The C word

[ciphergoth]

Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'

So next week I guess we can expect to see the banners amended to read "Scientology: it's a total c**t"

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Re: FYI: Section 5:

[battlekitty.livejournal.com]

There is that implication...

I don't know if you followed the link, but it does go on to list 3 statutory defences - the most important (IMO) in this particular case being "The conduct was reasonable."

There's quite possibly provisions specifically regarding protests, too. And at the end of the day a government can, in theory, make whatever laws it likes given the right amount of support in parliament. Hell, the Third Reich managed it - IIRC, at least before war started it didn't do anything illegal under the current German law. (Mind you, it changed laws to do so...)

Re: FYI: Section 5:

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

It is indicative of the care that Hitler took to give his dictatorship an appearance of legality that the Enabling Act was renewed twice, in 1937 and in 1941. In 1942, the Reichstag passed a law giving Hitler power of life and death over every German citizen, which effectively extended the provisions of the Enabling Act for the duration of the war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933

Re: FYI: Section 5:

[battlekitty.livejournal.com]

...yep, that'd do it!

I was thinking more along the lines of changing a democracy into a dictatorship and (effectively) the suspension of human rights for Jewish and similar groups of people. Oh, and changing the roles of Chancellor and...err...the other title to give Hitler the top power. I can't remember the rest. It was in another language and one that I can't remember as well in... ;)