Voice from the Commonwealth
Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Thursday, November 07, 2002

Laughing at Comrade Bob is a jailable offence.

The man was arrested for carrying a placard that read: "God shall confront Mugabe over evils done to people, then would police and Central Intelligence officials arrest God on that day?" the Herald reported. The man, who is also alleged to have verbally abused the president, was arrested at a shopping centre in Chitungwiza town, south of Harare. Under the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) the man could face a Z$20 000 ($363) fine, a year in jail, or both.

Meanwhile, the government of Zimbabwe is accusing the US of attemting to invade the country under the cover of NOG's distributing food.

The official Herald newspaper quoted Zimbabwe's army chief General Vitalis Zvinavashe as saying Washington was seeking to control the activities of non-governmental-organisations involved in relief food distribution. "We are not answerable to the US. They are using food as a ploy to directly control NGOs distributing food and disregard the laws of Zimbabwe," Zvinavashe said. The Herald itself said in a frontpage story: "The United States is planning to invade Zimbabwe within the next six months on the pretext of bringing relief food aid to people who were allegedly being denied food on political grounds."

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