He didn't try to throw a pie, he did throw a pie.
He received a six week sentence for that stunt, reduced on appeal to four.
He didn't try to throw a pie, he did throw a pie.
He received a six week sentence for that stunt, reduced on appeal to four.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20212989
Apparently racism is a crime in Britain. Can't wait to see what other taboo will become a crime next.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...n-Twitter.html
England, what is wrong with you?
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People buy/wear poppies during Veteran's Day.
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That's it?
REALLY???
WTF?
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Poppy's represent the soldiers who died in wars to protect our freedom, primarily from WWI originally and then WWII but sometimes for future conflicts since. They're bought/worn in the lead up to Remembrance Day. I can't think of an American equivalent. Imagine it as similar but worse than burning the flag on Veterans Day.
But it shouldn't be illegal.
It's not illegal. What is illegal is apparently posting a burning poppy on Twitter. I'm pretty sure your police force are just trolls.
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What is malicious about posting a burning poppy? Wouldn't this mean that taking a video of burning a British flag would be equally malicious? It seems like a pretty clear instance of political speech to me.
Of course malicious is being defined as "anything that offends people".
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So if I see someone in a park (with their dog) that I don't like, come up to them, and say "your dog smells", I'm being malicious with intent and should be arrested? Or would that only get me arrested if I posted it on their Facebook account?
No matter which way you spin it, this is a totalitarian-level intrusion into people's personal lives.
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You mean spying on people's everyday activities that bear no relation on the security of the state or any individual within it is not totalitarian? And neither is arresting people for political speech? Right.
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Isn't part of political speech meant to offend someone???
How is something like this NOT Thug Government?
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Who said anyone was spying? Somebody probably made a complaint.
Trying to offend != political speech. Though I agree that this should be allowed.And neither is arresting people for political speech? Right.
Agreed. But there's a world of difference between totalitarian regimes (like Iraq under Saddam) and the UK.
What a ridiculous distinction. Much of political speech offends and intends to offend.
I didn't say this in itself made you totalitarian; my point was that this is a key practice of totalitarian regimes. Also, this post was made on a person's personal Facebook account.
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