Police to get tough on internet trolls.
11-12-2021, 13:53
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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We weren't taught dots and dashes, but dits and dahs* - so your message would have be "didahdidit dahdahdah didahdidit".
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*and six more letters than the English Alphabet.
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11-12-2021, 14:04
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
We weren't taught dots and dashes, but dits and dahs* - so your message would have be "didahdidit dahdahdah didahdidit".
.. - / -- .. --. .... - / - .- -.- . / -.-- --- ..- / .- / .-- .... .. .-.. . / - --- / -.. . -.-. --- -.. . / - .... .. ... --..-- / -... ..- - / -.-- --- ..- / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / ..-. .. -. -.. / --- ..- - / - .... .- - / .. - / .-- .- ... / .- .-.. .-.. / .- / .-- .- ... - . / --- ..-. / - .. -- .
*and six more letters than the English Alphabet.
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yeah I nearly went the dit dah way . . and even then forgot the 'slash' separators in the dot method 
. . . I also nearly confused the 'O' with 'S' 
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11-12-2021, 15:01
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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No!
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Nope!
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In your opinion of course. 
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It's the only way to stop online abuse.
It's now getting to the stage where anything you write/post on the internet, no matter how innocent or innocuous it is, can be seen as offensive by someone, somewhere - whether to them or on behalf of others - and the knock on the door follows.
And I don't think I'm wrong in suggesting there are people out there that go looking for it, either for financial gain or the smug satisfaction of seeing others trip over.
Just look at how many times on this forum, that a MOD has had to step in and tell people to cool down . . then take it a stage further where instead of warning people, you have to (by law) report them to the authorities as 'posts that could be construed as offensive'
That could eventually lead to bye bye forum, closed down and possibly fines handed out. Do we want it to reach that stage?
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11-12-2021, 15:27
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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I'm not exactly sure what you are saying 'no' to ?
The age of people getting "offended" at every little thing is already upon us.
(or at least, saying they are, much like most of the "phobic" & "isms" these days, its a highly misused word).
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11-12-2021, 19:35
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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I'm not exactly sure what you are saying 'no' to ?
The age of people getting "offended" at every little thing is already upon us.
(or at least, saying they are, much like most of the "phobic" & "isms" these days, its a highly misused word).
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That everyone is allowed an opinion but it doesn't mean that everyone should necessarily express it.I'd just wish some would bite their lip and consider the effect they have on others once in a while.
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11-12-2021, 19:38
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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That everyone is allowed an opinion but it doesn't mean that everyone should necessarily express it.I'd just wish some would bite their lip and consider the effect they have on others once in a while.
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Everyone has opinions but we live in an age where we are dictated to as to what opinions we are "allowed" to have. And cancel culture just makes it all worse
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11-12-2021, 20:20
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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That everyone is allowed an opinion but it doesn't mean that everyone should necessarily express it
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I love it. The whole point of free speech is that you may have opinions that offend people. Anyone that asks that you curtail that, is dubious to day the least
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I'd just wish some would bite their lip and consider the effect they have on others once in a while.
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Wow, don’t mean to offend but you must be the oldest snowflake there is.
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11-12-2021, 20:26
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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That everyone is allowed an opinion but it doesn't mean that everyone should necessarily express it.I'd just wish some would bite their lip and consider the effect they have on others once in a while.
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Me too.
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11-12-2021, 23:04
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
Something else that annoys me, 50 year old people apologising for something they did/said/wrote when they were 17 years old, or for something their relatives did, or the country did 150 years before they were even born.
No matter how things turn out, I refuse to apologise just because one of my ancestors from thousands of years ago, had a pop at a woman just because she ate an apple . . no matter what book it's in 
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12-12-2021, 10:06
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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I love it. The whole point of free speech is that you may have opinions that offend people. Anyone that asks that you curtail that, is dubious to day the least
Wow, don’t mean to offend but you must be the oldest snowflake there is.
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I also don't like the fact that 'free speech' has become the right to say anything offensive to anybody particularly from behind a keyboard.
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12-12-2021, 10:10
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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Something else that annoys me, 50 year old people apologising for something they did/said/wrote when they were 17 years old, or for something their relatives did, or the country did 150 years before they were even born.
No matter how things turn out, I refuse to apologise just because one of my ancestors from thousands of years ago, had a pop at a woman just because she ate an apple . . no matter what book it's in |
Yet some people invoke the good/great things we did in the past to show what a great country we are/were, but get annoyed when some of the not so good/great things we did as a country are raised - selective viewing of the past…
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12-12-2021, 15:14
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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Yet some people invoke the good/great things we did in the past to show what a great country we are/were, but get annoyed when some of the not so good/great things we did as a country are raised - selective viewing of the past…
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There is nothing wrong with saying/rasing what 'the country' did 150 (or whatever) years ago, apologising for it, as though its our fault, is something else.
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I also don't like the fact that 'free speech' has become the right to say anything offensive to anybody particularly from behind a keyboard.
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Isnt that what "free" speech is ?
Also, "offensive" is a relative term, and constantly misused by people simply because they dont agree with something.
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12-12-2021, 15:36
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
"Free speech" also includes being allowed to challenge what others say, which is what some "free speech" advocates object to - their definition of "free speech" appears to be "I can say what I want, but you can’t say what you want if it’s not in total support of my view"…
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12-12-2021, 15:52
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
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"Free speech" also includes being allowed to challenge what others say, which is what some "free speech" advocates object to - their definition of "free speech" appears to be "I can say what I want, but you can’t say what you want if it’s not in total support of my view"…
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Challenge - definitely
Pass laws against - be very careful
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12-12-2021, 15:56
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
There are already laws against "Free Speech"
Bare in mind you can get done for hate crimes just by using speech. Long gone are the days of sticks and stones and rightly so in some cases, words can do a lot of damage
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