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Thought Crimes

Post by Imploding Turtle » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:01 pm

I wonder where all those self-proclaimed free speech warriors are for this one.
It's been proposed that professing support for a banned group, even if you're not encouraging others to support them, should be made a crime.

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Post by Hipper » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:16 pm

The article says professing 'public' support....

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by Damo » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:10 pm

The guardian are finally catching up with normal people then?
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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by evensteadiereddie » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:12 pm

You've not read the article.

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by LongsideFacingUp » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:46 pm

By banned group he means ISIS and the like by the way.

Jesus wept.

I think you'll find most free-speech advocates draw the line at clear and obvious threats to life.

You monumental dipstick.
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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by Damo » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:52 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:You've not read the article.
If you mean me then I read it before commenting

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by Imploding Turtle » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:55 pm

LongsideFacingUp wrote:By banned group he means ISIS and the like by the way.

Jesus wept.

I think you'll find most free-speech advocates draw the line at clear and obvious threats to life.

You monumental dipstick.

"I support ISIS" is a threat to your life now is it? :lol:

Did i nearly just kill you? Soz.

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Post by starting_11 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:06 pm

I believe in free speech, but only to a point.

The utter stupidity of some people on Twitter and the news websites commenting on this Mandarin Oriental fire today would have led them to the gallows had I been in charge of the country.

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by LongsideFacingUp » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:22 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:"I support ISIS" is a threat to your life now is it? :lol:

Did i nearly just kill you? Soz.
Publicly supporting ISIS terrorists is a threat to pretty much all life.

Are you intentionally missing the point or are you genuinely dense?

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:26 am

LongsideFacingUp wrote:Publicly supporting ISIS terrorists is a threat to pretty much all life.

Are you intentionally missing the point or are you genuinely dense?
I think it's you who is missing the point, and you're doing it quite accidentally.

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by LongsideFacingUp » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:40 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:I think it's you who is missing the point, and you're doing it quite accidentally.
Actually dense.

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:50 am

Damo wrote:If you mean me then I read it before commenting

Sorry, I should have said you don't understand the article...

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Re: Thought Crimes

Post by Damo » Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:32 am

evensteadiereddie wrote:Sorry, I should have said you don't understand the article...
Perhaps you should of just said you didn't understand my comment.
Or that you were offended by it.

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