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I remember very clearly back in the old days before the Admin Moderators could remove offensive remarks, two of the most fundamental rules in FreeRepublic were: Don't advocate the death of a president or other politician, even as a joke; and 2) don't incite the military to disobey orders.

Some Freepers carelessly made such jokes about clinton, and a few found the Secret Service or the FBI calling on them.

The Brits have much stricter laws on these matters than we do. I should think there might be some chance of convicting Galloway, especially since it appears that he was paid by the enemy to make these kinds of statements. That might be enough to tip the balance for a jury.

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I should think there might be some chance of convicting Galloway, especially since it appears that he was paid by the enemy to make these kinds of statements.

It's odd that the Guardian doesn't mention the money Galloway was allegedly paid by the Iraqis in this story, since they've written about it recently (albeit reluctantly, given their lean to the left) -- this quote from Galloway was begging for the connection:

'The people who have betrayed this country are those who have sold it to a foreign power and who have been the miserable surrogates of a bigger power for reasons very few people in Britain can understand.'

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"The Brits have much stricter laws on these matters than we do. I should think there might be some chance of convicting Galloway, especially since it appears that he was paid by the enemy to make these kinds of statements."

That seems like it would fall under treason, rather than plain old sedition.