tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post5807761910380027928..comments2024-01-30T09:22:08.167+00:00Comments on Newmania In Lewes: Gags GaggedNewmaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-9090718599408405792007-10-04T22:29:00.000+01:002007-10-04T22:29:00.000+01:00have you told the hitch?anyway, we blogger people ...have you told the hitch?<BR/><BR/>anyway, we blogger people can write what we like. site hosted in the US and posted anonymously; the law can can pack its tent and go bother someone else.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-14278903270123283472007-10-04T21:56:00.000+01:002007-10-04T21:56:00.000+01:00This gag should be all over the internet:From YouT...This gag should be all over the internet:<BR/><BR/>From YouTube<BR/><BR/>The TRUTH about Gordon Brown<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0xkIVnuRQc&mode=related&search=<BR/><BR/>Auntie Flo'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-30147759552321207362007-10-04T19:41:00.000+01:002007-10-04T19:41:00.000+01:00When the Government proposed this law it said it w...When the Government proposed this law it said it was protecting the believer, not the belief. But that’s a distinction that defence teams will endeavour to exploit. Note also that this new offence of "religious hatred" can be committed by broadcasting, writing in a blog or on a website, recording sounds which are "threatening", or in the performance of a play if there is an intent to stir up religious hatred. Oh yes...writing in a blog. They made sure not to forget about us. How very thorough.Stan Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955961163910010638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-46642940523774209342007-10-04T19:29:00.000+01:002007-10-04T19:29:00.000+01:00Before you know it, they'll be legislating against...Before you know it, they'll be legislating against fetish wear. And then where will we be?Stan Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955961163910010638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-23614857993806117392007-10-04T19:14:00.000+01:002007-10-04T19:14:00.000+01:00This is the sort of crap that happens when you let...<I>This is the sort of crap that happens when you let a room full of ex-barristers make laws.</I><BR/><BR/>You would hope that lawyers would know the pitfalls of equivocal laws and try and make them clear. The problem is that the politicians don't even get the draft the legislation they get Parliament's lawyers to do it!!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-18206056827164299572007-10-04T19:05:00.000+01:002007-10-04T19:05:00.000+01:00Its odd to see that you agree with me ...not a whi...Its odd to see that you agree with me ...not a whisper really in the Press ( well the odd bit)<BR/><BR/>This seesm to be an appalling law framed ona false assumption from the startNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-8240375465497287432007-10-04T18:38:00.000+01:002007-10-04T18:38:00.000+01:00Racial and Religious Hatred Act Section 29J:"Prote...Racial and Religious Hatred Act Section 29J:<BR/><BR/>"Protection of freedom of expression <BR/><BR/>Nothing in this Part shall be read or given effect in a way which prohibits or restricts discussion, criticism or expressions of antipathy, dislike, ridicule, insult or abuse of particular religions or the beliefs or practices of their adherents, or of any other belief system or the beliefs or practices of its adherents, or proselytising or urging adherents of a different religion or belief system to cease practising their religion or belief system."<BR/><BR/>It's one of the silliest laws they've ever made, and that's saying something.<BR/><BR/>The men in pin-stripe suits will have a ball arguing over the line between stiring up hatred and "dislike, ridicule, insult or abuse".<BR/><BR/>This is the sort of crap that happens when you let a room full of ex-barristers make laws.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-55303574874754352542007-10-04T17:52:00.000+01:002007-10-04T17:52:00.000+01:00It's one thing to legislate against incitement to ...It's one thing to legislate against incitement to DOING something bad, it's quite another to ban SAYING something.<BR/><BR/>This law would be unconstitutional in the US. Is America the only free country left?Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-56000524190940500682007-10-04T17:28:00.000+01:002007-10-04T17:28:00.000+01:00The idea that any kind of free society can be cons...The idea that any kind of free society can be constructed in which people will never be offended or insulted, or in which they have the right to call on the law to defend them against being offended or insulted, is absurd. And so very New Labouresque.Stan Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955961163910010638noreply@blogger.com