Did Brenda Leyland Have the Right to Due Process ?

[G-Unit]

Anything that some people don't approve of SHOULD BE STOPPED! Any means are acceptable so long as the end is achieved.

[Erngath]

Anything that some people don't approve of SHOULD BE STOPPED! Any means are acceptable so long as the end is achieved.

Rather an exaggerated statement in my opinion.
Just hate and bullying on the internet should be stopped.

[G-Unit]

Rather an exaggerated statement in my opinion.
Just hate and bullying on the internet should be stopped.

It sounds simple, but it isn't. The first step is to agree on a definition of 'hate' and 'bullying'.

[Erngath]

It sounds simple, but it isn't. The first step is to agree on a definition of 'hate' and 'bullying'.

What constitutes hate speech and bullying seems to have been accepted in school, workplaces and in the publc arena.
Shouldn't be too difficult to carry this over into the internet.

Do you consider any of the internet speculation about the McCann family to be  outwith the bounds of decency?
How far is free speech allowed?

[Alice Purjorick]

Anything that some people don't approve of SHOULD BE STOPPED! Any means are acceptable so long as the end is achieved.

Kris Kristofferson:
'Cause everybody's gotta have somebody to look down on
Who they can feel better than at any time they please
Someone doin' somethin' dirty decent folks can frown on

I believe Terry Pratchett had something with this:
"It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it".

[John]

A reminder to keep posts amiable and constructive please guys. TY

[Alice Purjorick]

What constitutes hate speech and bullying seems to have been accepted in school, workplaces and in the publc arena.
Shouldn't be too difficult to carry this over into the internet.

Do you consider any of the internet speculation about the McCann family to be  outwith the bounds of decency?
How far is free speech allowed?

That would depend alot on where one lived.

[Erngath]

That would depend alot on where one lived.

I wasn't thinking of North Korea.
Obviously the discussion is related to what happens in this country.
I thought that was understood.

[Miss Taken Identity]

It sounds simple, but it isn't. The first step is to agree on a definition of 'hate' and 'bullying'.

Well in some quarters if someone  is offended by what you say or do it is deemed as bullying.The offence may be real or not it is how they 'feel'.  Now as we undestand it - if we believe the McCanns, they do not 'do' social media. therefor can't possibly be offended. So no harm done.

  'Curtain tweekers' were disliked in post WW2  Russia and Germany. AND now we know why!



love this:Amaral,and the McCanns and Rupert Murdoch ,sky news bbc  all media ... making money from a disappeared child, and clearly without a clue.

[Alice Purjorick]

1) I wasn't thinking of North Korea.
Obviously the discussion is related to what happens in this country.
2)I thought that was understood.

1) Neither was I.
2) It was/is.

[Erngath]

Well in some quarters if someone  is offended by what you say or do it is deemed as bullying.The offence may be real or not it is how they 'feel'.  Now as we undestand it - if we believe the McCanns, they do not 'do' social media. therefor can't possibly be offended. So no harm done.

  'Curtain tweekers' were disliked in post WW2  Russia and Germany. AND now we know why!



love this:Amaral,and the McCanns and Rupert Murdoch ,sky news bbc  all media ... making money from a disappeared child, and clearly without a clue.

I'm glad you liked it
It's so true.
I copied it from Stephen who had it at the end of all his posts.
Obviously not exactly the same but my little twist of his quote.

[Erngath]

1) Neither was I.
2) It was/is.

Good.

[Venturi Swirl]

The poll tax riots being a case in point. Laws get made or changed when there's sufficient interest by the general population. I don't see a grass roots interest in protecting the McCanns from online questions and criticisms.

There is a grass roots interest in doing more to prevent internet bullying and abuse though and hold social media platforms to account, don’t you think? 

[Venturi Swirl]

Have you seen posts about the case which dispassionately examine and discuss the evidence? No 'callous hatred' being 'spewed', no 'bile', no 'righteous fury', no 'vile comments', no 'vitriol'? I have. Perhaps you were reading the wrong sites?

Yes I have seen posts like that.  What is your point?

[Venturi Swirl]

It sounds simple, but it isn't. The first step is to agree on a definition of 'hate' and 'bullying'.

OK, is it bullying to call someone fat and ugly, and to out them on social media?  Is it acceptable to imply publicly that someone is guilty of murder?