Zimbabwe teen to be caned for Facebook post

[koalabear]

If you're a teenager living in North Carolina and make an offensive Facebook post, your dad may shoot your laptop. In Zimbabwe, you can apparently get caned. According to Technology Zimbabwe, a 17-year-old from the southern African country was found guilty of "criminal insult" for posting a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute. The woman informed law enforcement, and a magistrate sentenced the boy to two lashes with a cane. The teen unsuccessfully pleaded for leniency by claiming that he was brand new to social networking.

http://now.msn.com/living/0220-facebook-caning.aspx

 

[ksmybuttons]

Here in the US it's just more subtle. Like suicide. Getting fired.

 

[warrior queen]

If you'd ever been to Zimbabwe, you'd understand that 2 lashes with a cane is actually quite lenient.

 

[TheLM]

If you'd ever been to Zimbabwe, you'd understand that 2 lashes with a cane is actually quite lenient.

I was going to say that while public punishment for such a "crime" seems harsh, 2 lashes seems reasonable.. I don't think the kid will suffer any serious physical trauma, just a hurt pride.

 

[cervidaeartioda]

The blacks of Zimbabwe are living like cavemen and lack the common sense to be called "human". I've been to Zimbabwe several times they are like homeless beggars living no different than the wild animals around them.

 

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[RoryN]

The blacks of Zimbabwe are living like cavemen and lack the common sense to be called "human". I've been to Zimbabwe several times they are like homeless beggars living no different than the wild animals around them.

This is the sort of person who makes himself at home in a koalabear thread.

Vetteman is another.

 

[garbage can]

If you're a teenager living in North Carolina and make an offensive Facebook post, your dad may shoot your laptop. In Zimbabwe, you can apparently get caned. According to Technology Zimbabwe, a 17-year-old from the southern African country was found guilty of "criminal insult" for posting a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute. The woman informed law enforcement, and a magistrate sentenced the boy to two lashes with a cane. The teen unsuccessfully pleaded for leniency by claiming that he was brand new to social networking.

http://now.msn.com/living/0220-facebook-caning.aspx

What's this caning bullshit, what happened to the bullwhip, where the tip travels at mach 2..?..

And how many peeps in Zimbabwe are on facebook?
I'll bet this kid was the foreign ministers Son......................