sandandfoam
Veteran Member
What do you make of this?
AFP: Man held over burning poppy image
AFP: Man held over burning poppy image
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Man arrested for burning a poppy.
- Thread starter sandandfoam
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I take it that the poppy (an image is available here) has a special meaning for the British?
Something related to the VFW, I assume? The article on "poppy" say so.
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Something related to the VFW, I assume? The article on "poppy" say so.
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Yes - yesterday was Rememberance Sunday. Rememberence Sunday falls with Armistice Day and those who fell in various wars are remembered with laying of wreaths, church services etc.
The poppy is the symbol of rememberance because the poppy fields of Flanders are where so many British servicemen died.
Personally I find it ridiculous
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Those in London can sleep soundly knowing that the police are keeping them safe from such dangerous threats.
Some kind of repercussion might perhaps be in order, but actually arresting him certainly seems excessive.
Zoe Doidge
Basically a Goddess
The people those poppies represent died to protect our rights and freedoms. That includes being a git.
Some people just need to develop a thicker skin.
McBell
Unbound
Seems to me it would be likened to being arrested for burning an American flag.
It makes me want to burn a poppy & our flag...using pages from the Koran & Bible to start it.
But alas, they won't let me have matches (or anything sharp) in my cell.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
I don't know what the man was arrested for, and I can't open your News-Report for some reason.
There is a Common-Law offence in England and Wales :-
Conduct likely to cause a Breach of the Peace
If the man did this in a place where many people would have been very offended, and if it was likely to lead to any breach of peace, then the Police may arrest. Or anybody can detain a breach-of-peace and call the police.
The USA might have something similar,but I don't know.
There is a Common-Law offence in England and Wales :-
Conduct likely to cause a Breach of the Peace
If the man did this in a place where many people would have been very offended, and if it was likely to lead to any breach of peace, then the Police may arrest. Or anybody can detain a breach-of-peace and call the police.
The USA might have something similar,but I don't know.
Regardless of the content, I personally feel that opinions, especially on the Internet, should not be taken so seriously. Right to thought, and all that.
Edit: What's worse is that it's not "News" unless it garners comments on Facebook.
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somethingNiftyhere
Squadoosh 1@ATime
Isn't it amazing how countries will praise their veterans and dead soldiers for having fought and sacrificed to secure the freedom of a nation and a people and then when someone burns a flower with a statement written beneath the image of the burning bloom, which anyone could choose to find offensive, that person is arrested because they're not allowed to be that free!
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
I has and will continue to be misrepresented, exaggerated and used as a tool to push certain campaigns rather than assessed on it's true merits.
For example, he hasn't been arrested for burning a poppy, though that is what will be in all the tabloid headlines. According to this article was arrested for posting the image "alongside an offensive comment". I suspect the words were more significant than the image. The reporting of the story (like most others) is all about "image" though.
He was held under the Malicious Communications Act, which was written with telephones in mind. The law in this area is long overdue review in the light of technological advances but the fact is that posting something on a public website like Facebook is the moral and practical equivalent to broadcasting it and so some legal restrictions are not out of the question.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Probably the only "free" country other than the US thats more screwed up. At least we are still in the lead when it comes to jailing all the detestable citizenry.
Were still number 1!!
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
I'm not saying that this action was 'dangerous', but some opinions published anywhere can lead to severe situations. I'll bet that the internet will be controlled by some international organisation within twenty years.
Draka
Wonder Woman
What would be illegal about "How about that you squadey (sic) c****." ? Granted, I don't know what the particular C word was and who, exactly, he was referring to, but I hardly can see how that would require being arrested.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Just saw the National News. This was a top story. They showed a picture of the young man involved, gave his name and mentioned the village where he lives in Kent. This guy would need to think carefully now before he even goes to his local shop.
So somebody, somewhere, very big, with an awful lot of clout, is seriously p-ssed off with this guy.