The criminalization of opinion in Britain.

[Sprayber]

I suppose I should stop here since Ming is watching this thread. This thread is for bashing the UK, not for personal amusement.

[Arrian]

Paiktis,

If your posts were really intended for serious discussion, you might get some. Spray's responses are in line with the tone of your posts.

People who respond seriously to your trolls (as I did initially) wise up pretty quickly.

So don't act all surprised.

-Arrian

[Sprayber]

The real problem is that there are serious issues about what goverments can and cannot do. Cases like Pedallia in the United States do raise a lot of concerns. But when people come on and throw around the worlds oppression and facism too easy, they loose their meaning after awhile. After awhile they sound so much like the fundies they say they oppose.

[Arrian]

Well said, Spray.

Hysterical rhetoric usually detracts from, instead of enhancing, one's position.

-Arrian

[Bereta_Eder]

hysterical rhetoric or hysterical "law"?

[Bereta_Eder]

And if my phrasing doesn't please you is propably because we're not accustomed to such a fascistic (yes) "law" where I come from.

(After we overthrew the you know with whose backing junta of course - during that, it was common).


The fact that Americans liek you make light of this makes me wonder whether you are.

[Worthingtons]

Paiktis , Almost everytime i come on Apoyton i see some poor attack from you on the UK. What's the problem?? we're you knocked by a British girl once?? got deported from here and sent to Greece????

The Fact is our Country is better than yours in many ways , we have plenty of Freedom of Speech here , I've made dozens of scathing attacks on Blair on other boards and havent been arrested yet! . Now go away and vent your silly anger on something else.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by paiktis22
hysterical rhetoric or hysterical "law"?

Most likely both. I'll reserve final judgement until I see the evidence presented at trial. So far the arrest seems as stupid as the plane spotter case.

[Bereta_Eder]

Ming?

Rothy's arguments seem to be all about personal attacks?

About the people taking photographs of military airports and their arrest based on the law it is another matter and of course just to anyone with a sence of reason.
But this is about another thread, isn't it?

[Bereta_Eder]

and of curse Rothy conviently failed to acknowledge the fact that a Greek student was arrested on his country because his opinions didn't please the brit "gov" and that they based their arrest on the possession of "books".


Yes, you're right I have no reason to talk

As said terrorists have already won in that island west of Europe.

[DinoDoc]

I love histrionics as much as the next fellow but don't you have more important things to talk about. The man's trial hasn't even started yet as far as I know. I'm sure that he will get treated as fairly by the UK judiciary as the plane spotters were by the Greek judiciary.

[Bereta_Eder]

We know the offence of the people taking photographs of military airports and the pressure of the brit gov to have them released.

What exactly is the crime of the Greek student?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by paiktis22
What exactly is the crime of the Greek student?

Don't know yet. AFAIK, the Crown hasn't released its evidence against the man yet.

[Bereta_Eder]

BTW latest news say that the UK "courts" refused him bail.

I didn't think of it at first but maybe Axi's comment about "revenge" holds water.

The sad fact that is their "law" though remains their spite apart.

[Ozz]

Well, I'm interested in the outcome of this thread.
Troll or no.

I didn''t find any reports on the BBC about the court hearing which should have been yesterday.

But I suspect it will be yet another vain attempt to smear the British.

And another heaping helping of humble pie.
for the Greeks.