:

Clearly you've never lived in Alberta. Albertans HATE Trudeau and his NEP.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Willen » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:15 am

Kionon wrote:South Korea is easy, glorification of the North Korean state is sedition under the law.

I thought I should make it clearer.

In the north, glorification of the North Korean state is required by law. Slandering Kim Jong-il is punishable by death.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Athena » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:10 am

Point.

I think it was pretty clear to everyone what I meant though, seeing how as I have never been a legal resident of North Korea.... or any type of resident of North Korea. ALTHOUGH, it is an awful nice vacation spot, despite what you may have heard. It was pretty because the North Koreans cannot bring themselves to actually have the manpower to ruin nature with industry when they're starving half their population, and torturing the other half. But boy do they love them some Euros.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Athena » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:05 pm

My Aussie coworker says it is possible to be arrested for inciting violence. But most likely that would require an event to connect it to in order for it to be taken seriously, but THEORETICALLY you could find yourself arrested for it.
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:28 pm

Moonlight Soldier wrote:
guy07 wrote:Bad mouth Pier Trudeau. Most Canadians don't give two shits about slander and all those pointless laws. But bad mouth Trudeau and you'll get lynch mobbed. :up:

Clearly you've never lived in Alberta. Albertans HATE Trudeau and his NEP.


I thought Albertans Hate all politicians from the East
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby guy07 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:47 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Moonlight Soldier wrote:
guy07 wrote:Bad mouth Pier Trudeau. Most Canadians don't give two shits about slander and all those pointless laws. But bad mouth Trudeau and you'll get lynch mobbed. :up:

Clearly you've never lived in Alberta. Albertans HATE Trudeau and his NEP.


I thought Albertans Hate all politicians from the East

Ok, Reil then. Keep it Reil! lol
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Re: Question for non-Americans

Postby EvaFan » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:34 pm

Hundreds of thousands of years from now or perhaps millions, some random civilization may be calling your story the bible. Wouldn't that be lovely? You might actually become the godIX you wish to be on a much larger scale.
"The people cannot be [...] always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to [...] the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to public liberty. What country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not warned [...] that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."-Thomas Jefferson
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