[fhayek]

Britain's Sunday Mirror tabloid quoted a police source as saying that the men were arrested after they were overheard joking in a staff canteen about blowing up the pope with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! They make funny joke.

[bboop]

Yeh, haha, so funny I forgot to laugh.

Kind of like yelling ‘fire’ in a theater, if you ask me.

[livius]

They woulda if they coulda.

[Cyman]

How can we tolerate this sacrilege against our Pope. I call for an immediate Crusade against these sinners.

[circlecity]

So, in England if one mentions they think homosexuality is morally wrong they go to jail. But joke about murdering the Pope and it's OK.

[Brilliant]

I’m not a Michael Savage fan, but if you’re going to ban Michael Savage, then it seems somewhat inconsistent to react this way to someone who laughs at the idea of killing the Pope.

[madprof98]

Well, why not let them go? I know that I myself have often joked with friends about blowing up public figures with rocket-propelled grenades. Doesn’t everyone do that?

[tet68]

It’s too bad they didn’t joke about blowing up Obama,
then they would have seen what real oppression is like.

[EyeGuy]

Even funnier would be to take out that black shoebox their death cult worships in Mecca.

Hardee har.

[P.O.E.]

Reports said the men were all of North African origin but there was no confirmation from police

"Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious."

- Ayatollah Khomeini

[upchuck]

Britain's Sunday Mirror tabloid quoted a police source as saying that the men were arrested after they were overheard joking in a staff canteen about blowing up the pope with a rocket-propelled grenade.

You can hear a whole lot worse than that if you hang around out here in the country.