Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

Explain why you are being so rude and the reasons for why you think the way that you do.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

It might also be be related to you coming across as a colossal knob…………most of the time.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

We've been through this before. It's impossible for a non medically trained person to remotely diagnose someone else. Cognitive issues as a result of brain injury and many other difficulties have nothing to do with impaired intelligence.

I've previously explained how I use human and non human disability aids in order to use the Internet.

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[/COLOR]Please give examples to back up your claim. I acknowledge that the way I process information and express myself will be impacted by my disability, as is the case with all brain impairments.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

Well for one you accused me of something I didn't do and threatened legal action.

Two, I believe you live in a fantasy land and most the stuff you come out with is completely untrue.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

.. and there you go again. Enjoy your rest from this topic.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

Spreading Covid-19 disinformation would also be covered under a crime of sending a false communication.

Will Prof Neil Ferguson be affected by this?

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

We have,…..many times.

Your issue is that nobody on here really knows you, or I, or anyone. That’s the way it works. On here we can only judge each other on what we post.

Over the years, based on how we post we can form opinions on each other, still flawed, yes.

My opinion on you based on how you post, is that the disability that you say you have. Doesn’t present itself. I do not, based on what you post, consider you disabled. I see no evidence. On here of your disability.

If someone on here had one leg, they would be disabled but that wouldn’t mean that they would be given any slack on what they post.

Same applies to you.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

The thing that concerns me is that unless people scream from the rooftops that they have a disability, nobody on a discussion forum will be aware of that disability. Or their race, or even their gender.

As a matter of interest, there are a number of regular posters on this forum that are in protected categories, and I only know that through the odd casual comment about it over a long period of time.

If someone is going to complain about a post someone makes, would the complainant not have to prove intent to discriminate? Of course, there will always be complaints from people offended on behalf of others.

I do empathise with vulnerable people - their lives can be a misery when people gang up on them because they tease or bully them due to that vulnerability. But any measures introduced need to be proportionate and balanced. I'm not sure that the Online Safety Bill does that.

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However some people scream about it at every opportunity they get, using it as a emotional “shield” from people who they’ve thrown silly and unfounded accusations at.

Even when the subject matter wasn’t about disabilities in the first place.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

I'm not saying if I'm in a protected group or not as I don't think it'd have any bearing on anything I post here. If it did then I'd apologise for upsetting anyone as a result, rather than use it as a way of excusing (rationalising?) any confrontational or derogatory comment I made.

I wonder how long it'll be until any new law is tested to see what floats as a defence. Hopefully, saying "I can't help what I say because......." will be as useless a defence as pleading ignorance is in almost any other circumstance.

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When I was a younger my old gran used to say to me a few sage sayings like Ignore them and they will go away and if you cannot say anything good then do not say anything.

Obviously, we all make mistakes and react when we should not but answer me this (to all who have the problem). If you dislike Richard so much why in Gods holy name do so many keep engaging with him?

An outsider could some and read a lot of these threads and think a lot of you are nasty peices of work because it does look like you target him and gang up on him. He is one guy saying stuff and acting how a lot of you appear to despise so a group have a go at him. Some call names and some post quite aggressively towards him yet you all slag him off saying you keep doing this and that and acting exactly how you expect yet you engage over and over again. No moral highground here you are as bad as him for rising to it.

I got off to a bad start here and after my runs have wound my neck in why don't some of you

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

My Gran used to say "Sticks and stones may break your bones but calling will not hurt you." What happened to those days?

Today anything can be classed as hurtful to anybody, I wonder what the world will be like 20yrs from now.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

well sticks and stones were always wrong and thankfully we are not in that world any more. Psychological bullying can be a lot worse than physical and last a lifetime I tell you I know

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.
 

IMO If people are allowed or even expected to praise and/or approve of something or someone, then they should also be allowed to criticise. Otherwise you end up with a very distorted set of viewpoints.
You cannot challenge something, if that something isn't allowed to be presented in the first place.


It constantly annoys me when people play the X card, when that has nothing to do with the situation. EG If somebody is arguing with you or possibly attacking you, then all sorts if things are going to be said. As long as X has got anything to do with the original argument/attack, then the argument/attack isn't Xist.

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Agreed. What's changed since granny's day is our increased understanding of mental health.