Most of the stuff on Overlawyered is either hyped beyond recognition of the truthful underlying facts or, simply never happened and thus fit the description of Urban Legend.Did you follow the links? This is real.
Britain is rapidly evolving into a totalitarian society, what with increased surveillance and truly bizarre restrictions on perfectly innocent behavior, which are obviously designed to keep people constantly on edge, and yes, harassed.
the way that sexual harassment law has evolved in britain and the US is truly bizarre. there was an old black lady who worked in the cafeteria in the US capitol building who got into trouble for calling some young (jerk)staffer "hon" or something like that. he complained and almost got her fired.