UK: "Glorifying" terror a crime?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

How can you have an attack on something that's never existed? We don't have an absolute freedom of speech here and never have; you know how absurdly restrictive our libel laws are, right? Or that in the '80's the government actually banned the voices of leading Irish Republicans from the airwaves? And then there's the Blasphemy Law (which I'd like repealed, btw).
Personally I don't really have a problem with a ban on glorifying terrorism; something has to be done after all, and this is certainly better than some of the alternatives and certainly better than some of the stupid laws already in place.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I am not speaking about freedom of speech from any particular nation's perspective, but rather as what I perceive as a right of all people, essential to any free society.

Ah... I see now

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Call it lesser of two evils. I personally don't especially like the idea of restricting what people can and can't say (even though it's very hard to fall foul of the proposed new law) but if it means less brainwashed idiots blowing themselves up in public places...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I wonder if they'd send the Sex Pistols to jail?

No.
Although they're another example of the lack of genuine free speech; they were banned from appearing on the BBC for years.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

what's that?

A bloody stupid law that bans criticism of the Established Church and it's doctrines. Not that it's ever used now; see Pete's post.

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Er... no. Not at all.