Posted on 10/29/2020 6:25:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A proposed new law currently wending its way through the Scottish Parliament would make it a crime to utter so-called hate speech, even in ones own home. The speech-quelling bill is being championed by Scotlands Cabinet Secretary for Justice Humza Yousaf.
Entitled the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill, the new law, if passed, would criminalize so-called hate speech and create a new crime for stirring up hate. Critics of the bill believe that it would have a chilling effect on entertainment, especially comedy, and could lead to entertainers, writers, and other public figures being arrested for offering opinions or jokes that the government deems offensive.
Not to mention the bill would basically disallow off-color jokes or opinions that the government does not officially sanction even in a citizens home.
During a Tuesday session, Members of Scottish Parliament (MSP) questioned Yousaf about the new law. Glasgow MSP Adam Tomkins questioned just how the law could punish offenders for a public crime when such offenses were committed in the privacy of ones own home.
When we are considering the scope of the criminal law in this Parliament, weve got to be careful not to under criminalize and also guard against over-criminalization and make sure we are not inadvertently rendering criminal that we think ought to be free to do, Tomkins said.
Liam Kerr, an MSP from Scotlands Conservative Party was much more blunt.
The hate crime bill was a mess when the SNP (Scottish National Party) first brought it to parliament and it still contains serious issues that need to be fixed, Kerr said. Tinkering around the margins will not fix the most controversial bill in Scottish Parliament history.
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Well, there's your trouble right there.
Can they still blow air into the tail of a cat and claim its a musical instrument?
The Romans built a wall to keep the wild men of the north out. The current occupants of that region have invited the enemy in. A rosy future awaits them al la France
They left.
Secretary for Justice Humza Yousaf.
Just d-mn.
I guess Mel Brooks movies are banned.
Banning off-color jokes in Scotland. Yeah, that’s gonna work.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
I guess I better say this while I still can:
“I hate f*&^ing leftists!”
If Billy Connolly was dead, he’d be turning in his grave.
Is William Wallace grave spinning?
No. Politicians who allowed this to happen.
I just may have to stop drinking Scotch and go back to American Whiskey.
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So...everyone living under the same roof becomes a snitch.
“Yes, Mr. Officer, Mummy and Daddy don’t like Muslims. I feel afraid.”
Kinda like Red Flag laws here.
Apparently all the real men in Scotland died at the Somme.
In Scotland, hard to tell haggis from a islamist
Oh stop. Just because they behead a bunch of people...
Scots have been socialists for 50 years...when do you think they had good values? William Wallace time period?
Hope the Brits and the BBC love the outcome of hating Christians when I lived there. Experienced it in living and working.
You reap what you sow.
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