What does 'satire' mean?

Egypt: Reading about Mounir Said Hanna Marzuq and his sentencing in which he was found guilty of 'satire' after a colleague reported him and his poem to the Egyptian authorities has made me wonder to when will we be living in such authoritarian regimes... He has been sentenced to three years and was fined L.E. 100,000 for insulting president Hosni Mubarak. It seems also that the Orthodox Church leaders of Egypt are working hard to raise 90,000 L.E. to avoid Marzuq's jailing.
What does satire really mean? To when will we accept misinterpretations of laws, constitutions, human rights, etc. and definitely the 'Godly' profile of leaders around this region? What kills me is who told them they were Godlike? Haven't they looked into the mirror? Don't they shit, swear, lie, fart, yearn, desire, etc. like anyone else?
Enough.

Spread the words of Marzuq:
زغلل
ونورد فيما يلي إحدى قصائد منير حنا:
زغلل
زغلل زغلل زغللنى ياللى حبك جننى
زغلل زغلل زغللهم ياللى شكلك جننهم
كورال
زغلل زغلل يا مزغلل زغلل ع الكل خليت الدنيا حلوى وفل الفل
١- المرايا بتزغلل على واحد بس ولكن انت يا مزغلل زغللت الكل
٢- فلاش الكاميرا بيزغلل قبل الصورة ولكن انت يا مزغلل صوت وصورة
٣- زغلل زغلل يا مزغلل منين ماتروح بتخلى الدنيا حلوة وفيها روح
٤- زغلل زغلل يا مزغلل زغلل وقول مش أى حد ينفع يبقى زغلول
٥- اوعى تبطل تزغلل يا واد يا زغلول خليت الدنيا حلوة والفرح يطول
٦- زغلل زغلل ع الليلة وع الحاضرين خليت الناس فى حيرة وكمان تايهين
٧- زغلل زغلل ع الحفلة وع الحاضرين خليت الناس فى غفلة وكمان تايهين
٨- زغلل زغلل ع الفرح وع الحاضرين خليت الناس فى مرح وكمان تايهين

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