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Man jailed for three years for saying women cheat on their husbands

A court convicted him of spreading “false news that disturbs the public peace”.

A CAIRO COURT has sentenced a man to three years in prison today for claiming that many women in the conservative country have extramarital affairs, a judicial source said.

Taimour Subki, who runs a Facebook page titled The Diary of a Crushed Husband, made the claim in a television interview in December, sparking an uproar.

The misdemeanour court convicted him of spreading “false news that disturbs the public peace”, the judicial official said.

He may appeal the ruling.

A backlash on social media had already led to the cancellation of the talk show, aired on private satellite station CBC, that hosted Subki.

“Many women cheat on their husbands… I can say that 30% of women are ready to be deviant,” Subki said, pointing to the southern cities of Asyut, Minya, Sohag, Qena, Luxor and Aswan.

Subki said his remarks had been taken out of context.

“I didn’t mean to insult anyone and I was speaking generally,” he wrote in a Facebook post before his arrest.

© AFP 2016

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    Mute Frank Dwyer
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:19 AM

    There should be a survey asking if anyone ever lied on a Journal survey

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    Mute vv7k7Z3c
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:21 AM

    Just wait until you see tomorrow’s poll ;)

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    Mute BERTIE
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:36 AM

    Interviewer. What are your weaknesses?

    A. I speak my mind

    Interviewer. ” that’s not a weakness ”

    A. I don’t give a f… What you think

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    Mute Stephen
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:16 AM

    I had to lie, or I’d never got a job as a surgeon.

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:47 AM

    Benton to med student: ” so what do you want to be a doctor… It’s a common question of the interview.
    Student ” I want to help people”
    Benton “ugh…”
    Student: I don’t know I just thought it would be cool”
    Benton: “well at least that’s honest”
    Student “so I should say that?/”
    Benton “of course not!”

    Unlike a lot of gen y (many of whom seem to b speeding towards 30 without ever having worked) I worked since I was 10 unbroken until 2011 besides my lc year, so I’ve never had to lie on the CV, but I’ve found one thing w/interviews…they are just a BS forum where you’re asked tired predictable questions and you give tired hack answers. If you give your interviewer outside the box answers (or god forbid honest ones) they are less likely to give u the job. To a lot of these drones in suits conformity and blending in is what they demand, which makes them look all the more ridiculous when they use buzz words like innovation, having rejected the very outside the box thinkers at interview you need to produce it.

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    Mute Snorre Sturleson
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:35 AM

    If you follow the medical council reports most of our foreign doctors are struck off in their homeland or the UK or awaiting charges of misconduct…still the HSE is sure they are fit to practise lol

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    Mute Conor Murphy
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    Apr 14th 2014, 12:48 PM

    @Snorre

    More than 50% of all foreign doctors in Ireland are incompetent or criminal? That’s definitely true, or you’re racist. One or the other but almost definitely the first one. Have some internet points to go with your smug xenophobia.

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    Mute Stephen
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:27 AM

    In all seriousness it works both ways,the amount of lies management spout, honesty isn’t always the best policy.

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    Mute TOP CAT
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:21 AM

    How do people think politicians get work????

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    Mute Neal Ireland
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:52 AM

    By running for election.

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    Mute Tony Le Blanc
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    Apr 14th 2014, 2:04 PM

    An apathetic electorate?

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    Mute Karen
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    Apr 14th 2014, 5:48 PM

    Lying to the people to get elected?

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    Mute BERTIE
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:39 AM

    I keep getting told I’m over qualified, what about dumbing down the CV ?

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    Mute Rónán O'Suilleabháin
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:46 AM

    That’s really just a polite way of saying “I can see you’re perfectly qualified for the position, but I just don’t like your face”

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    Mute Danny Lucas
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:58 AM

    Or ‘Can’t let this guy get hired, he’s smarter than me!’

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    Mute Imogene Blignaut-O'Brien
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:59 AM

    Being told that you are over-qualified simply means they don’t want to pay you a lot and think that you might expect more than they are willing to offer.

