Ik weet niet hoe men het iedere keer weer voor elkaar krijgt maar de discussie rond de arrestatie van Gregorius Nekschot gaat een hele andere kant op dan de essentie ervan. Keer op keer wordt geprobeerd om de inhoud van de cartoons erbij te betrekken maar dat is helemaal niet relevant voor de discussie. Je mag tegen de cartoons zijn, je mag voor de cartoons zijn. Je mag vinden dat ze verboden moeten worden. Daar gaat het helemaal niet over. De rechter gaat een uitspraak doen over de inhoud, of die wel of niet binnen de kaders van de wet valt, einde verhaal.

Waar het wèl over gaat is dat iemand die plaatjes publiceert door een arrestatieteam van tien man gearresteerd wordt en anderhalve dag wordt vastgehouden als iemand een klacht indient tegen zo’n plaatje. Daar gaat het om. Wat is dan de aanleiding om iemand te arresteren? Er ligt een aanklacht. De plaatjes waarover de aanklacht gaat zijn reeds lang en breed in bezit van justitie. Er kan een rechtzaak beginnen en de rechter kan bepalen of de klacht gegrond is of niet. Waarom moet de maker van de plaatjes dan door een arrestatieteam van tien man gearresteerd worden?

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I used to think that I was a liberal guy. Let people enjoy their freedom as long as they don’t invade other peoples freedom, that kind of stuff. Same goes for freedom of speech and press. I even wrote a post (dutch) against the Dutch government who plan to ban the game “Manhunt 2″ in the Netherlands. But now there is a game that is so terrible that it must be forbidden. It’s not the violence. I can handle violence in video games. It’s not about drinking and driving. It’s not the explicit language, I can handle bad mouthing. It’s not the nudity. I even demand nudity in games. Heck, I played Ms. PacMan for years hoping she would do a strip act at level 99.

No no no, none of that. It’s the insult and stigmata against a certain part of the world population. Poking fun at one’s religion is not funny and should be outlawed. I hope all consoles will freeze. What game I’m talking about? “Grand Theft Auto IV”. Here are some shocking screenshots from the game. Those who are not lightly insulted can see the screenshots below. Remember: the screenshots are from the game and they are not funny. NOT FUNNY!

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Hans Reiser (inmate BFPS63) finally heeds the advise of his lawyers. After ignoring the advise of his lawyers and taking the stand to defend himself at his trial Hans now resorts to silence. A juror said after the trial that Reiser might have been acquitted had he exercised his constitutional right against self-incrimination.

Too bad Hans resorts to silence now because Threat Level, who have been following the Reiser trial all the way, came to visit Hans Reiser in Santa Rita jail to ask him some questions. All for nothing because Hans declined any comment “on the advice of my attorneys”. From the article:

And as he hung up the telephone handset connecting us through the glass, all this reporter could think was that Hans Reiser waited too long to start heeding his lawyers’ advice.

The jurors have spoken and found Hans Reiser guilty of first degree murder. Hans Reiser could not give believable explanations for his suspicious behaviour after his wife “disappeared”. Hans faces 25 to live.

The Hans Reiser trial is coming to an end. Hans Reiser, owner of namesys and developer of the reiser filesystems, stands trial for murdering his wife. The prosecutor, Paul Hora, held his closing argument trying to convince the jury to convict Hans Reiser for murder. Hora addressed the jurors with the statement “You know he killed her. You know he killed her”. The circumstantial evidence against Hans Reiser is overwhelming.

The defendant’s attorney, William DuBois, is expected to begin his closing arguments after the lunch break. You can follow the proceedings of the trail here.