Re: That's just plain wrong...
> This never has been about actual offending ... it is, "Do we want to nick you,"
The case of Simon Walsh, a gay man prosecuted under this legislation apparently for political motives, illustrates the point. The Home Office said it was going to be used only in the most extreme cases, about a dozen a year, to target persistent offenders. In fact it has become a catch-all oppression with about a thousand cases a year. The quotes from judges and magistrates are pathetically reminiscent of those sad little snippets that used to be in the local papers in the 50s, 60s and 70s when the persecution du jour was focused on homosexuals (like Alan Turing).
The Melon Farmers censorship website has chapter and verse for anyone unconvinced that the Home Office is in the business of making laws that can be misrepresented as narrowly targeted then misused for general social control.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