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    Mute Dagnet Taggart
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:41 AM

    And usually the person who says thatyou are over qualified should be awarded with a fist in the snot!
    It’s a major insult if you are qualified for the jobto be told we are actually lookingfor someone dumber than you in my books.

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    Mute Ronan Stokes
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:10 PM

    Its not you its me…

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    Mute Paul Clare
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:39 AM

    Looking at the pole results i think people are still telling porkies lol

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    Mute Tricia G
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:20 AM

    Don’t be too sure. Just because one person thinks it’s okay to do something doesn’t mean others think the same.

    We tend to assume that all people behave the same way we do. That is regularly not the case.

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    Mute Paul Clare
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:31 AM

    Well from a person who sat in on many interviews over the years it was my job to hire people, and i can assure you that more than 50% of those i interviewed where at some point less than ” honest ” in some part of their cv in one way or another ! Just saying is all :-)

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    Mute Glen
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:13 AM

    I don’t have too !!!
    Ok ok I might have altered a date here and there.

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    Mute Emily Elephant
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:34 AM

    I may have presented things in a favourable light, offered a casual reader the chance to draw certain conclusions which may not be entirely valid, been economical with the actualite or made material omissions.

    Lied? Never.

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    Mute Roisin Byrne
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    Apr 14th 2014, 12:16 PM

    I am a terrible liar, there’s no way I could get away with making up experience or qualifications! I have made some experience sound more relevant than it was, and invented hobbies because I can’t write “drinking and napping” as hobbies.

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    Mute Unitedpeople
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    Apr 14th 2014, 12:21 PM

    Alan Shatter… Is that really you?

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    Mute Val Kearney
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:47 AM

    “Lied” is such a strong word…”Bent the truth” is probably a better way of putting it.

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    Mute Stephen Gregg
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:22 AM

    Here’s the advice a 4th year lecturer game the class about writing a CV.

    “Never tell a lie on your CV but never tell the truth either”

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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:02 AM

    I’ve never had a problem with my cv it’s the interview that I have a problem with. Having social anxiety makes interviews really hard. Arrrgh talk about cringe! Practice makes perfect as the say :)

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    Mute Steve
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:23 AM

    Anyone who lies on their CV is an idiot.

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    Mute Glen
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:25 AM

    Well yea … An idiot would have to lie to get a job.

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:44 AM

    Indeed Glen, you’d b an idiot to not notice how many lies they expect u to tell to get in.
    Ive never had to lie about education or experience cos I’ve been lucky enough to have oppertunity in that area but in interviews they seem to expect u to BS them, you’re sitting there thinking I know the answer u want me to give…I know its a hack answer u know it too”,,so why are we playing this game?

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    Mute Mark O'Hagan
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:36 AM

    The easiest thing about telling the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said.

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    Mute Francis Shiels
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:31 AM

    Remember lies always come back to bite

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    Mute Tricia G
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:17 AM

    I have a relative who said they knew Java when they didn’t even know what Java was beyond “something to do with computers). They’ve told me they regularly lie in interviews (they’re still looking for a job unsurprisingly)

    To say I was incredulous that someone would claim to know Java in an interview with (less than) zero experience is a bit of an understatement.

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    Mute CAK
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    Apr 14th 2014, 1:35 PM

    I’ve never lied on a CV but I do have friends who are job hunting at the minute – they are well qualified nearing 30′s however both are getting married this year. One of the girls went to two interviews with her engagement ring on and was asking casually when she was getting married etc, never got either job. Was afraid the focus was on the marriage and therefore the employers might think babies are next. Took of the ring for her next interview and got offered the position. May be just coincidence but the other friend is now taking hers off too.

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    Mute Imogene Blignaut-O'Brien
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    Apr 14th 2014, 4:07 PM

    I had to do the same thing. First interview I went for with no ring on, got the job!

