WND –
Citing society’s need for freedom of speech, two judges in the United Kingdom have reversed a conviction for a mother of two who was charged with calling a man who lives as a woman a “man.”
A report from the Christian Institute says Kate Scottow has had her conviction, under the 2003 Communications Act, overturned.
She had been ordered to undergo a two-year conditional discharge and to pay 1,000 pounds in compensation, but the Court of Appeal decision reversed that.
Lord Justice Bean and Mr. Justice Warby ruled that free speech includes “the right to offend” and pointed out that, “Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.” read more
Sanity?!? Astonishing.
I’ve been hoping that Britain grows its testicels back after the damage done by the Labor Party since 1945.
The close of the Brexit deal and this gives me hope.
…that “misgendering” thing wasn’t going to fly in an Islamic nation anyway…
Exactly why human rights tribunals need to be abolishes.
Kangaroo courts where people are found guilty of offending and made financially liable. Canada, England, Australia etc.
Do they exist in the USA? I actually do not know.
What needs to be thrown out is every law like this. (And in the U.S. everything similar — campus and business speech codes, social media censoring e.g.)
Being arrested and going through trial and appeal is itself a punishment that bad repercussions (loss of jobs, kicked out of schools, children taken into foster care, unrecupable loss of reputation, money, time).
“Do they (Kangaroo courts) exist in the USA? I actually do not know.”
If an SJW is around on the street, sure. In courts? Not so much.
And they’ll be removed from the bench in 3…2…1
So is it still okay to call a spade a spade and Karmala a ho?
“that “misgendering” thing wasn’t going to fly in an Islamic nation anyway…”
Actually they give flying lessons to that type of person all the time in ME countries, it’s very similar to the flight training taken in FL prior to the 9/11 incident, all take off no landing instruction needed.
@ Kcir:
Not per se in the govt judiciary, but they’re all over the place on college and university campuses.
The First Amendment is quite specific: “Congress Shall make no law …”
Doesn’t say shit about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Colleges, States, or anyone else.
Of course, if they receive gov’t money (directly or indirectly) all bets are off.
Basically, don’t put your trust in paper, maggot lawyers, maggot judges, &c.
izlamo delenda est …