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Airstrip One: The Slow Death of Freedom in the UK
The Burkean (Dublin, Ireland - Conservative Student Paper) ^ | 5-8-2019 | Peter Caddle

Posted on 05/08/2019 11:48:55 AM PDT by Murtyo

What is happening in the UK is terrifying. No, I’m not talking about Brexit, the event that has gripped news media and turned it into a frenzy. I’m referring to far more important matters. Matters that, if left unchecked, will turn the UK into one of the most authoritarian countries in the world.

Just one example of this authoritarian trend; soon everyone in the UK will require age verification or the purchase of a special pass from a local retailer or newsagent in order to view pornography online. I say soon since the British government have in the past been completely opaque in revealing exactly when the plan will be enacted. The current date set is July 15th, but this is just another of many given dates for the enactment of the laws, so I would not be surprised if it changed again.

This isn’t the first time that the UK have implemented strangely authoritarian sex-related laws though. Previously, they introduced legislation banning certain sex acts from being performed in the UK in front of a camera. Why? I have no idea. It was not made illegal to view those very same sex acts online. It was only made illegal to record them being done.

You might be wondering why I’m bringing up these issues. Sure, they’re a bit daft, but who cares. You might even be thinking ‘porn is a bad thing for society anyway, so I don’t care.’ I can understand this mentality, but these new laws are simply a symptom of a much larger, technocratic mindset.

Before these pieces of legislation were even suggested, Theresa May floated the idea of implementing controls on the internet....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; europe; freedom; knives; law; liberty; order; uk
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To: rrrod

Interesting comment, for I too have noticed the Russian stuff coming in.

So I ask, why, what’s the motive?

News? Entertainment? Propaganda? Opinion shaping?


21 posted on 05/08/2019 3:00:47 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: redfreedom

Don’t know why..makes little sense to try to elevate Russia/Putin.


22 posted on 05/08/2019 3:43:50 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Murtyo
"Previously, they introduced legislation banning certain sex acts from being performed in the UK in front of a camera"

In America, you can tune into C-SPAN everyday to watch demRATs screwing American citizens.
23 posted on 05/08/2019 4:41:38 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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