Censorship

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In ancient Rome the Censor was what we would say today is the registrar -an official keeper of records. To censure is to esteem, to give opinion, or to judge. Over time, the words have merged to form a new function, and today, censorship is the imposition of one wo/man's beliefs of propriety over another wo/man's beliefs of propriety.

State officials in our country, and countries with the same public law, with very poor knowledge of the real public law, are very often attempting to control what men and women do (they know they can't control what men and women think) by either threatening to harm the doers with prosecution or actually prosecuting doers for wrongs that never existed.

In our law system, a harm has to take place for a crime to exist; it is not sufficient to do something contrary to an Act of State, an actual harm must be proven to have taken place by a wo/man to a wo/man. Offending another wo/man is not a harm as almost anything can offend another; neither is insulting or rude behavior a harm. Daily and seemingly everywhere some wo/man is offended, however. It is often pointed out by magistrates, judges, justices, arbiters, and the like that words, and occasionally, gestures do cause harm; but, what they do not tell you is that it is not the words that caused the harm but the revelation of facts the words conveyed that caused the harm or the result of the act of gesturing. There is a difference, a big difference, and a smart and precise wo/man knows the difference.

Below is a brilliant example of a moronic prosecutor harming a man for the acts others did to themselves (they voluntarily viewed). I would represent the man myself, and sue the prosecutor, the prosecutor's manager, their office, the attorney general, and the justice minister for this malicious prosecution of the man of the article below.



Man faces hate crime charge in Scotland over dog's 'Nazi salute'

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/09/nazi-salute-dog-man-faces-hate-crime-charge-scotland
 

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In ancient Rome the Censor was what we would say today is the registrar -an official keeper of records. To censure is to esteem, to give opinion, or to judge. Over time, the words have merged to form a new function, and today, censorship is the imposition of one wo/man's beliefs of propriety over another wo/man's beliefs of propriety.

State officials in our country, and countries with the same public law, with very poor knowledge of the real public law, are very often attempting to control what men and women do (they know they can't control what men and women think) by either threatening to harm the doers with prosecution or actually prosecuting doers for wrongs that never existed.

In our law system, a harm has to take place for a crime to exist; it is not sufficient to do something contrary to an Act of State, an actual harm must be proven to have taken place by a wo/man to a wo/man. Offending another wo/man is not a harm as almost anything can offend another; neither is insulting or rude behavior a harm. Daily and seemingly everywhere some wo/man is offended, however. It is often pointed out by magistrates, judges, justices, arbiters, and the like that words, and occasionally, gestures do cause harm; but, what they do not tell you is that it is not the words that caused the harm but the revelation of facts the words conveyed that caused the harm or the result of the act of gesturing. There is a difference, a big difference, and a smart and precise wo/man knows the difference.

Below is a brilliant example of a moronic prosecutor harming a man for the acts others did to themselves (they voluntarily viewed). I would represent the man myself, and sue the prosecutor, the prosecutor's manager, their office, the attorney general, and the justice minister for this malicious prosecution of the man of the article below.



Man faces hate crime charge in Scotland over dog's 'Nazi salute'

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/09/nazi-salute-dog-man-faces-hate-crime-charge-scotland
Apparently, Scotland authorities are not familiar with rap/hip hop lyrics and "music". Nothing more hateful and shamelessly racist than that.
...oh wait, the perpetrators of previously mentioned hate/filth cannot be guilty of such things.
 

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The "leaders" of Scotland (who enacted such insane tyranny) need to be made into haggas & fed to 'Nessie'! That's one of the most asinine "charges" I've ever heard of in my entire life! >:-(
 

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Alright boys, so here it is, the video I wrote about. Remember now, like I wrote, if you click the link you CHOSE to view and be offended. Neither I, nor the Scot, have wronged you. See how good and easy our laws are?

 
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Ambrose, looks like your post and Leonardfan's new post "Tech Giants beginning to monitor and erase "hate speech" online" are in symbiosis.
This article from his post (below) is chilling even though we saw it coming.
The very concept of "hate speech" & "hate crimes" creates the bastard step child called "thought crimes."
Logically if a sentence can be handed down that further penalizes a crime on the basis of it being committed out of hatred, what's to prevent the authorities from punishing people before a "crime" is committed, if they can prove hateful motives exist that may result in a crime. They'll call it crime prevention.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-31-08-44-12
 

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Most Germans in favour of compulsory real names online

Published: 21 Jul 2016 16:03 GMT+02:00
Updated: 21 Jul 2016 16:05 GMT+02:00


Most Germans in favor of compulsory real names online - survey


Sixty percent of Germans think internet users should be forced to use their real name when leaving comments - but the response varies dramatically between different age groups.

An overall majority of Germans are in favour of the so-called 'Klarnamenpflicht', a law obligating users of social networks and internet forums to sign up using their real name, according to the survey carried out by the Forsa-Institut for the Stern newspaper.

Only 34 percent were against the obligation, however this rose to 54 percent among privacy-conscious young people, aged 18-29. Among the over-59s, an overwhelming 81 percent were in favour of the Klarnamenpflict.

The age split is interesting, and backs up previous studies which have shown that many young, educated Germans avoid using social media networks due to privacy fears among other concerns. Those that do use them often go to lengths to protect their identity such as using fake names or pictures.

In June, Hamburg's commissioner for data security lodged a complaint requesting that Germans be allowed to use pseudonyms on Facebook. However, the city's Administrative Court upheld an emergency appealby the social media site, confirming that the Klarnamenpflicht must be applied in Germany.

But an unscientific study of The Local Germany's friends found that those young people who do use social media avoid using their real names, despite the law. One said she felt uncomfortable having her full name made public.

Nationwide crackdown

Almost all German residents (89 percent) found it a positive thing that authorities are cracking down on hate speech, with only seven percent disagreeing.

However, not all of those were prepared to take action against inflammatory comments themselves. When asked how they would personally respond to hate speech on the internet, 69 percent said they would inform the operators of the site, 51 percent would report it to the police and 31 percent said they would do nothing.

On Wednesday last week, the first nationwide raid targeting online commenters responsible for hate speech took place. Residences in 14 of the 16 German regions were searched, with around 60 people accused of hate speech, including spreading xenophobic and anti-Semitic messages.

Thirty-six of the defendants belonged to a private Facebook group glorifying National Socialism. The raids were carried out as part of a project called 'Tackling Hate Posting', which has been carried out by a police unit combining state and federal police since December 2015.

Free speech and hate speech in Germany

Facebook has been much criticized in Germany for not doing more to shut down hate speech on its network during the refugee crisis, with Justice Minister Heiko Maas a leading voice calling for better moderation on the site, warning that social networks must not "become a funfair for the far right".

In December 2015, Germany announced a deal with social network giants Facebook, Twitter and Google to clamp down on hate speech, with the Internet companies pledging to remove offending posts within 24 hours. Founder Mark Zuckerberg had previously told Merkel that the site "has to do more" to clamp down on racism among users.


But in August, a TV anchor called on the public to act against hate speech, adding that many people were now posting racist comments under their real names, suggesting that "it's no longer embarrassing" to make hateful comments and that "you can get a lot of likes" for doing so.


MY THOUGHTS

Question 1) What record exists that "most Germans" were asked and answered that question?

Question 2) What is a "real name"?

Question 3) Who can possibly know who posts or makes output from an internet address?


Obviously the proposal is STATE fantasy.



 

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