You may not like, and I personally disagree with this laws of this sort, but your concept of laws are limited to only where you live.

Each culture has it’s culture and rules, and to deny them that is as stupid as sending a military force to a sovern country, just because they are a thorn in the military top’s side.

If enough people feel that their government is wrong, there are many ways for them to change it, whether it be throwing the rulling party out of the country, or comming to an understanding with the present government.

It is not easy, but at the same time, it has nothing to do with power hungry nation’s leaders (obvious refferences withheld).

Cheers!

Crookes doesn’t even have to win. All he needs is to force yahoo or google or Wikipedia to provide him with IP addresses or other information useful to identify people posting anonymously or pseudonymously. If he can do this with a little BC libel suit, then, China or North Korea or Russia can easily find someone to complain about a dissident’s postings (say an official or business person) and get them to force the US service provider to hand over the addresses. Then that person can be tortured and persecuted without the US provider being “directly” involved.

Wayne Crookes and his gang are the biggest threat to freedom on this planet. By proving that even petty-minded lawsuits on wholly political matters in free countries provides access to this kind of data, they are proving that any government or oppressive gang can get access to it. It’s critical to fight the many Crookes cases and make sure everyone understands freedom’s at stake.

People always want someone else to blame for THEIR problems!