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Which part do you have a problem with? I seem to recall a recent muslim convert who was in the National Guard and got in trouble for talking in a chat room about how he supported the insurgents. I also recall a guy who suggested (not on the Internet, of course) that people should go to Pakistan and train for Jihad. He got life.
It's illegal to say certain things. It always has been. After all, what is fraud or perjury but codified unacceptable speech? Does that mean we're not free, because we can't defraud somebody with our speech? I don't think so.
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moosnose, the part I have a problem with is the part that means someone can go to jail for expressing their beliefs.
Fraud(and perjury) is a deliberate attempt to profit by misleading someone. Speaking (and thus speech) is more than opening and closing one's mouth.
It may already be too late, and laws may be in place in your country that allow people to be sent to prison based on thier beliefs, but I would not expect you to be happy or proud of that. Secondly, if those laws are in place, isn't it rather ironic that the president who is so keen to impose freedom all around the world, is also presiding over a nation in which it is a crime to express one's views?