I saw this and after reading it I had to comment on something. For those that don't want to fallow he link, it is about a guy who created a Facebook account using the name of Prince Moulay Rachid of Morooco. who apparently didn't like the fact that someone was using his name and had him arrested. from the sounds of things, this was completely legal in Morooco, and while it might seem kind of petty for a prince to arrest someone for doing something that he didn't like, there is more to this story.

Here is the part I had a problem with. the following is taken from the article

Mourtada's case drew the scrutiny of at least one major media freedom group abroad, and spurred an online campaign by supporters who had appealed to the prince for clemency.

I'm guessing most of these supporters were upset by what they felt was a prince hat was using his power to punish someone for something he didn't like, but what they fail to realize is that this guy committed a form of Identity theft. I'm guessing most countries have some sort of law against impersonating law officers, portraying yourself as someone you aren't, and basically any other sort of ID theft. this is no different then if someone made an account pretending to be President Bush. The guy said he did it out of admiration of the prince and the king of Morooco, no doubt giving into public opinion, pardoned the guy.

The thing that made me laugh though is this. all these supporters, the Media groups, and bloggers, all mad because the prince arrested someone who was posing a him online.

Wonder how they would have reacted if he had posed as one of them.