Mar 23, 2024 05:21 PM
Scotland to ban comedy?
https://www.somenews.co.uk/2024/03/scotl...omedy.html
INTRO: Free speech north of the border has become a hot topic. Humza Yousaf's “hate crime” bill will apparently target actors and comedians. So, no, I guess I’m not doing Edinburgh this year.
This is according to leaked training information from Police Scotland. They’re being taught how to apply this new law, which comes in on April 1st, which seems fitting.
The leak says the police will be allowed to arrest and charge performers if they are reported to police for communicating 'threatening or abusive material.'
Because we live in a time when people will definitely complain to the police if there’s something they don’t like, this law will get used. The problem always starts when you have to define what is threatening. If you leave it to the person who feels threatened to define it there will be no limit to what will be criminalised. Some people are terrified of clowns, so they’d be in jail for sure... (MORE - details)
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Hate crime law: Force for good or recipe for disaster?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-68570614
INTRO: What do a sex shop, a mushroom farm and a "hate monster" have in common? They're all at the heart of a blazing row about prejudice, offence and freedom of speech in Scotland.
A public information campaign highlighting the introduction on 1 April of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act has begun — and is itself controversial.
It includes a Police Scotland video featuring a character called the hate monster who gets "bigger and bigger, "till he's weighing ye doon."
"Then, before ye know it," the subtitled video goes on, "ye've committed a hate crime."
The video has been ridiculed on social media as patronising... (MORE - details) ..... Another YouTube video: Comedian talks about Scotland's insane Hate Crime Act and Humza's hate monster
Hate hurts: A message from Police Scotland ... https://youtu.be/tEpi543NY-A
https://www.somenews.co.uk/2024/03/scotl...omedy.html
INTRO: Free speech north of the border has become a hot topic. Humza Yousaf's “hate crime” bill will apparently target actors and comedians. So, no, I guess I’m not doing Edinburgh this year.
This is according to leaked training information from Police Scotland. They’re being taught how to apply this new law, which comes in on April 1st, which seems fitting.
The leak says the police will be allowed to arrest and charge performers if they are reported to police for communicating 'threatening or abusive material.'
Because we live in a time when people will definitely complain to the police if there’s something they don’t like, this law will get used. The problem always starts when you have to define what is threatening. If you leave it to the person who feels threatened to define it there will be no limit to what will be criminalised. Some people are terrified of clowns, so they’d be in jail for sure... (MORE - details)
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Hate crime law: Force for good or recipe for disaster?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-68570614
INTRO: What do a sex shop, a mushroom farm and a "hate monster" have in common? They're all at the heart of a blazing row about prejudice, offence and freedom of speech in Scotland.
A public information campaign highlighting the introduction on 1 April of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act has begun — and is itself controversial.
It includes a Police Scotland video featuring a character called the hate monster who gets "bigger and bigger, "till he's weighing ye doon."
"Then, before ye know it," the subtitled video goes on, "ye've committed a hate crime."
The video has been ridiculed on social media as patronising... (MORE - details) ..... Another YouTube video: Comedian talks about Scotland's insane Hate Crime Act and Humza's hate monster
Hate hurts: A message from Police Scotland ... https://youtu.be/tEpi543NY-A