Stephen Fry Quotes
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
Fry, Stephen. Paperweight. William Heinemann, 1992.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
There is relatively little freedom of speech in Egypt and most Islamic countries where the traditional Sharia laws prohibiting blasphemy and the tradition of not publicly embarrassing the Caliph or the Sultan, combine to protect the modern Islamic state from criticism. Turkey, Tunisia and a few other Islamic states are exceptions. Under this Egyptian law anyone could be jailed for bringing “shame” to national and Islamic values. On September 6, 1981, the Egyptian Director of Public Health, Dr. Nawal El Saadawi was actually arrested and jailed for three months for saying that women were ill treated in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. See {586710} for the kinds of statements for which Egypt would jail leading citizens.
Some CIA and other agents who questioned prisoners in the Iraq War, forced the prisoners to remain naked throughout the day and night which was against the U. S. Military rules of how prisoners should be treated. Fife offered this seemingly stupid and feeble explanation. His intellect was not thought very highly of by the nation’s military leaders. See {620028}.
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Since 2011, he has served as President of the mental health charity Mind.
