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Encyclopedia Dramatica Might Face Charges

Posted by: Mike Pomranz | March 17, 2010 at 4:00PM

As reported by 9 News:

"The US-based owner of a satirical Wikipedia-style website may be charged under Australian law over a deliberately offensive article about Aborigines.

The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (HREOC) contacted Encyclopedia Dramatica owner Joseph Evers, after 20 indigenous Australians complained about the article's content.  […]

'This is an initial investigation into charging me, personally, with the violation of Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act,' Evers wrote."

He probably should have seen this coming.  That Encyclopedia Dramatic has been nothing but trouble.

Just look what they have to say about Tosh.0:

"The soon to be canceled show humps the leg of the internets and sucks dry everything that btards hold dear instead of honing a skill or talent."

Ha.  That's actually not a bad bit.  I might have to steal that.

But the moral of the story is that the Bill of Rights only guarantees freedom of speech in America.  It doesn't apply to everywhere the Internet goes.  And apparently, the Internet goes to Australia now.  Who knew?

Know what that means?  It's time to rewrite that stoopid Bill of Rights!

Problem solved.