To be honest a call to kill disabled claiment is less an ofcom broadcast issue. Then a police incitement of violence/riot issue.
I mean it is clearly both and ofcoms answer is very much as expected given the current govs attitude to the right wing. And as someone who holds an ofcom licence (ham).I am fucking disgusted with them and will complain officially.
But the police duty to arrest the presenters for calling for viewers to hunt down and kill disabled people. Drastically outweighs the broadcast licence issue.
Anyone who saw the show should be calling the Met Police and reporting a crime.
Added to UK law on self defence is very anti predictive risk as a motive. You would be required to show the reformer had a gun or some other intent to harm you. More accurately that you had reasonable cause to feel threatened.
Now if reformers actually started doing so. iE you had evidence that GB news presenters had been successful in inciting such attacks.
You would still need to show evidence you though the reformer was going to attack.
So no shooting random reformers presenting no evidence of holding a weapon or aggression. But you would have a much easier time convincing a jury etc that you thought his fishing rods were a riffle.
I hope this advice helps with any decisions you may be forced to make.
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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 346d
Average GB News rot
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 346d
To be honest a call to kill disabled claiment is less an ofcom broadcast issue. Then a police incitement of violence/riot issue.
I mean it is clearly both and ofcoms answer is very much as expected given the current govs attitude to the right wing. And as someone who holds an ofcom licence (ham).I am fucking disgusted with them and will complain officially.
But the police duty to arrest the presenters for calling for viewers to hunt down and kill disabled people. Drastically outweighs the broadcast licence issue.
Anyone who saw the show should be calling the Met Police and reporting a crime.
ewo@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 346d
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 346d
Nope Sorry.
A GB news presenter is not all reformers, (yet)
Added to UK law on self defence is very anti predictive risk as a motive. You would be required to show the reformer had a gun or some other intent to harm you. More accurately that you had reasonable cause to feel threatened.
Now if reformers actually started doing so. iE you had evidence that GB news presenters had been successful in inciting such attacks.
You would still need to show evidence you though the reformer was going to attack.
So no shooting random reformers presenting no evidence of holding a weapon or aggression. But you would have a much easier time convincing a jury etc that you thought his fishing rods were a riffle.
I hope this advice helps with any decisions you may be forced to make.
ewo@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 345d
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 346d
Kill The Poor
elver@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 346d
I quite like this one http://youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 346d
I thought this was going to be an Archenemy cover of a Manowar song
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 346d
Haven't heard of those
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 346d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMaBwCFGvs
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 345d
Good thing I was sat on the toilet when I clicked that link