The high court ruled that the Communications Act would not prevent satirical, iconoclastic, or rude comment, expression of the unpopular, unfashionable opinion about serious or trivial matters, humour, comments that are distasteful or even painful to those subjected to them, silly jokes or jokes in bad taste that a person would be likely to brush aside or empty bombastic or ridiculous banter.
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Asked about the comments, his expression turned serious and he said, "Well, I absolutely regret it, because that wasn't how it was intended".
Dissemination of this official version of events was not blocked, but independent comment and expressions of congratulation were quickly erased from Web sites.
In an editorial commenting on expressions of unwavering support for the United States by Prime Minister Goran Persson, a Social Democrat, Dagens Nyheter, the newspaper, said, "For the first time in years, a Swedish politician was able to talk about our spirit of community with the United States and the American people as a natural thing".
As Lord Judge said last Friday of the 2003 act: "satirical, or iconoclastic, or rude comment, the expression of unpopular or unfashionable opinion about serious or trivial matters, banter or humour, even if distasteful to some or painful to those subjected to it should and no doubt will continue at their customary level, quite undiminished by this legislation".
The uproar over Cathy's comments have included expressions of support from Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, who helped organized Wednesday's appreciation day.
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In the recent election, Mulayam Singh Yadav, head of the regional Samajwadi Party that runs Uttar Pradesh, criticised legal changes that foresee the death penalty for gang rape, saying: "Boys commit mistakes: Will they be hanged for rape?" Gaur expressed sympathy for this viewpoint – but the BJP dismissed his comments as an expression of his personal views, and not the party's.
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