A man in Indonesia was beaten and jailed for challenging the existence of god.

[VincentMcConnell]

This petition will help bring the attention of this horrific atrocity by the corrupt and evil Indonesian government to the President if it can get 25,000 signatures in the next 28 days.

Everyone, try your hardest to make a difference here. This man is rotting in jail for 2 years. We must fix this!

The YouTube video explaining the situation:

A Time for Action (MIRROR)

The petition on the White House website:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-upon-indonesian-government-respect-freedom-and-dignity-all-its-citizens-and-free-alexander-aan/vYBQzxXy

[LaydeeDem]

This is pretty sad. We live in the 21st century for crying out loud!

[togfox]

The reaction to his statements, beatings and punishment is clearly excessive but I can not blame the Indonesians for wanting to preserve their culture. They have a right to do so as does each nation. I shall sign to protest the severity of the penalty.

[VincentMcConnell]

I think we should send the Marine Corps in...

'Sorry, couldn\'t hear you, Indonesia, over the sounds of our M16\'s talking!'

lol.

[popeter123]

it wont let me sign up because i have abritish ip address so not aloud to

cant somebody made a british one?

[VincentMcConnell]

it wont let me sign up because i have abritish ip address so not aloud to

cant somebody made a british one?

Strange. It seems to work for other countries to sign.

[popeter123]

well it says my ip is blocked when i try to sign in

[RedDwarfIV]

Going fine for me so far, Popeter.

[Accelerando]

I think we should send the Marine Corps in...

'Sorry, couldn\'t hear you, Indonesia, over the sounds of our M16\'s talking!'

lol.

And once again, Western arrogance and imperialism will have triumphed over all! At least until their own economic system screws them over again and they sink into another depression.

It\'s nice to support acceptance of other peoples\' thoughts and ideas (religion, atheism, etc.) but wrecking a country over it isn\'t going to foster acceptance or tolerance. Taking up arms against a people and trying to ram your lofty ideals of tolerance down their throats while killing their fellows will always fail in the long run because in the process you make your tolerance into a sham.

[RedDwarfIV]

And once again, Western arrogance and imperialism will have triumphed over all! At least until their own economic system screws them over again and they sink into another depression.

It\'s nice to support acceptance of other peoples\' thoughts and ideas (religion, atheism, etc.) but wrecking a country over it isn\'t going to foster acceptance or tolerance. Taking up arms against a people and trying to ram your lofty ideals of tolerance down their throats while killing their fellows will always fail in the long run because in the process you make your tolerance into a sham.

Essentially, \'intolerance of intolerance\'.

[RedDwarfIV]

well it says my ip is blocked when i try to sign in

Ah, it says \'from your IP\'. I got it too.

Apparently, a lot of people like proxying our IPs.

[cardgame]

Some intolerance is intolerable... but that\'s taking it a bit too far.

[popeter123]

well can a guy here from the us make us accounts to sign up?

[cardgame]

Sure! But that would be fraud and totally undermine what we\'re trying to do here, so I won\'t.

[RedDwarfIV]

Ok, Popeter, what you do is tell it you forgot your password. It will send a link to your eMail giving you a single-use login, which you can use to sign the petition.

[popeter123]

thanks

im number2224

[DeviouslyDeviant]

OMG *facepalm* just liek the Catholic Church not letting the Brazilians use condoms (no offence)