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yes, the person you are replying to is not an expert at UK politics, but then you went right off the hinges with the rest of your post. the UK is one of the big
by H4ZB7 4y ago
yes, the person you are replying to is not an expert at UK politics, but then you went right off the hinges with the rest of your post. the UK is one of the biggest police states in the west. the king of punk was to be executed for insulting the queen just 40 or whatever years ago. it was or is illegal to give someone the middle finger. someone got jail for 60 days for saying something racist on twitter or facebook. the UK literally favors "decency" over basic freedoms
- etothepii 4y agoCan you provide a source for a proposed execution in 1983?
- H4ZB7 4y ago> At the time of the punk icons’ rise to fame, capital punishment remained on the statute books for the crime of high treason even though it had been abolished for all other crimes. While it’s unlikely Lydon and his bandmates would have been charged with that offense, media speculation called for them to be accused of treason for the lyrics to “God Save the Queen” in 1977. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lydon-death-penalty-sex-pistols-songs/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lydon-death-penalty-sex...
- etothepii 4y agoWhile the 14th Century act that defined treason includes, "imaging the monarch's death," I think this is a farce.