No Parking

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The United Arab Emirates arrested and later deported an Australian woman for posting a photo on Facebook of a car parked across two handicapped parking spaces. A court found Jodi Magi guilty of posting "bad words on social media about a person." She was also fined $3,600.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

When a backward culture and modernity collide.

[Jordan]

A court found Jodi Magi guilty of posting "bad words on social media about a person." She was also fined $3,600.

Sounds European.

[dantheserene]

Call out an asshat, go to jail? If that comes to the US we are all going to the big house.

[Adans smith]

She can kill with just a word.

[crufus]

I guess the "truth" defense doesn't apply in the UAE.

[Curmudgeon44]

And this is the supposedly Liberal Muslim Kingdom.