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    Mute Keith Dunne
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:17 AM

    Sure Enda kenny was a roofer in London ! Now he’s running the country ! Definitely serious lies on his CV

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:32 AM

    Theyve ways of sussing u out. If u say you’re qualified in xyz or have xyz experience they will b able to tell from way u answer questions if you’re for real. Don’t say u worked somewhere if u didnt , u never know who knows who where. My sisters husband asked her to go thru CVS from his job other week cos there were applications for her type of position in his compny . By sheer fluke she came across someone she recently worked with who was on consideration list and was able to tell him she never held position she said she did in past job. You’re safer making a good snappy cover note to get noticed than or formatting the CV in a way that gets the info across in a short compelling way. Too much risk in lying.

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    Mute Frank
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:57 AM

    It usually catches up on them in the end

    Especially if they are unable to do a task that they stated on their CV.

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    Mute Vince O'Shea
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    Apr 15th 2014, 12:41 AM

    exactly, and also might i add, people coming to this country often lie on their cv in order to get a job, very easy when you’ve listed a company 10,000 miles away. i know, i’ve shared with many and was even asked “what do you think? should put i worked in costa or start bucks or shall i put calvin klein jeans retail assistant here?, and they’d have up to 3-4 different cvs all carefully altered, one for cafes, one for retail, one for bar work and one for office work, ALL pumped up with this that and other crap. of course, when the employer feels they can exploit the situation, min.wage for long hours, no overtime, opportunity to shout and pile it on, they really don’t care, a 6 month trial and a but of quick training is worth it when it comes cheap and easy.

    i’ve never lied on one, its a small place here, we don’t have that option.

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    Mute Sean Beep
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:28 AM

    The only people that lie of their cv are people that need to lie to get any job

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    Mute Tom Fennelly
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    Apr 14th 2014, 6:10 PM

    Like everyone in government.?

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    Mute Wes Mc Loughlin
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:28 AM

    Anybody who says in the voting poll they havin’t lied typing a cv is lying, everybody lies !!

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    Mute Sheila
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    Apr 14th 2014, 7:12 PM

    Why do they lie? I never lied on mine, I never needed to.

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    Mute Nelly Bergman
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    Apr 14th 2014, 4:44 PM

    It’s a 2-way street, employers lie to the interviewees too – is anyone concerned about that? I would like to see a survey on that.

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    Apr 14th 2014, 12:41 PM

    Surprised at the poll. Has nobody else ever said they’ve conversational french/another language and just praying the interviewers don’t ask you to speak it?

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    Mute Robespierre
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    Apr 14th 2014, 4:32 PM

    Sins of commission – NO.

    Sins of ommission – YES.

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    Mute Seán O'Sullivan
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    Apr 14th 2014, 1:44 PM

    Did the people who are somehow working on this feckin island lie, is that the trick?

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    Mute Tom Fennelly
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    Apr 14th 2014, 11:44 AM

    There was this fella doing an interview and the HR Manager said to him, “I am glad to tell you we liked your CV and you have done very well in your interview. Just one last thing, if I were to ask you what is your biggest weakness what would it be?” And the man said ” I have a problem with saying things out straight and I think I might be a bit too honest”

    HR Manager : “I don’t think that being too honest is a weakness”
    Man: “Well I don’t give a shit what you think”

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    Apr 14th 2014, 10:48 AM

    Search YouTube for garabaldis corporate method.. That’s the employer I want.

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    Mute Sheila
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    Apr 14th 2014, 3:24 PM

    I was lectured in UCD by a visiting lecturer whose PhD was false. Years later, they found him out! Basic qualifications matter (like for visiting lecturers or doctors/nurses), and employers are foolish if they don’t find out about important matters.

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    Mute Gavin Scott
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:55 PM

    Sure. No experience like google and its stack overflow in the IT industry.

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    Mute Jacki Rhodes
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    Apr 14th 2014, 9:51 PM

    3,590 of those 3,592 no votes are fibbing

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