With all this recent malarkey concerning the Sudanese government and their somewhat over-zealous reaction to an innocent mistake (40 lashes? You'd get less for drinking the captain's rum?) you could be forgiven for thinking that the Western justice system can't be all that bad. That is, until you read this.
Then, you might wonder if a country that is still deciding whether or not to charge a man who shot two others in the street, is really so different from one that demands a woman be punished for naming a stuffed bear 'Muhammed'. I wonder what would happen if a teacher in Texas decided to call a fluffy bunny 'Jesus Christ Our Lord'? She'd better hope the neighbours don't have a fire-arms licence.












