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- OUPablo, on 03/12/2009, -49/+115"...they believe the action was a legitimate political protest..."
Since when has threatening a president become a legitimate political protest?
"What I did was a natural response to the occupation"
Does he have to throw shoes often as a reporter? Can't say I've ever seen any US reporters throwing shoes at people.
He deserves this sentence. Whether you like the president or not, you can't just go around assaulting people. Especially the president. This is no different than you trying to go punch Obama in the face. - inactive, on 03/12/2009, -12/+55He's actually very lucky, considering he fully expected to be shot and killed immediately afterward.
He's a hero in the Middle East. When he gets out, he's gonna be knee deep in pussy. - conceptsti, on 03/12/2009, -8/+441 journalist + 2 Shoes = 3 years in prison
- ItIsNow, on 03/12/2009, -52/+86This journalist gets 3 years in prison for throwing a shoe, meanwhile George W. Bush and his band of war criminals are free and unlikely even to see prosecution, much less conviction, for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in a war that should never have happened at all.
- singhisking101, on 03/12/2009, -54/+79good he deserves it. Assualting anybody (espically the president) is a crime
- BCPneumatics, on 03/12/2009, -2/+26Except the two shoes were subtracted from the journalist.
- LiquidIse, on 03/12/2009, -12/+34I'm surprised he only got three.
If someone asked me before this event how much time throwing a shoe at the president under close proximity would get you, I would have answered "about 3 seconds. At which point the secret service guns you down" - chrissku, on 03/12/2009, -21/+42As much as I dislike Bush...I still don't want ***** throwing shoes at our President.
- Dankenbring, on 03/12/2009, -6/+27kind of seems like he's getting off easy after I read the article about the afghan guy who got 20 years for looking up womens rights
- calebian, on 03/12/2009, -39/+57This is ***** . for throwing a shoe? some how i dont think that this should equate to 3 years of human life down the drain
- twiztidsinz, on 03/12/2009, -11/+29"Since when has threatening a president become a legitimate political protest?"
Since when is a shoe a threat?
Oh right... Austin Powers.
"Does he have to throw shoes often as a reporter? Can't say I've ever seen any US reporters throwing shoes at people."
I think you misunderstood the way "occupation" was used.
Not "occupation" as in Job, "occupation" as in a foreign military. - Phaedryn, on 03/12/2009, -1/+18I am guessing you do not know the definition of the word “assault” as it is used in a legal context.
- dancecmdr, on 03/12/2009, -3/+20Firing a gun at someone isn't quite the same as throwing a shoe at them.
- trolleyfan, on 03/12/2009, -13/+27"he disgraced his country with childish behavior"
I know - that's why that guy threw a shoe at him... - whatthefu, on 03/12/2009, -4/+173 years?
- inactive, on 03/12/2009, -11/+24If Obama, Castro, Chavez, etc. had the same foreign policy as Bush, then yes. Any other stupidly obvious questions?
- dschmink, on 03/12/2009, -15/+28Well said. It doesn't matter whether Bush was a horrible president or not.
This was a foreigner ASSAULTING our elected leader.
It's the principle of the matter. - inactive, on 03/12/2009, -1/+14Hypothetically, if it were a leader I did like - well, I wouldn't be as psyched about it, but I wouldn't be calling for a three-year prison sentence, either.
- trolleyfan, on 03/12/2009, -9/+21As a method of political protest, it's actually kinda mild. It makes the point without anyone getting killed, buildings burnt, things exploding, riots, tear-gas...
...If we're lucky, shoe-tossing is the protest of the future. - superherofive, on 03/12/2009, -5/+16They should let the guy go.
The US ***** their ***** up for no other reason than we could, and a man retaliates by throwing shoes, and missing.
This is stupid. - bugowner, on 03/12/2009, -7/+18At angrykeyboarder:
I don't know why you're being buried. I agree with you. It is the least you can do to a war criminal. I dugg you, and I would do it again if I could. - pixelate, on 03/12/2009, -4/+15He wasn't threatening Bush. He specifically used a shoe as a sign of disrespect. Yeah, you won't "see US reporters throwing shoes at people" because it doesn't have any special significance in our culture.
If he wanted to cause real injury to Bush, he wouldn't have just thrown a shoe. Treating it like a threat or an attempt on a foreign leader's life is an overreaction.
A fair comparison for Americans is to consider politicians having pies thrown at them. It's probably regrettable whenever it happens, but usually it's done just to make a statement (as opposed to causing physical harm), and hopefully most people would agree that a three-year sentence for throwing a pie is unwarranted.
The silver lining here is that it could have been a lot worse than three years... and I'm guessing he's going to be received as a hero when he is released. Good for him. - offrdbandit, on 03/12/2009, -4/+14First of all, he should have taken this into consideration before attacking a foreign head of state.
Second of all, he should thank his lucky stars his country isn't killing people for political stunts like this. - musikhersteller, on 03/12/2009, -1/+11Throwing a shoe at a foreign leader will get someone in trouble here too.
