And I just thought the South Carolina "Subversive Activities Registration Act" was ridiculous! Just a quote on that:
Five-dollar registration fee for persons planning to overthrow US government
Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina's Secretary of State and declare their intentions -- or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
Speaking of mad things... In Stockholm, Sweden, a person has blogged this (in Swedish) regarding how two policemen start harassing him for taking their pictures as they're harassing two teenage boys. From his post:
Så på behörigt avstånd (för att inte störa poliserna i deras arbete) tog jag jag tre snabba bilder med min kamera. Poliserna undrar vad fan jag håller på med och jag förklarar att jag inte fotograferar de båda ungdomarna utan bara de två poliserna. Jag frågar om de är poliser men de svarar avböjande och istället undrar den första polisen varför jag tar foton och jag förklarar att jag skriver om kollektivtrafik och kontrollsystem. Då bryter helvetet lös.
He also produced the following video of this; it's repaired due to some video damage that appear as skips in the video, but do keep in check with his blog as the full video may pop up soon. In any aspect, it's completely mad and I hope these two persons get what they deserve.
As a sort of antidote:
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