Many of us are aware of the hate speech laws in the UK, but were you aware it is now illegal to speak out against Tony Blair?
Police arrested a twenty-year-old woman at the Midlands Game Fair over the weekend of September 17th. What was her offence? A T-shirt that said, "Bullocks to Blair".
quote: A tearful Denis was driven to a mobile police unit. ?I asked the officers how they could arrest someone for wearing a T-shirt and they told me it was because it would offend a 70-80-year-old woman,? she said.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/compe...392/68779.html
Behold the dangers of hate speech laws. If it could offend someone, it's illegal can, essentially, negate any opinion to be expressed about anything.
"I like chocolate."
"I'm allergic to chocolate, an I am offended that you would make such a comment!"
Remember, the hate speech laws are based on how any one individual takes it. The most innocuous statement could be twisted around in someone's head to mean something completely different, and that would be considered hate speech. Such as the word, niggardly.