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UK is just getting worse for internet freedom each year. The country has already curtailed free speech with its libel laws [1,2], internet censorship [3], and n

UK is just getting worse for internet freedom each year. The country has already curtailed free speech with its libel laws [1,2], internet censorship [3], and newspaper targeting [4]. I wonder if people of UK are like frog in boiling water? Do they not realize that their rights are being removed with each passing law? I hope at least tech companies will move out of UK, prompting the UK government to ponder over its actions. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chiropractic_Association_v_Singh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chiropractic_Associatio... [2] No one can make fun of Her Royal Majesty, and UK prime minister was on the parade showing solidarity with dead French satirists [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Unit... [4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/britain-targets-guardian-newspaper-over-intelligence-leaks-related-to-edward-snowden/2013/11/29/1ec3d9c0-581e-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/britain-targets-g...

fpp 12y ago
Friedrich Goltz's boiling frog experiment with the slow temperature increase to boiling only worked after he removed the brains of the frogs - all others actually jumped out above 25C+ - when you watch various UK TV shows one can certainly assume that at least some of the actors / watchers must have had their brains removed to be able to endure this. I'm not sure if that applies to the majority of the population (yet) ;-)
- Jimmed 12y ago
  > I'm not sure if that applies to the majority of the population (yet) Are we living in the same country?
lotsofmangos 12y ago
[2] You saying no-one makes fun of Liz? Our libel laws are hideous, but making fun of the queen or other royals is something that regularly occurs in UK media. And given the UK royals, to ban taking the piss out of them would be blatant entrapment.
- virtuabhi 12y ago
  They definitely try to http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ojgrkt/uncensored---the-wedding-banners http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ojgrkt/uncensored---the-we...
  - lotsofmangos 12y ago
    I agree that trying to restrict footage of a wedding to non-comedic purposes is not very liberal, but that is hardly the same as not being allowed to make fun of the queen. The Queen is mocked as part of the state opening of parliament, for instance, so it would be very hard to ban.

fpp 12y ago

Friedrich Goltz's boiling frog experiment with the slow temperature increase to boiling only worked after he removed the brains of the frogs - all others actually jumped out above 25C+ - when you watch various UK TV shows one can certainly assume that at least some of the actors / watchers must have had their brains removed to be able to endure this. I'm not sure if that applies to the majority of the population (yet) ;-)

Jimmed 12y ago
> I'm not sure if that applies to the majority of the population (yet) Are we living in the same country?

lotsofmangos 12y ago

[2] You saying no-one makes fun of Liz? Our libel laws are hideous, but making fun of the queen or other royals is something that regularly occurs in UK media. And given the UK royals, to ban taking the piss out of them would be blatant entrapment.

virtuabhi 12y ago
They definitely try to http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ojgrkt/uncensored---the-wedding-banners http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ojgrkt/uncensored---the-we...
- lotsofmangos 12y ago
  I agree that trying to restrict footage of a wedding to non-comedic purposes is not very liberal, but that is hardly the same as not being allowed to make fun of the queen. The Queen is mocked as part of the state opening of parliament, for instance, so it would be very hard to ban.