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   From: d@ray   
      
   By now, most people will have heard that Sam Melia was found guilty in   
   Leeds Crown Court of inciting racial hatred by means of producing stickers.   
   Over three hundred stickers were produced, and the prosecution admitted in   
   the opening stages of the trial that the language used on the stickers was   
   in fact lawful. The prosecution contended that despite the content of the   
   stickers being lawful, they were produced as a body of work intended to   
   stir up racial hatred. During the trial the jury was also reminded that it   
   did not matter whether the content of the stickers was true, as the truth   
   is no defence in such a case. This has to be one of the greatest   
   miscarriages of justice we have ever witnessed, a body of work which was   
   deemed 'lawful' and the content of which was all true, has resulted in a   
   man being found guilty on the basis of his perceived motivations.  My heart   
   goes out to Sam, his pregnant wife Laura, their daughter Catherine and the   
   rest of his family and loved ones. Whatever comes next, we will stand   
   firmly by him and support Sam and Laura in any way we can.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)