Nanny State: Man arrested for using racist word in email. ...but didn't.

[cstreit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241994/Businessman-arrested-wife-son--anti-gipsy--email-didn-t-write.html

Unreal. I can now confidently state that the UK is the silliest country on the planet. I know they were getting a little ridiculous over there, but now you can be arrested for using a racist word in an email? OH, and he didn't use a racist word, he used the word "likey" which rhymes with "pikey"

Surveyors in the UK said the be cowering in fear over how to address property 'setbacks' going forward.

[varmint]

liberal fascism.

[GH85Carrera]

It sure nice to have a first amendment to protect our rights.

[Jim Bremner]

and the second to protect the first.

[john70t]

Sounds like the Gipsey anti-defamation league has some disproportionate pull over there....(just for you sammy).

[GG Allin]

Reminds me of the guy in England that dug up a gun in his garden, turned it in to the police and got arrested for possession of a hand gun.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Crikey!

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

England has turned into a nation of pussies.

Pathetic.

[rob justice]

England has turned into a nation of pussies.

I agree entirely



Just don't get me started

[HardDrive]

Brits are subjects, not citizens.

[tabs]

U really mean to tell me that if I live in the UK I can not use the words..."NIGGER, CHINK, SPIC, SAND NIGGER or KIKE".....without fear of being arrested?

[tabs]

Originally Posted by rob justice

England has turned into a nation of pussies.

I agree entirely



Just don't get me started

Now now that is not being sensitive to the British People....calling them a bunch of "PUSSIES" might hurt their self esteem. So we can't use that word now...

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by cstreit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241994/Businessman-arrested-wife-son--anti-gipsy--email-didn-t-write.html

Unreal. I can now confidently state that the UK is the silliest country on the planet. I know they were getting a little ridiculous over there, but now you can be arrested for using a racist word in an email? OH, and he didn't use a racist word, he used the word "likey" which rhymes with "pikey"

Surveyors in the UK said the be cowering in fear over how to address property 'setbacks' going forward.

This is very niggardly of them...

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by rob justice

England has turned into a nation of pussies.

I agree entirely



Just don't get me started

I'd actually like to see a subject of the UK go on a good long rant.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by tabs

U really mean to tell me that if I live in the UK I can not use the words..."NIGGER, CHINK, SPIC, SAND NIGGER or KIKE".....without fear of being arrested?

You should throw in WOP, MICK, and POLLOCK so you're an equal opportunity offender. Wouldn't want anyone to feel left out.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally Posted by red-beard

This is very niggardly of them...

LOL I was going to say "I figger I'll get arrested for this comment."

[sammyg2]

Different country but still in europe, wacked out logic over there. Going 85 mph gets a fine of $290,000?
Freaking nutjobs.

Speeder Gets Record $290,000 Fine
Friday, January 08, 2010

A millionaire motorist clocked up a record fine of $290,000 after Swiss police caught him racing through a village at 100 km per hour (62 mph) in his red Ferrari Testarossa, Swiss media reported on Thursday.

A court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen gave the millionaire the hefty penalty, which outstripped the previous record of $107,000 handed a Porsche driver in 2008 in Zurich, after a string of previous traffic offences.

"The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed," the court said in its judgment of the motorist, who clocked speeds of up to 137 km per hour [85 mph] on country roads, said daily Blick.

The St Gallen Cantonal Court ordered the man to dip into his $22.5 million fortune, which included a villa with a garage containing five luxury cars.

Court officials said they could not immediately confirm details of the case.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by red-beard

This is very niggardly of them...

Now you have done it, the racist, ignorant naacp, jesse jackson, al sharton and the rest of so stupid that they keep supporting the party which has kept them poor & stupid will be protesting this site...

Controversies about the word "niggardly" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Howard incident
On January 15, 1999, David Howard, a white aide to Anthony A. Williams, the black mayor of Washington, D.C., used the word in reference to a budget. This apparently upset one of his black colleagues (identified by Howard as Marshall Brown), who interpreted it as a racial slur and lodged a complaint. As a result, on January 25 Howard tendered his resignation, and Williams accepted it.[1] However, after pressure from the gay community (of which Howard was a member) an internal review into the matter was brought about, and the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position as Office of the Public Advocate on February 4. Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind. That's naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person can't afford [thus in original; probably intended "can afford"] to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does."[1]

It has been speculated that this incident inspired Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain.[2]

This country is already heading in that sad direction..



The Ethics of Censorship By Consensus

[legion]

Oh wow. Being a member of one protected group apparently is a "get out of jail free card" (whether or not the controversy was justified in the first place) for offending another protected group.

[Bill Douglas]

If you don't know what a pikey is (I didn't until I read this); read this. It's pretty funny Urban Dictionary: pikey

[dtw]

I cannot believe this hasn't been posted yet.