It was simply me calling over to my friend, Peter File…
Ah yes…….wasn’t this during the funeral of the queen? Or at least a part of it? You can heckle Andrew all you want but don’t disrupt the queens ceremony to do it.
The guy who called that should get the Victoria Cross.
Since when did Britain ever consider itself a bastion or cradle of free speech? There are no real protection of free speech here and there never has been, both left and right seem to celebrate the stifling of free speech. Many people openly support prison sentences for those who offend others, and likewise many others feel similarly against those.who disrupt others in protest. Nor are you guaranteed to receive protection from the state if you were to criticise the wrong religion, in fact it’s very possible that MPs may come out against you and in support of the reintroduction of blasphemy laws. We’ve quite literally denied well meaning asylum seekers from entering the country on the basis of what they’ve said (Asia Bibi).
**Do you want free speech to thrive? Then it has to be regulated, now more than ever**
Since when has Britian been seen as some free speech icon, have people just not been paying attention?
People have been arrested for tweets and all kinds of dumb shit here.
He might be scum but he’s also a son mourning his dead mother. He should be let to do that in peace
We all know that he was arrested for disturbing the funeral proseccsion. You can say what ever you like about the monarchy .
Or, until someone is disruptive/ disrespectful to the funerary procession of our late much-loved Monarch? There were a lot of people along that road trying to take in a poignant moment. The arrest was made on a charge of disturbing the peace. Quite right, when they can protest as much as they want elsewhere or at another time. Freedom of speech isn’t and never has been about the right to say anything at any time.
If we check the freedom of press index of the last years, this title would be in better hands in Costa Rica or Jamaica
Free speech is never absolute. You have the classic not being able to yell “fire!” in a crowded theater. There are times when individual rights clash with community rights, and what is best for the group wins.
People are making this about the political content of the yelling. But it was rather the yelling itself, and turning an opportunity for the community to mourn into a political demonstration. It was about the time and place, rather than the merits of the argument.
This reminds me of when Westboro Baptist Church would picket outside the funerals of soldiers with signs that “God Hates Fags”, and “Traitor!”. Regardless of how one feels about the deceased, one owes the mourners a temporary window of peace to say goodbye to their loved ones. That is just decency.
No the guardian likes to consider that Britain is the cradle of free speech . This guy wasn’t punished for what he said but where he said it . Have some goddam respect .
If you find out that allies are actual war criminals and make it public, UK will put you into jail 😀
Literally never heard anyone say British is the cradle of free speech.
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Free speech is not free of consequence.
It was simply me calling over to my friend, Peter File…
Ah yes…….wasn’t this during the funeral of the queen? Or at least a part of it? You can heckle Andrew all you want but don’t disrupt the queens ceremony to do it.
The guy who called that should get the Victoria Cross.
Since when did Britain ever consider itself a bastion or cradle of free speech? There are no real protection of free speech here and there never has been, both left and right seem to celebrate the stifling of free speech. Many people openly support prison sentences for those who offend others, and likewise many others feel similarly against those.who disrupt others in protest. Nor are you guaranteed to receive protection from the state if you were to criticise the wrong religion, in fact it’s very possible that MPs may come out against you and in support of the reintroduction of blasphemy laws. We’ve quite literally denied well meaning asylum seekers from entering the country on the basis of what they’ve said (Asia Bibi).
This is an article from The Guardian just last month: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/free-speech-regulate-online-safety-bill
**Do you want free speech to thrive? Then it has to be regulated, now more than ever**
Since when has Britian been seen as some free speech icon, have people just not been paying attention?
People have been arrested for tweets and all kinds of dumb shit here.
He might be scum but he’s also a son mourning his dead mother. He should be let to do that in peace
We all know that he was arrested for disturbing the funeral proseccsion. You can say what ever you like about the monarchy .
Or, until someone is disruptive/ disrespectful to the funerary procession of our late much-loved Monarch? There were a lot of people along that road trying to take in a poignant moment. The arrest was made on a charge of disturbing the peace. Quite right, when they can protest as much as they want elsewhere or at another time. Freedom of speech isn’t and never has been about the right to say anything at any time.
If we check the freedom of press index of the last years, this title would be in better hands in Costa Rica or Jamaica
Free speech is never absolute. You have the classic not being able to yell “fire!” in a crowded theater. There are times when individual rights clash with community rights, and what is best for the group wins.
People are making this about the political content of the yelling. But it was rather the yelling itself, and turning an opportunity for the community to mourn into a political demonstration. It was about the time and place, rather than the merits of the argument.
This reminds me of when Westboro Baptist Church would picket outside the funerals of soldiers with signs that “God Hates Fags”, and “Traitor!”. Regardless of how one feels about the deceased, one owes the mourners a temporary window of peace to say goodbye to their loved ones. That is just decency.
No the guardian likes to consider that Britain is the cradle of free speech . This guy wasn’t punished for what he said but where he said it . Have some goddam respect .
If you find out that allies are actual war criminals and make it public, UK will put you into jail 😀
Literally never heard anyone say British is the cradle of free speech.
I mean.. we were all thinking it