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Hello from the UK, where we lock people up for jokes! Public authorities are just as corruptible.

• dleslie 6y ago
  For jokes and for carrying deadly assault spoons. AFAICT, it looks to be sporting aftermarket tacticool rust. ;) https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-police-station-mocked-for-tweeting-photo-of-dangerous-knife-collection-that-includes-a-spoon https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-police-station-mocked-...
  • yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    The spoon might be the most extreme part of that picture, but I wouldn't blink at seeing 90% of those in a kitchen - how are brits supposed to cut meat?
    • dleslie 6y ago
      It's hard to keep track because they keep encroaching on knife ownership. It's illegal to sell a knife to someone under 18! As a Canadian, I owned a half dozen pocket knives by the time I was 10, and took them camping and so forth. It's illegal for an adult to carry a knife without good reason! I carry one on me all the time, because I often need one. It blows my mind how far down the authoritarian rabbit hole they're going, rather than addressing the root causes of violence. https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
• kevingadd 6y ago
  At least if a US public authority decided to suspend his husband's account, he could issue a FOIA request to get the documentation explaining why it happened. If the FOIA is rejected for national security reasons, that'll be explicit. Public records laws and regulations don't apply to a big company like Google, so they can stonewall you forever and not have to explain what their policies are or how they were enforced. Public authorities are at least theoretically accountable to the public, unlike a billion-dollar megacorp which isn't accountable to any force on this planet.