- AbelZhu, on 03/12/2009, -1/+11Flawed thinking jinxation. I missed while sniping bush, does that mean I'm not held responsible?
- AgentOrn, on 03/12/2009, -5/+15Wow 3 years for "assaulting a foreign leader". I don't think they would be that easy on him in the States.
- iagainsti, on 03/12/2009, -11/+20totally worth it.... well, it would have been if he actually hit him.
- mcquitty, on 03/12/2009, -0/+9It used to.
Hell, it used to just be anything the government didn't like, you might disappear. - toastgodsupreme, on 03/12/2009, -9/+18It matters when it's a world leader who has run his country into the ground and managed to take a number of other countries with it.
Now this isn't me being a democrat or a Bush hater. This is me being a logical thinking person of reasonable intelligence. Getting a shoe thrown at him is the LEAST that guy could've done to him.
When you go online and find things like:
http://www.monkeydyne.com/bushresume/resume.html
It really makes you wonder why Bush is a free man right now. - mcquitty, on 03/12/2009, -21/+30Would you feel the same way about Obama?
Or what if someone threw a shoe at Castro? Chavez? Reid? Pelosi?
Or does it only matter when it is someone you don't like? - motters, on 03/12/2009, -6/+14Compared to Bush's crimes throwing a shoe seems like an utterly insignificant act.
- DavidGX, on 03/12/2009, -7/+15The guy is a hero.
- Dundasbro, on 03/12/2009, -1/+8Yes because when the founding fathers intended to instill a concept of freedom in us, they really meant the power to throw shoes at whoever we want without consequences.
- clvngodess, on 03/12/2009, -1/+8Hmm. Knee deep in cats. I've got 5. That's a lot of kibbles and litter and hairballs. Unless you mean vaginas?
- clvngodess, on 03/12/2009, -7/+14Assaulting a sovereign nation is a crime too.
- inactive, on 03/12/2009, -3/+10@calebian - try that here in the USA with Obama.
Man throws shoe at man who happens to be president. Man is shot by secret service. Man is dead. - Triplastic, on 03/12/2009, -0/+7Or perhaps a horseshoe.
- IIAmusedII, on 03/12/2009, -3/+10Yup. Bush really is a disrespectful son of a bitch. That's why the guy threw his shoes at him.
- Tiak, on 03/13/2009, -0/+7If someone got three years in an Iraqi prison for throwing shoes in Obama's general direction, hell yeah I'd be upset.
- WootZoot, on 03/12/2009, -6/+13Honestly, this seems fair. 3 years isn't very long for physically assaulting a foreign leader. Hell, that ***** has started wars in the past.
- Uthman, on 03/12/2009, -8/+15If I were Bush, even though this man threw his shoes at me, I would have intervened early on in process to make sure this dude doesn't get beat up any more or sentenced with some crazy sentence as he has.
I remember when the original incident happened, like a day later there were reports that the guy had like a broken arm and rib.
I am sure Bush could have stepped in at that point and just been like, no harm no foul. It not like that moron (Bush) doesn't know the damage he did to the country. Its people are justified to dislike Bush for the policies he pushed. This is the least he (Bush) could have done, and I do mean the absolute Least that he could have done, to rectify the situation... but he has failed even in this regards. - dse78759, on 03/12/2009, -6/+12Alittle harsh, but it reminds me of a Chris Rock monologue from a few years ago: "No party is going to have a black VICE presidential candidate, because the first thing I would do after they are elected is shoot the president! What are they going to do? Send me to jail where I will be treated like a king for the rest of my life?"
This guy probably won't languish in prison. - IIAmusedII, on 03/12/2009, -8/+14If throwing shoes gets you three years, what should be the punishment for killing countless Iraqis over WMDs that never existed?
- Colecoman1982, on 03/12/2009, -2/+8Either you're shoes are weighted with lead, or you punch like a girl...
- dancecmdr, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6*with purchase of Iraq of equal or greater value
- mcquitty, on 03/12/2009, -1/+7Does this answer your question?
Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. [1] [2] On the other hand, in Canada, assault can be simply just touching another without their consent. --From wikipedia - danj484, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6I'm not sure of the laws in Iraq, but in the US, it's assault if it's an immediate threat (i.e. a shoe rocketing toward your head) and battery if it hits.
- Tobind, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6Uhhmmm Reality check.
If I threw a shoe at Saddam,Osamah,Castro while they were in power? I'd most likely be tortured to death.. perhaps my family as well. - jscozzari, on 03/12/2009, -2/+8"Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force.[1][2] On the other hand, in Canada, assault can be simply just touching another without their consent."
from wiki...assault sounds like beating someone up...but legally its not always the case. - inactive, on 03/12/2009, -4/+10A punch is not a real threat either. A thrown shoe can do about the same amount of damage. But try punching Obama.
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