Friday, August 20, 2004

File under "STFU"

From CNN:

DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) -- "Shoe bomber" Richard Reid has sued U.S. prison authorities for imposing harsh conditions including isolation and a lack of access to Arabic language religious books.

[snip]

In the handwritten suit, filed in U.S. district court in Denver on Wednesday, Reid said he has a window he cannot see out of and is denied access to broadcast and print news.

This asshole tried to blow up an airplane on which he was a passenger. So, if you're keeping score at home, suicide in the name of Allah (so long as you take out a hundred or so infidels with you) would be a righteous endeavor, but a jail cell with a window that's too high and lack of TV privileges are "harsh conditions". Boo friggin' hoo, jackass.

To quote the inimitable Inspector Callahan, "Well, I'm all broken up over that man's rights."

Note also the irony of an Islamic terrorist scumbag using the legal system of the country he wants destroyed to get his "rights" restored.