British man arrested after picture of burning poppy posted on internet

Started by jimmy olsen, November 12, 2012, 10:15:08 AM

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#15
November 12, 2012, 05:15:03 PM
Quote from: Gups on November 12, 2012, 10:57:32 AM
Yep, it's partly the police and its partly the press creating an atmosphere in which the police feel obliged to do this kind of stuff.

Also the police just don't seem to have got their heads around social media.
The press would go fucking nuts if that happened here, what the hell is wrong with the British media?
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#16
November 12, 2012, 05:22:27 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 12, 2012, 05:15:03 PM
Quote from: Gups on November 12, 2012, 10:57:32 AM
Yep, it's partly the police and its partly the press creating an atmosphere in which the police feel obliged to do this kind of stuff.

Also the police just don't seem to have got their heads around social media.
The press would go fucking nuts if that happened here, what the hell is wrong with the British media?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

we usually don't bring that up much, it's embarrassing.
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
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CountDeMoney

#17
November 12, 2012, 05:23:59 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 12, 2012, 10:35:54 AM
QuoteAccording to the website of the CPS, the Malicious Communications Act 1988, section 1, "deals with the sending to another of any article which is indecent or grossly offensive, or which conveys a threat, or which is false, provided there is an intent to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient".

British politeness.  It is not just a good idea, it is the law.

Those people are just plain weird over there.  First, no refills, now this.

garbon

#18
November 12, 2012, 05:25:54 PM
What is more bizarre is the image that someone posted of the poppy kid.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/12/article-2231660-15FCAC24000005DC-949_306x315.jpg (NSFW sort of depending on your employer)
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#19
November 12, 2012, 05:26:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 12, 2012, 05:23:59 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 12, 2012, 10:35:54 AM
QuoteAccording to the website of the CPS, the Malicious Communications Act 1988, section 1, "deals with the sending to another of any article which is indecent or grossly offensive, or which conveys a threat, or which is false, provided there is an intent to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient".

British politeness.  It is not just a good idea, it is the law.

Those people are just plain weird over there.  First, no refills, now this.

Many places here don't do free refills either. -_-
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#20
November 12, 2012, 05:28:21 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 12, 2012, 05:26:52 PM
Many places here don't do free refills either. -_-

Hey, you moved to Bloombergistan.  We still have freedom for iced tea here.

garbon

#21
November 12, 2012, 05:30:15 PM
I'd pick the Village over the Mills, any day.
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#22
November 12, 2012, 05:30:46 PM
REFILLS UBER ALLES

sbr

#23
November 12, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
You get free refills on water everywhere. :smarty:

dps

#24
November 12, 2012, 08:01:37 PM
Quote from: sbr on November 12, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
You get free refills on water everywhere. :smarty:

Not true.

garbon

#25
November 12, 2012, 08:23:14 PM
Quote from: dps on November 12, 2012, 08:01:37 PM
Quote from: sbr on November 12, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
You get free refills on water everywhere. :smarty:

Not true.

Yeah, I want more Acqua Panna - I gotta pay for that.
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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