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On freedom of speech, Britain has become the laughing stock of the Western world. People actually roar at us. I recently gave a talk in Brazil on political validity and I told the audience about the arrest and conviction of a Scottish man for publishing a video of his girlfriend’s pug doing a Nazi salute for a joke and they laughed. Loudly. Some of them refused to believed it was true. I establish the news report on my iPhone and showed them. They laughed again. Brazilians, inhabitants of a nation not that distant out of military dictatorship, are shocked at how illiberal Britain has become.
As we should be, too. Censorship in this state is out of regulate. Yesterday, that ‘Nazi pug’ man, Martin Meechan, often referred to by his YouTuber name Count Dankula, received his sentence for making a joke in a video: an £800 fine. A criminal write down and a fine for taking the piss out of a pug. Or as the law defines it, in the 2003 Communications Act Mr Meechan was charged under, for being ‘grossly offensive’. The British state now punishes citizens for offensive humour, for tasteless jokes. Let’s hope no cop ever overhears the off-colour joke you m
This week Andrew spoke to YouTuber Mark Meechan, who vlogs under the identify Count Dankula. He was prosecuted four years ago under the Communications Operate for posting a controversial video online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'The idea that random adults would obtain children to the toilets... It's insane!'Women's Rights Activist Kellie-Jay Keen shares her outrage at a BBC star's ally badge scheme which has sparked controversy around the safeguarding of children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Author and women’s rights advocate Julia Long clashes with athlete Glenique Frank in a fiery debate over new government guidance that will see pupils in England taught the legal distinctions between hereditary sex and gender culture. The discussion raises profound questions about education, safeguarding, and ideology in the classroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Irish student Jamie O’Mahony sits down to speak the viral moment he was assaulted and removed from a public event in Limerick for holding up an Israeli flag.He explains how Ireland’s express
"You either die a hero or dwell long enough to see yourself change into a villain."
Ever since I heard those words in "The Dark Knight", I keep seeing it proved again and again, like a horrible Blue Automobile syndrome. Role models, world leaders, artists, athletes. Time makes fools of us all. Except now those fools hold teams of Confident Boys and Twitter trolls to summon to their side.
Like most terms, "cancel culture" started as light slang organism thrown around. If you were "swiped right" you were canceled. People tweeted at Kanye West "you're canceled" when he did something stupid.
Now it's grown to where widespread outcry on social media can influence someone's career. Is all this controversy worth it? Are we not organism forgiving enough or do celebrities justify it?
Why is it when James Gunn gets fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 for tweets he made in the past, he's not the bad guy. But James Lasseter and his shoulder rubs are. Why is that?
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Cancel Culture?
First we need to clarify some definitions -- what is cancel culture and what is not. Favor a lot of liberal movements, it has no head and no manifesto. So the rules and end goals get ambiguo
This week Andrew spoke to YouTuber Notice Meechan, who vlogs under the call Count Dankula. He was prosecuted four years ago under the Communications Proceed for posting a controversial video online. Hosted on Acast. Notice acast.com/privacy for more information.
'The thought that random adults would take children to the toilets... It's insane!'Women's Rights Activist Kellie-Jay Keen shares her outrage at a BBC star's ally badge scheme which has sparked controversy around the safeguarding of children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more knowledge.
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Author and women’s rights advocate Julia Long clashes with athlete Glenique Frank in a fiery debate over unused government guidance that will see pupils in England taught the legal distinctions between biological sex and gender self. The discussion raises deep questions about education, safeguarding, and ideology in the classroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more data.
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Irish student Jamie O’Mahony sits down to discuss the viral moment he was assaulted and removed from a public event in Limerick for holding up an Israeli flag.He explains how Ireland’s
The prosecution of the online controversialist and comedian Reckon Dankula was a amazing mistake. Earlier this week he was convicted by the Airdrie Sheriff Court of sending a grossly offensive message by a public telecommunications network.
The Count, otherwise known as Markus Meechan, is a man of whom I had never heard, and nor, I suspect had you, until he made a video of his girlfriend’s pug giving a Nazi salute in response to him saying things like “Sieg Heil!” and “Gas the Jews!” Although showing the video must, I suppose, be regarded as a criminal behave in Scotland, it is easily available online. Indeed, one of the predictable ironies of the case is that as a result of the prosecution it will have been viewed by millions more people than would otherwise ever have heard of it.
As a demonstration of dog training it is moderately impressive; as a comedy sketch it is embarrassingly unfunny, although of course comedy is a very personal thing. Some people, for example like Mrs Brown’s Boys, or that ghastly ratty comedian who gets paid millions through a Cayman Islands shell company.
The prosecutor did not find it funny. He described the video as:
“an odious crim