jesusluvspegging wrote:

Kinda light for assaulting a head of state.

I don't know.  Throwing one's shoe is clearly not an attempt to do serious bodily harm.  In Iraq it's a grave insult but not really an attempt to harm.  I'd think it would be somewhere between a verbal assault and an assault with the intent to do harm.

jesusluvspegging wrote:

Zookeeper wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

Kinda light for assaulting a head of state.

I don't know.  Throwing one's shoe is clearly not an attempt to do serious bodily harm.  In Iraq it's a grave insult but not really an attempt to harm.  I'd think it would be somewhere between a verbal assault and an assault with the intent to do harm.

OK.  Go outside, throw your shoe at the first cop you see, then use that argument and see how far it gets you.

I'll wait here for your report.

Are you saying I'll be put away for three years?

I didn't say it was an act that is or should be consequence-free.   I'm just not sure about three years for the offense.

This is a delicate political and diplomatic issue for our puppet régime in Iraq.  The man is considered a hero by the majority of the Iraqi people and in the Arab world.  His death or a long imprisonment could lead to a revolution.  The puppets nevertheless have to make it clear that threats to their cushy positions will not be tolerated.  While officially our government says this is an internal Iraqi matter, our government is no doubt pushing for punishment for daring to insult our former Decider and challenging our right to run the country.  These factors would explain the relatively light sentence; in most Turd World countries this sort of thing would result in summary execution or in a long prison sentence that featured beatings, rape, starvation and other forms of torture.

fnord wrote:

This is a delicate political and diplomatic issue for our puppet régime in Iraq.  The man is considered a hero by the majority of the Iraqi people and in the Arab world.  His death or a long imprisonment could lead to a revolution.  The puppets nevertheless have to make it clear that threats to their cushy positions will not be tolerated.  While officially our government says this is an internal Iraqi matter, our government is no doubt pushing for punishment for daring to insult our former Decider and challenging our right to run the country.  These factors would explain the relatively light sentence; in most Turd World countries this sort of thing would result in summary execution or in a long prison sentence that featured beatings, rape, starvation and other forms of torture.

fnord, it's just so cute when you try to talk about politics!

Mr. Bush, it's for you.

Did you see what he got convicted of, though?  "Insulting a foreign dignitary"  Why the fuck should that be illegal, specifically?

Zookeeper wrote:

I don't know.  Throwing one's shoe is clearly not an attempt to do serious bodily harm.

Um, I dunno about that

scarydog wrote:

The guy shoulda practiced his aim.

I thought the former pResident did a fair job of ducking and weaving. He'd had about 8 years of practice by then. Personally wishing that just one of the shoes hit its mark sadly didn't make it so.