'Lyrical terrorist' sentenced over extremist poetry
"A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence".
I don't think anti-terrorist legislation should be used against authors of bad poetry. In this case it is the authorities who are making a mockery of justice. At least the judge had the common sense not to go overboard in passing sentence.
Poetic injustice
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It's the end of the world as we know it when someone is sent to jail for writing silly poems. I read what she's meant to have written and on that basis, most teenagers influenced by Bob Marley's lyrics or Malcolm X's writings would be facing jail, as a result of school essays. It's even more worrying that people like this could face up to 42 days locked up without charges. I wish the British public would become more aware of what's going on in the name of the war against terror.
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