Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'

by Mickey mouse 38 Replies latest jw friends

  • diamondblue1974
    diamondblue1974
    Under the Public Order Act, it is an offence to display" any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, " but it is a defence to show that "that his conduct was reasonable."

    You are right to some extent however nothing within the Public Order Act 1986 (as amended) or the Racial & Religious Hatred Act 2006 prevents a person from expressing their freedom of speech. They might have grounds to arrest given that they suspect him of doing the above but whether or not they have adequate grounds to prosecute is an entirely different matter.

    In short the CPS wouldnt have a leg to stand on and they know it.

    Gary

  • Gill
    Gill

    Gary - They may well not have a leg to stand on, at the moment, but how long before they change and manipulate the law so that they can enforce and punish 'freedom of speech'?

    Only a couple of years ago I believed that GB was 'the land of the free' but to my horror we have become the movie set for 'V' for Vendetta!

    What happened to us?

  • Peppermint
    Peppermint

    "Only a couple of years ago I believed that GB was 'the land of the free' but to my horror we have become the movie set for 'V' for Vendetta!

    What happened to us?"

    Well Gill you know what to do with your vote.

  • Gill
    Gill

    Peppermint - Actually I don't know what to do with my vote!

    I don't trust the conservatives as far as you can throw them......I still remember the Poll Tax, the reduction in hospital wards, the loss of dentists, the privatisation of hospital cleaning and school cleaning, the abuse of the miners! God how we could do with some coal mines NOW! The privatisation of the railways, the water boards and the complete bloody mess they caused when we ended up with 15% interest rates! What a fiasco the Conservatives were!! Oh and if you don't remember the Poll Tax riots, its worth watching them on You Tube. Do you remember the sick, disabled and elderly being locked up in prison because they could not AFFORD the scandalous Poll Tax! I do. I will Never vote Conservative....ever!

    As for the Liberal Democrats - What can one say? But they do run our local council and do a fantastic job but then I heard they wanted to Road Tax large cars two thousand pounds a year!!! Well, we need our Espace and we only use it to go on holiday once a year and perhaps shop once or twice a month.....other than that it never moves, BUT we don't want to pay two thousand in road tax for a car that we need as there are six of us in our family! We both work locally and so we cycle or walk to work hence we already pay as little tax as possible to this blood sucking government and don't intend to vote another blood sucking government in.

    Now, UKIP sounds interesting, BUT, they don't seem to have many policys other than getting out of the EU, which would be fantastic for a start!

    I would never vote for the BNP, as they are too thuggish!

    Labour! I will remember this eleven years fiasco of the sickening Blairs and poor old Mr Brown for a long time and will NEVER vote for labour!

    So.....any suggestions as to who to vote for as I have no idea except for who I won't vote for!

    Might even vote for the Monstor Raving Looney Party!

  • Peppermint
    Peppermint

    "Might even vote for the Monstor Raving Looney Party!"

    Good choice. No seriously, if I thought they would stand a chance I would vote Green, but it would be a wasted vote - In reality its a choice between Labour and Conservatives. The only thing that keeps them on their toes is the change between the two. This lot have become complacent and full of themselves, time to kick them out and put the others in for a while.

  • Gill
    Gill

    Ah! 'The wasted vote' syndrome!

    I'm afraid that the Conservatives would be NO better at resolving anything.

    The govenment has no money in the bank to rescue us from the recession we are walking into as they need all our tax to pay for bullets, rocket propelled grenades, missiles, etc over in Iraq and Afghanistan. People forget that we are at war and it can cost thirty thousand pounds for one rocket propelled grenade. How much money are we WASTING in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan?

    I was reading in one paper that this government has wasted two hundred BILLION pounds on Quangos and committees!!!!!

    So, there is no money in the bank.

    All this government is doing is trying to silence the people into just saying nothing and not complaining by bringing in laws that do not allow free speech.

    This is the reason for this poor boy being in trouble. Ifact, he is in more trouble than a knife wielding thug.....but then, words are much more powerful weapons than knives and guns and the government has much to fear from words.

  • justhuman
    justhuman

    My God...this is outrageous...how can a teenager face prosecution because he express his opinion regarding Scientology?

    Boy I can see George's Orwell "1984" happening in front of our eyes. Watchtower uses the same technics like Scientology. In fact they are all part for Cesnur in Italy when all the cults like Watchtower-Mormons-Scientology are meeting together to "protect" their "legal" rights...

    Even in my country I can see all those cults above to try to expand, and they use every legal mean to do that. The funny think is those cults have ruin the lives of millions of their ex-followers. We, as ex cult members have seen our live torn apart because of the unhuman policy of the cult called Watchtower....

    Double thinking, double policy, and all they can to "support" their existence as "Christian religions." All though they are claiming that they have freedom for their members, it is exactly the opposide. Slaves of a concept and their masters are trying their best to keep that concept...

  • digderidoo
    digderidoo

    It amazes me that we do not have a right to freedom of speech is this country. There may well be a tradition, but nothing in black and white as they do in the USA. This country is slowly becoming a police state, what about all those muslim placards, when they marched through London in site of the police? It was only because of the public backlash that the Met did anthing about it, yet they still not only allowed them as all the placards were approved first.

    This is a disgrace.

    Paul

  • Earnest
    Earnest

    The Daily Telegraph (p.12) reported today that :

    "Legal action has been dropped against a 16-year-old who faced prosecution for branding Scientology a 'cult'. The teenager refused to put down a placard saying 'Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult' during a protest outside the church's headquarters in the City of London on May 10. Police had told him he had breached the Public Order Act."

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