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Hugh 11-12-2021 13:53
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36105231)
.-.. --- .-..


;)
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.

Carth 11-12-2021 14:04
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36105234)
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.
yeah I nearly went the dit dah way . . and even then forgot the 'slash' separators in the dot method :D


. . . I also nearly confused the 'O' with 'S' :dunce:

Mad Max 11-12-2021 15:01
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105190)
No!

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Nope!
In your opinion of course.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36105208)
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?
:clap::clap:

Paul 11-12-2021 15:27
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105190)
No!

Nope!
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).

Maggy 11-12-2021 19:35
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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36105240)
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).
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.

Jaymoss 11-12-2021 19:38
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105262)
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.
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

Pierre 11-12-2021 20:20
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105262)
That everyone is allowed an opinion but it doesn't mean that everyone should necessarily express it
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.
Wow, don’t mean to offend but you must be the oldest snowflake there is.

Mad Max 11-12-2021 20:26
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105262)
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.
Me too.:rolleyes:

Carth 11-12-2021 23:04
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 :p:

Maggy 12-12-2021 10:06
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36105265)
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.
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.

Hugh 12-12-2021 10:10
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36105288)
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 :p:
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…

Paul 12-12-2021 15:14
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36105300)
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…
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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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36105299)
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.
Isnt that what "free" speech is ?

Also, "offensive" is a relative term, and constantly misused by people simply because they dont agree with something.

Hugh 12-12-2021 15:36
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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"…

Carth 12-12-2021 15:52
Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36105350)
"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"…
Challenge - definitely
Pass laws against - be very careful

Jaymoss 12-12-2021 15:56
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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