UK police warns those who post "hate crime" and threatens users with "criminal offences"

[smf]

Bad, because in today's day and age, simply having a different opinion is hate speech. Fuck that noise.

No. Having a different opinion is fine. You are even allowed to hate people for their colour, religion etc. However you're not allowed to do anything about it. The same as it's perfectly legal to harbour murderous thoughts, as long as you don't commit murder.

I'd also like to point out that they do not state what constitutes hate speech. Double whammy.

They don't have to. It's up to you to know what the law is.

I blame those Tory twits for being over-censoring pantywaists.

I thought the law was bought in under Labour. Tories wouldn't ban hate speech, they love it too much.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Yes, you end up in jail for having an offensive knife, because that's the law in most Europe. Same for any kind of weapon.

 

[CallmeBerto]

UK couldn't cuck itself any harder if they tried.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Good old Airstrip One /s

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

I think people here don't catch that this is already the law. Hate Speech is punished by law in most countries of Europe.

 

[T-hug]

Oh yeah they won't even help you when you know where your stolen stuff is.

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

Oh yeah they won't even help you when you know where your stolen stuff is.

That lady is a complete badass.

 

[the_randomizer]

Yes, you end up in jail for having an offensive knife, because that's the law in most Europe. Same for any kind of weapon.

By that same token, anything can be made a weapon, even a fork, so they should ban forks, same with cars, and while we're at it, maybe they should ban fry pans. Criminalizing knives won't stop knives from being used illegally.

 

[RevPokemon]

It is sad to see people here that are actually ok with laws that limit hate speech

 

[the_randomizer]

It is sad to see people here that are actually ok with laws that limit hate speech

Hate speech is asinine, but so are threats of violence against another person. Why the government should feel it control what other says however, is bullshit. Theresa May has the Tories' support up her ass.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

They aren't talking about kitchen knives. There are kives used specifically as weapons.

 

[Armadillo]

By that same token, anything can be made a weapon, even a fork, so they should ban forks, same with cars, and while we're at it, maybe they should ban fry pans. Criminalizing knives won't stop knives from being used illegally.

They aren't banned. As long as you have a good and resonable reason, you are fine.

https://www.police.uk/crime-prevention-advice/possession-of-weapons/

"It is illegal to:

carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, e.g. a Swiss Army knife"

If you have a good reason, are stopped and declare it, you are fine.

 

[the_randomizer]

They aren't banned. As long as you have a good and resonable reason, you are fine.

https://www.police.uk/crime-prevention-advice/possession-of-weapons/

"It is illegal to:

carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, e.g. a Swiss Army knife"

If you have a good reason, are stopped and declare it, you are fine.

Wasn't aware of that. Apologies.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

They aren't banned. As long as you have a good and resonable reason, you are fine.

https://www.police.uk/crime-prevention-advice/possession-of-weapons/

"It is illegal to:

carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, e.g. a Swiss Army knife"

If you have a good reason, are stopped and declare it, you are fine.

Oh, in that case those knife bins are an awesome idea

 

[tbb043]

It is sad to see people here that are actually ok with laws that limit hate speech

Sadder still how many are okay with laws that limit speech.

 

[the_randomizer]

Sadder still how many are okay with laws that limit speech.

There are always people who blindly defend whatever the government tells them.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Not a government issue, it's in the French Consitution for example lol. for me it's sad to see people defending racism, discrimination and hate speech, as well as cyber-harassment.

 

[the_randomizer]

Not a government issue, it's in the French Consitution for example lol. for me it's sad to see people defending racism, discrimination and hate speech, as well as cyber-harassment.

On the other hand, I can't stand it when people attack others for having different political opinions. It's a crime to have a different opinion on the internet, nowhere is safe.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

On the other hand, I can't stand it when people attack others for having different political opinions. It's a crime to have a different opinion on the internet, nowhere is safe.

It's because Europe and USA have radically different definitions of "opinions". Right-wing people in Europe are almost centrists in the US. So when US people learn about the european definition of free speech, they say it's censorship, while it's really not, it's just a matter pf preventing people from saying "gays are mentally ill", or "Muslims are all terrorists" etc, which would be unacceptable even for european alt-right. Here free speech doesn't cover hate speech, and I think that's good.

 

[tech3475]

I think that posting that tweet was a mistake, I've known a***holes who I bet would see that as a challenge more so than a threat.