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18-12-2020, 11:17 AM
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Freedom of speech ruling

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rk-ruling.html

Judges have insisted that freedom of speech includes the 'right to offend' in a landmark ruling which could help to turn the tide on 'woke' intolerance after a feminist who called a transgender woman a 'pig in a wig' and a 'man' was cleared.

Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said: 'Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.'
Bound to be challenged but what should have been expected.
Push too far and people inevitably push back.
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18-12-2020, 11:26 AM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

Well done Kate...
It's about time we saw some common sense from the courts...
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18-12-2020, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
Well done Kate...
It's about time we saw some common sense from the courts...
Too ruddy right eh Foxy, now go brush your tail, it's looking very scruffy today, there I insulted you and got away with it
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18-12-2020, 11:42 AM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

If someone on the receiving end is that upset, then the laws of slander and libel are still available to them.

It's those who feel offended on someone else's behalf who, by and large, should get a life and stfu!
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18-12-2020, 12:00 PM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

Originally Posted by Lion Queen ->
Too ruddy right eh Foxy, now go brush your tail, it's looking very scruffy today, there I insulted you and got away with it
You couldn't offend me Lion Queen if you slapped my buttocks with a wet haddock....
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18-12-2020, 12:15 PM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

Originally Posted by dextrous63 ->
if someone on the receiving end is that upset, then the laws of slander and libel are still available to them.

It's those who feel offended on someone else's behalf who, by and large, should get a life and stfu!

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18-12-2020, 12:17 PM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
You couldn't offend me Lion Queen if you slapped my buttocks with a wet haddock....
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18-12-2020, 12:30 PM
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You couldn't offend me Lion Queen if you slapped my buttocks with a wet haddock....
That would hurt you kinky beast
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18-12-2020, 12:41 PM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

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That would hurt you kinky beast
Don't talk to a Wet Haddock like that.
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18-12-2020, 01:02 PM
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Re: Freedom of speech ruling

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Don't talk to a Wet Haddock like that.
I'm offended on Foxy's behalf, even though he doesn't give a flying fig.
 
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