Be careful who you offend

[Mike10]

Apparently tutting is now a hate crime as well.

http://talkradio.co.uk/news/lgbt-fu...-market-stall-18031324815#iOFJ3rJILqPRFdoi.99

 

[EFLImpudence]

It would seem that the stall offended an equal number.

Is that too logical for Britain today?

 

[SirGalahad]

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/l...crime/what-are-hate-incidents-and-hate-crime/

Pretty straight forward if you don't let emotions cloud your judgement.

 

[EFLImpudence]

The article is incorrect, then, if you don't let emotions cloud your judgement

 

[^woody^]

Eh? WTF!


Have you been sniffing glue again Woods?

It's quite simple. Here let me assist.

 

[noseall]

It's quite simple

Yes it is.

Whilst you go on believing and thinking, the Rozzers meanwhile 'may' or may not arrest you. They 'can' if they think you have broken the law. However it all will depend on 'if' they have the evidence.

Stay off the glue Woods it's making you paranoid.

 

[EFLImpudence]

How do they obtain this evidence if it is merely an opinion of someone who says they have been the subject of a hate incident?

 

[^woody^]

Yes it is.

Whilst you go on believing and thinking, the Rozzers meanwhile 'may' or may not arrest you. They 'can' if they think you have broken the law. However it all will depend on 'if' they have the evidence.

Stay off the glue Woods it's making you paranoid.

You're not getting it are you.

It's not what the police think, it's what the "victim" or anyone else thinks or beleives on behalf of the "victim". That's the difference as that's crucial.

And it's the CPS who decide BTW. The police investigate.

 

[noseall]

It's not what the police think, it's what the "victim" or anyone else thinks or beleives on behalf of the "victim". That's the difference as that's crucial

Perhaps you should take your Anger Management therapists advice before you go off on your next rant. You seem unreasonably vexed by the whole hate crime thing.

 

[noseall]

The police investigate.

And can decide if a case needs the attention of the CPS.

 

[SammyInnit]

Verbal abuse, threats or name-calling can be a common and extremely unpleasant experience for minority groups.

So anyone who isn't white British?

 

[SammyInnit]

You seem unreasonably vexed by the whole hate crime thing.

Doesn't the idea of a slippery slope have you the slightest bit concerned for the potential to errode your right to free speech? The fact that there is no absolute definiton of what is 'verbal abuse' should have you worried. If you even hint at the slightest of criticism and a person considered to be a member of a minority group finds that to be offensive, in the wording of the met, it is a hate crime.

 

[noseall]

Doesn't the idea of a slippery slope have you the slightest bit concerned for the potential to errode your right to free speech?

It didn't before Woods wrote this post, nor does it now.
My free speech has not been affected.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

So anyone who isn't white British?

Is that the only minority group you are aware of, that connected with race?
It would explain your limited horizon.

 

[SammyInnit]

My free speech has not been affected.

It may not have been as you aren't having that conversation but your right to do so will be/has been.