Hate speech laws in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaI certainly didn't say they were banning the flag...........I said that it is a slippery slope of Freedom of Expression..............We had those pushing to ban certain symbols and even speech in this country..............Doesn't make it so, but it wasn't so before they did that very thing in Europe.............................The Confederate Flag is being banned?
I don't know of anyone serious who has even suggested that it be "banned".
Which is why we should be careful in this regards.............................
From the onset of this.................the Flag flies over a Confederate Memorial.................and I have absolutely no problem with that as it is part of our history...................Does taking the flag down change that history..........would it have saved those people.....................
This is about a media blitz over a lunatic that killed people and NOTHING MORE.
What is this "slippery slope" you're talking about?
What is it that you think is going to lead to "Europe"?
Statutes[edit]
In England, Wales, and Scotland, the Public Order Act 1986 prohibits, by its Part 3, expressions of racial hatred, which is defined as hatred against a group of persons by reason of the group's colour, race, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins. Section 18 of the Act says:
A person who uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, is guilty of an offence if—
(a) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred, or
(b) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.
Offences under Part 3 carry a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment or a fine or both.[6]
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 inserted Section 4A into the Public Order Act 1986. That part prohibits anyone from causing alarm or distress. Section 4A states:
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, he— (a) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, or (b) displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.[7]
What is happening today doesn't do that.............It doesn't ban anything....................but a movement along these lines could..................Which is what I was referring to...............
Now I answered your question................Now answer the ones I posted...............
Does taking the flag down change anything.................Would that lunatic still have been a lunatic.....................I stated it changes NOTHING.
You didn't answer my question.
I asked what it was that you think is "happening" here and now that will somehow lead to banning speech.
So far, I see a lot of people using their freedom of speech to complain about the flag. What do you suggest should be done about it?