Scotlands new Hate speech/crime bill.

[Ban-jani]

I have. One of them is dead.

What relevance does it have to the Scottish bill?

You’re only allowed to read from sources Stoner and Rascal allow.

 

[Fame Monster]

You’re only allowed to read from sources Stoner and Rascal allow.

Putting aside the blatant ad hominem fallacies, I actually think there's a fair bit of Spiked that they might agree with, especially when it comes to Spiked's opposition to Western intervention.

Back on topic, another great article about the bill from Neil Oliver.

Hate speech in Scotland: cry freedom to jest, or laugh no more

Heard the one about the Englishman, the Irishman and the Scotsman walking into a bar? Not in Scotland you won’t — or not likely, at least, if the Scottish gove

www.thetimes.co.uk

And to preempt some, yes The Times is or has been funded by Rupert Murdoch.

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Kindly leave the forum! We don't want any of your sort round 'ere, spreading sanity!!

Thanks. I do know from previous experience that acrimonious exchanges are par for the course when it comes to online forums. However, I have found this place to be pretty impressive so far and have found myself learning from posts that challenge my own perspective, though maybe I have been a bit lucky so far.

Anyway, over and above the issue of free speech, here's cartoonist Davey Jones's wonderful summation of how the media actually works in this country.

 

[stonerblue]

You’re only allowed to read from sources Stoner and Rascal allow.

I thought I asked you to tag me whenever you mention me in a post?

 

[Ban-jani]

I thought I asked you to tag me whenever you mention me in a post?

Don’t remember you doing, I was only making a mild joke anyway.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Thanks. I do know from previous experience that acrimonious exchanges are par for the course when it comes to online forums. However, I have found this place to be pretty impressive so far and have found myself learning from posts that challenge my own perspective, though maybe I have been a bit lucky so far.

Anyway, over and above the issue of free speech, here's cartoonist Davey Jones's wonderful summation of how the media actually in this country.

Some of it is interesting, but so much is delivered in polemic with the wheat in a swirl of chaff.

That sums Dacre and the tabloids up though.

 

[Fame Monster]

Thankfully some of the Stasi-like provisions have been removed from this bill but it's still pretty unpalatable reading for a supposedly Western, secular society.

Hopefully, Starmer isn't going to use it as a blueprint for his new racial equality act.