Free speech is in retreat throughout the West

[superfrank]

Yep - Liberalism is very tolerant, except when it comes to illiberal views...

+1. I think the police are so determined to appease the media that they will happily adopt a softly softly approach to the lefties but seem happy to ignore basic freedoms when it comes to the right.

[Iron]

Should swearing be against the law? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15816761

FFS!!!

Jeff

[Iron]

The woman in this video is currently being remanded in custody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONVYjAd1wc

NB CONTAINS LANGUAGE & VIEWS YOU MAY FIND OFFENSIVE!

I don't see why this should be a matter for the police. What's the woman guilty of exactly? She expressed some controversial views and got into a heated argument. Why should that be a matter for the criminal justice system?!?

Jeff

[Iron]

Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling 'kill the white slag' freed after judge hears 'they weren't used to drinking because they're Muslims' - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1fnFPlSVL

The British justice system is nothing if not inconsistent...

Jeff

[to75ne]

unbelievable.

verbally asault and racially abuse someone, prison.

physically assault and racially abuse someone, suspended sentence.

these judges need a good kicking in my opinion. kick some sense into them.

[Iron]

'What would happen with a scarf over my face?': Outrage of Fireman Sam creator detained and branded racist for innocent burqa joke at airport security

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1nVXxyreH

[Iron]

Liam Stacey gets 56 days in jail for tweeting. When race becomes an issue, all sense goes out of the window
- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwes ... he-window/

Hear hear!

[superfrank]

George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388

i can't stand the man, but it's good for democracy.

it would be much healthier if we had more independents and a few national socialists in parliament too.

[LeTiss]

Bradford is perfect for Galloway. He rabbits on about the Arab and Muslim world, so with so many Asians living in Bradford it was always possible

[Iron]

Does anyone know what the odds of a Galloway win peaked at on Betfair?

Jeff

[Iron]

Blacklist is blacklisted: Met bans word over claims it is racist... and staff have to say 'red listed'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1uJ12afx9

[to75ne]

so what coppers can no longer investigate blackmail unless its re-named as redmail, or wear black boots unless they are re-named red boots.

i think the world is run by mad men. stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Iron]

It would be interesting to know if they can use the word 'whitewash'...

George Orwell was spot on about the future - his 1984 predictions were just a few years out.

BTW, on the topic of PC policing, I've never understood the irritating phrase 'policing by consent', which sort of implies that you don't need force to, erm, enforce the law...

Jeff

so what coppers can no longer investigate blackmail unless its re-named as redmail, or wear black boots unless they are re-named red boots.

i think the world is run by mad men. stupid, stupid, stupid.

[to75ne]

i think policing by consent means, they have the right to hassel the feck out of you if they wish too as long as you are a law abiding type and they have nothing better to do. but if you are a criminal, lout, thug, scumbag etc, then they are allowed to walk the other way and turn a blind eye (or i suppose turn a visually challenged eye), as they would be infringing your ooman rights.

thats my understanding.

[Iron]

When did we go from being a no nonsense country to one governed by a crazy left-wing ideology that originated in American university campuses in the 1960s?!?

Jeff