cassity Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 And how exactly do you "ban" something which 1.2 billion people believe in? Ironically by doing exactly what the likes of IS would and are doing...crushing freedoms with force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan edake Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Can't really understand why this woman was arrested.A couple of weeks ago there was an article in a national newspaper(which was shown on the Bing news site) saying a young black woman had been arrested for posting on Twitter and Facebook that all white men should be killed,she had also organised a meeting and banned all white men.The Crown Prosecution decided not to prosecute her saying her comments had not really caused any harm and after all she had a right to freedom of speech and was entitled to say what she really thought.There were,of course,dozens of comments saying if this had been a white woman saying all blacks should be killed,she would have been arrested and charged quicker than you could say "race relations".It will be really interesting to see how this progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Twitter post actually, not a sign, but still, she deserves arresting for being so stupid. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11997334/Woman-arrested-over-beauty-salons-no-Muslims-Paris-attack-post.html Where as this is obviously wrong, I'm interested in how many anti-semitic, homophobic, anti-west tweets go unpunished. Edited November 16, 2015 by Berberis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Can't really understand why this woman was arrested.A couple of weeks ago there was an article in a national newspaper(which was shown on the Bing news site) saying a young black woman had been arrested for posting on Twitter and Facebook that all white men should be killed,she had also organised a meeting and banned all white men.The Crown Prosecution decided not to prosecute her saying her comments had not really caused any harm and after all she had a right to freedom of speech and was entitled to say what she really thought.There were,of course,dozens of comments saying if this had been a white woman saying all blacks should be killed,she would have been arrested and charged quicker than you could say "race relations".It will be really interesting to see how this progresses. I note that there was a thread on here asking people to boycott israeli owned businesses and products. I wonder how long a thread would last if it were asking the same boycott to be applied to muslim owned businesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Can't really understand why this woman was arrested.A couple of weeks ago there was an article in a national newspaper(which was shown on the Bing news site) saying a young black woman had been arrested for posting on Twitter and Facebook that all white men should be killed,she had also organised a meeting and banned all white men.The Crown Prosecution decided not to prosecute her saying her comments had not really caused any harm and after all she had a right to freedom of speech and was entitled to say what she really thought.There were,of course,dozens of comments saying if this had been a white woman saying all blacks should be killed,she would have been arrested and charged quicker than you could say "race relations".It will be really interesting to see how this progresses. That's strange, I read that the charges had been dropped because there was not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Where as this is obviously wrong, I'm interested in how many anti-emetic, homophobic, anti-west tweets go unpunished. Yeah, if you are going to start enforcing hatred laws then it needs to be done transparently and fairly. However don't forget confirmation bias and the awful media. There may well have been lots of arrests and people charge with regards to homophobic, sexist or 'anti-western' (is that an actual crime?!?!)tweets, but we just don't get any coverage of them. If you are really interested, I'm sure a FOI request might get the answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 ............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassity Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I note that there was a thread on here asking people to boycott israeli owned businesses and products. I wonder how long a thread would last if it were asking the same boycott to be applied to muslim owned businesses? I would boycott Muslim businesses if the owner stipulated "no Christians allowed". "Asking" to boycott isn't the same as refusing to admit on racial religious grounds. I think the "Israeli" thread was long before your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Where as this is obviously wrong, I'm interested in how many anti-emetic, homophobic, anti-west tweets go unpunished. anti-emetic? You want to punish tweets about stopping vomiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I would boycott Muslim businesses if the owner stipulated "no Christians allowed". "Asking" to boycott isn't the same as refusing to admit on racial religious grounds. I think the "Israeli" thread was long before your time. And yours. But it came up immediately I hit the search button. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1331408 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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