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I guess keeping a guy on the airport for no apparent reason for 7 hours, just to make his life miserable in any way, is something that should be expected by a m
by atmosx 13y ago
I guess keeping a guy on the airport for no apparent reason for 7 hours, just to make his life miserable in any way, is something that should be expected by a modern democracy who is applying filter to protect it's population from child pornography.
So, let's not be hyperbolic here. Well, if we were hyperbolic in the first place, maybe the GQHC (or whatever it is called) and the NSA wouldn't have bugged the entire planet. Who knows?
SERIOUSLY?
- vidarh 13y agoAll in all, it is peanuts, and still puts the UK amongst the safest countries in the world (certainly still far better than the US when it comes to people being detained and having stuff confiscated at airports) for people opposed to the current government. The point is the article tried to paint this as if the Guardian was under imminent threat, when the government has been whining for months, and that is the worst they've been able to actually do.
- DanBC 13y ago> still puts the UK amongst the safest countries in the world This is true. I hope no one is suggesting that UK authorities kill journalists. But still, detaining the partner of a journalist who is carrying materials to that journalist is something that the UK must not do. Respect for journalistic materials is written into some UK law. This kind of thing might be, compared to other countries, not that big a deal. But it's still scummy and sleazy.
- lttlrck 13y ago'maybe the GQHC (or whatever it is called) and the NSA wouldn't have bugged the entire planet.' Yeah let's not be hyperbolic... Its GCHQ BTW
- atmosx 13y agoAm I hyperbolic??? I'm not so sure anymore.