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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #120 on: September 12, 2024, 04:33:41 PM »
That's because those same organizations also, without irony, believe the concept of "hate speech" exists. In fact, they believe the US government's lack of punishment regarding this so-called "hate speech" makes it less free.
I'd love to hear which metric says that
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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #121 on: September 12, 2024, 05:09:35 PM »
In the books 1985
Is that the sequel to 1984? Is it any good?
Tom: "Claiming incredulity is a pretty bad argument. Calling it "insane" or "ridiculous" is not a good argument at all."

TFES Wiki Occam's Razor page, by Tom: "What's the simplest explanation; that NASA has successfully designed and invented never before seen rocket technologies from scratch which can accelerate 100 tons of matter to an escape velocity of 7 miles per second"

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #122 on: September 12, 2024, 05:29:44 PM »
These days if you say you're English you get arrested and thrown in jail.

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #123 on: September 13, 2024, 05:22:26 PM »
It doesn't.

Incorrect.

The words I used were hyperbole, so were yours.
But to answer the OP once again - yes, the UK is OK, thanks for asking.

Nice opinion.

That's because those same organizations also, without irony, believe the concept of "hate speech" exists. In fact, they believe the US government's lack of punishment regarding this so-called "hate speech" makes it less free.
I'd love to hear which metric says that

You're free (haha) to look back in the thread and read AATW's "freedom ranking" links.

These days if you say you're English you get arrested and thrown in jail.

It's what the English deserve.

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #124 on: September 14, 2024, 07:48:22 AM »
Nice opinion.
Of course it's an opinion. You literally just finished pointing out that the US Presidential Debate doesn't have an objective winner.
Now you're confused that this is a matter of opinion?

But as I said earlier, freedom is in the eye of the beholder. You're free if you think you are and we overwhelmingly believe we are.
Attempts to objectively measure this agree. So yes, we're OK thanks.

All you're doing is standing outside someone's house shouting through the window about how shit it is. Well ok, don't come and live here then. We do live here and we mostly think it's fine thanks. Not perfect, which house is - yours definitely isn't. But, as these things go, it's fine. Thanks for your concern though, obvs.
Tom: "Claiming incredulity is a pretty bad argument. Calling it "insane" or "ridiculous" is not a good argument at all."

TFES Wiki Occam's Razor page, by Tom: "What's the simplest explanation; that NASA has successfully designed and invented never before seen rocket technologies from scratch which can accelerate 100 tons of matter to an escape velocity of 7 miles per second"

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #125 on: September 14, 2024, 10:55:50 PM »
But as I said earlier, freedom is in the eye of the beholder. You're free if you think you are and we overwhelmingly believe we are.

Yes, well, obviously. If you think freedom is getting arrested for tweets then that is freedom. I'm sure North Koreans thank Kim for how free they are as well, but I don't see how that's a very good way to defend yourself as "okay".


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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #127 on: October 18, 2024, 03:15:58 PM »
Yep.
Tom: "Claiming incredulity is a pretty bad argument. Calling it "insane" or "ridiculous" is not a good argument at all."

TFES Wiki Occam's Razor page, by Tom: "What's the simplest explanation; that NASA has successfully designed and invented never before seen rocket technologies from scratch which can accelerate 100 tons of matter to an escape velocity of 7 miles per second"

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #128 on: October 19, 2024, 07:48:29 PM »
It appears that the same judge in the story Rushy mentioned above also sympathizes with degeneracy. What a coincidence that the stereotype proves accurate.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3194025/uk-judge-gives-31-months-prison-hate-speech-0-months-child-pornography/

UK judge gives 31 months prison for hate speech, 0 months for child pornography
October 18, 2024

    "An English judge this week sentenced a woman who posted a hateful message on X to two years and seven months in prison. Lucy Connolly has no previous convictions. The same judge allowed a habitual child pornography offender to walk free from court without any prison time in 2021."
« Last Edit: October 19, 2024, 07:52:27 PM by Tom Bishop »

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Re: Is the UK okay?
« Reply #129 on: October 28, 2024, 02:09:59 PM »