Jesus, this really is out of 1984. What does "malicious communications" mean?

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Jesus, this really is out of 1984. What does "malicious communications" mean?

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Well stupid youtube videos where you have a dog do a Nazi salute will get you arrested and flicking off a traffic camera is 8 months in jail.

If I were British, I'd be about where the colonists were in 1775 in regards to my feeling towards government.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

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"Change has come to Amerika."- TFG

I really dont believe they should be allowed to have nuclear weapons or even a military anymore. I talk a lot of about the imminent doom of the USA, but in Britain they are already there. What happens when Sadiq Khan is PM and has a button to press? It's a scary thought.

People laugh when I say the US could turn into an authoritarian nightmare but then the UK is about halfway there. I don't think it's hyperbole to even say that at this point.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Yeah, that's bad enough, but you could at least hope they were one-offs. But now making preemptive threats to the general public warning against vague "malicious" statements? Truly Orwellian.

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halfway is giving them way too much credit.

It could happen here but it’s a lot less likely. Most British people seem to enjoy being the subjects of a monarch.

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As I said, the dystopian future novels of the 20th century didn't warn people. They instead presented a blueprint for governments of the 21st century.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

It's not hyperbole, primarily because, IMO, we are so far-removed from any real national strife that we've forgotten how close we are at all times to everything falling apart.

Our institutions are pretty strong, though.

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haha do you know any British people? I dont think anyone hates the UK more than the British.

They dont have a constitution. Their democracy is MUCH less representative than ours. Its a bicameral legislature with one house, which I admit is mostly symbolic and pointless, constituted LITERALLY of lords. Whereas Russia, Spain and France had their revolutions and Germany had its political system dismantled after WW1, Britain has maintained the same strident class system and weak democratic adherence for more than a century now.

The people there hate it, especially since the (kind of necessary) Thatcher reforms pretty much put a nail in the coffin of their global relevance and prestige, but they have no avenue to fight back. They even voted to leave the EU and here we are two years later and their government has basically taken that referendum, which they were absolutely compelled to follow, and ignored it. What can they do?

the 1914 vibe is very strong depending how you look at

It's going to be hilarious when their next PM is a literal Putin/Assad apologist. We joke about Trump being a puppet of Putin, but holy shit Corbyn actually is, and not because Putin has anything over him, but because he wants to be.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

fake news! He's being jailed because he had an illegal laser Jammer that was screwing up the speed cameras.

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The judges comments on the sentence (and the police's own twitter posts on it) highlighted the middle finger to the cameras.

Also, who the fuck cares if he has a laser jammer? That's certainly not a punishment equaling the crime.

This is all happening in a country where twitter posts and youtube videos = fines and jail time. If CFMB exited in the UK, we would all be liable to jail time for the shit we say here.

So UK police if you're monitoring and I happen to visit your country, fuck your Queen, fuck your PM, and fuck your loyal opposition leader.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I'd be on death row.

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Sounds like residents of the UK realised they aren't worthy of freedom.

Good for them for being that self aware.

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I probably shouldn't do any posting when i'm in London this weekend.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Sounds like the UK police are making sure they don’t miss dangerous warning signs on social media!

It is kind of funny to see how many were blaming the police/FBI for not doing more about the youtube comment of the Parkland shooter but are all over this.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Supporting Assad at arm's length makes more sense than supporting the Islamic State or the "moderate rebels" of Al-Qaeda. You need the religious minority to stay in power or the Sunnis will ethnically cleanse like they've never ethnically cleansed before.

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Arresting people for Nazi Pugs and not following up on violent threats are not equal.

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Social media posts were not the issue there. Direct in person threats and assaults which required police calls to his home were.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Hard to play that angle when you're also cozy with Hamas and Hezbollah while simultaneously praising the Mullahs. (Let's not even mention his praise for Maduro)

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

No. The YouTube comment was mentioned a ton. You can't erase that because it's inconvenient now.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You are turning into one of the dumbest people on this board. Do you have a new drug problem or something?

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Yeah Rick you're kinda doubling down on stupid right now. Willfully ignoring the differences between the two examples is going beyond Obtuse Rick.

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