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Old 13-11-2018, 20:35   #383
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Paul M View Post
No.

Why should certain, arbitary groups, get special treatment ?

Why do you think everyone else starts to resent these groups.
Because they are systematically oppressed, harrassed, discriminated against etc. Most people seem to have eventually accepted and embraced diversity and the belief that persons in the defined protected groups shouldn't be treated less favourably than others.

These groups were chosen for good reasons and not on a whim.

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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
As someone who has a 'mental disability' (2 actually, ADHD and Aspergers) I don't want or need protection thanks.

And one thing that gets my goat is people deciding that I do.
Not every disabled person is able to defend themselves. Should you suffer online abuse etc you won't be forced or obliged to use the protection afforded to you.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
The only way this could even get off the ground as an idea is if the people posting on the internet are labelled, and who wants that?

There is no way the public would accept such a thing, let alone Parliament.
No idea where you've got the labelling thing from, this is not part of the initiative at all.

I see you've evaded another question put to you.
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