In contrast to this positive appraisal, nationalists such as Urechia's son Alceu publicly mocked the book and claimed that it lacked merit.

Their real goal is to further the cause of reform by publicly mocking the Tea Party movement and various other protesters against the president's proposed plan.

However, individuals can be fined and imprisoned for as long as three months for publicly mocking the beliefs of any religious group registered in Iceland.

Anybody who publicly mocks or insults any in this country legally existing religious community tenets of faith or worship, will be punished by fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months.

In 2001, the rivalry exploded into the public eye as Jay-Z publicly mocked Nas on stage at the Hot 97 radio station's Summer Jam hip hop festival.

Before 1917, people could be put in jail for publicly mocking the Czar.

However Tehran retains a firm ally in the shape of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, who publicly mocked the west's concerns about its nuclear ambitions on Tuesday.

With approval of the presiding chief judge Warecki, the prosecutors publicly mocked the accused.

On his dismissal in August 1667, Barbara publicly mocked him; Clarendon gently reminded her that one day she too would be old.

She publicly mocked him and was the impetus for an attack on him by Nitro and Mercury.