don't mess wiff England, awright?

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Every time I try to log on to see the wise words of Jon Stewart, the crazy Scotsman, I get the message above.
I was made to understand that Jon (and Steven Colbert) had said something nasty about some litigeous British guy, or someone just brought a foreign case here.

The UK welcomes libel tourism!

In these difficult times, the Sex Pistols would be saying: 'God save libel tourism'
If anyone is insulted in a show, Internet item, or even in 1 single newspaper
that's sold in the UK, UK libel laws make it easy for Richie to sue and win,
or even to threaten to sue, because everyone knows Richie will win.
This keeps the courts in wigs, robes and talcum powder.

Ok. So, Jon and Stephen said bad stuff. The law has no sense of humour, granted.

So, fine them and let the show go on.

Did they refuse to pay?
I don't think that justifies this censorship.
I wouldn't normally care for a tv show,
but without those two guys, we won't hear
any real news on the 'mainstream' media
other than Al Jazeera, that is, until the US bombs them.

Every other media source is bought and paid for, including the BBC.

-Costick67 (8^P

checkitout: BBC Law in Action. search for 'libel tourism'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/law_in_action/default.stm