Free speech vs entertainment

Bachus
By Bachus

The free speech, religion and entertainment get tied up in a huge mess in the US

From CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/19/us.terror.charge/index.html?hpt=T2

Muslim convert charged with threats to 'South Park' creators

(CNN) -- Federal authorities are using words uttered by the co-founder of a radical Islamic group to charge him with threats against the creators of "South Park."

A criminal complaint alleging the communication of threats was filed in Virginia late last week against Jesse Curtis Morton, also known as Younus Abdullah Mohammad.

A senior law enforcement source Thursday told CNN, which interviewed Morton in 2009, that the suspect is believed to be in Morocco, where he maintains Islampolicy.com, an English-language website propagating pro al Qaeda views.

"We're commanded to terrorize the disbelievers," Morton told Griffin. "The Quran says very clearly in the Arabic language ... this means 'terrorize them.' It's a command from Allah."

Morton in 2009 told CNN that "Americans will always be a target -- and a legitimate target -- until America changes its nature in the international arena."

*The more important issue is how this will set a legal precedent for limiting free speech and will give the government an additional tool to silence critics.

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