Police to get tough on internet trolls.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

No, I'm sorry Richard, but this is completely wrong. If you don't like what you start reading, just move on and ignore it.

This proposal will eventually destroy free speech. You have to ensure that your remedies for the illness in society doesn't kill everyone in the process.

The Communists in our world will simply love this legislation. It will provoke quite a reaction, so be cafeful what you wish for!

Are you really calling your beloved Borris and his cohort commies??? You must be, after all it's his (Communist) government that's planning to introduce the bill and seem to be about the only people enthusing about it!!

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Originally Posted by Paul

No it isnt. First of all 'offensive' is completely subjective.

Anyone can claim to be offended (and often do) just becasue they dont agree with something, or even just to try and get other people into trouble.

People have been doing it on this very forum for years.

You (and everyone) are also responsible for taking your own steps to avoid such comments, not expecting others to do it all for you (or even agree with you that something is 'offensive').

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

You're funny Richard, at start of the post your complaining that you don't know if something's offensive until you read it, then tell people not to enter a thread based on the subject matter incase they don't like what they're reading.

I'm talking about threads with titles that I have no interest in.

Also, if I entered a thread that looked interesting and found that it wasn't, i'd avoid entering it again. I wouldn't keep entering it to constantly make negative comments, it's a good habit to get into as most forums wouldn't tolerate this behaviour. It's a more productive use of one's time to discuss things that you do find interesting too.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Are you really calling your beloved Borris and his cohort commies??? You must be, after all it's his (Communist) government that's planning to introduce the bill and seem to be about the only people enthusing about it!!

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I’m talking about the law of unintended consequences.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

The problem with this is that one often doesn’t know that something is offensive until one has read it!

The answer to someone who is making offensive comments is to deal with them appropriately and not expect those on the receiving end to take steps to avoid it.

Do you think that elderly & neuro diverse people who get scammed are 'snowflakes'?

Do you think that those with severe depression who are actually encouraged to take their own lives are/were snowflakes?

Do you think that children who are groomed, blackmailed or threatened by paedophiles are 'snowfkakes'?

This legislation aims to deal with a plethora of inappropriate online behaviour.

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Just avoid entering any thread where the subject matter doesn't interest you, simple really.

There are many threads in here where I have absolutely no interest in what's being discussed, but I don't enter them to whine about what they are talking about, simply because the subject matter doesn't interest me personally. I just don't go into them and hope that they have an enjoyable and productive discussion.

Every one should be free to say what ever they wish
And yes if they are upset by name calling
To at least one other again the answer is yes I do
Why would you even think that children groomed come into that range I fail to see.
However getting upset because of name calling .....get a grip

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Every one should be free to say what ever they wish
And yes if they are upset by name calling
To at least one other again the answer is yes I do
Why would you even think that children groomed come into that range I fail to see.
However getting upset because of name calling .....get a grip

This doesn't make any sense to me (could be my cognitive issues). If so, can someone please translate it into a more understandable format for me to enable me to understand what's being said? Thanks.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Every one should be free to say what ever they wish
And yes if they are upset by name calling
To at least one other again the answer is yes I do
Why would you even think that children groomed come into that range I fail to see.
However getting upset because of name calling .....get a grip

I know a lot of members of this forum have an issue with Richard and I have seen why however I would like to point you to the very real psychological effects name calling can have.

https://openminds.org.au/news/effect...%20early%20age.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/conse...calling-460613

https://medium.com/feel-the-blog/don...h-c03cb01165fd

The last one should be of special interest to you due to the fact you decided it ok to tell someone with well-known mental health issues to "get a grip"

Richard hadn’t said he has mental health issues, he has stated he has cognitive issues from damage to his brain.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Richard hadn’t said he has mental health issues, he has stated he has cognitive issues from damage to his brain.

does that make saying "get a grip" to him better or worse?

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

does that make saying "get a grip" to him better or worse?

Probably needs to be translated to a more understandable format for him to understand it

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Richard hadn’t said he has mental health issues, he has stated he has cognitive issues from damage to his brain.

Come on, Hugh. Could you not be a little more understanding, and constructive? This place is a very unhappy forum. People need to lighten up.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Come on, Hugh. Could you not be a little more understanding, and constructive? This place is a very unhappy forum. People need to lighten up.

Come on, OLD BOY, could you try not to be more understanding in reading what I post?

I was pointing out that jaymoss was misunderstanding Richard's challenges, in that Richard does not suffer from mental health problems - I was trying to clarify, not chastise.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Come on, OLD BOY, could you try not to be more understanding in reading what I post?

I was pointing out that jaymoss was misunderstanding Richard's challenges, in that Richard does not suffer from mental health problems - I was trying to clarify, not chastise.

You were trying to wind him up. We can all see that.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You were trying to wind him up. We can all see that.

No, I wasn’t.

If I was, I might have said something like "well, by 2035 he may have mental health issues" or "we need to wait for the outcome of the Police Investigation before we can decide if he has mental health issues"…

No, hold on - strike that second one…

[Jaymoss]

I saw it as a correction rather than a wind up. However the correction made no difference to the point I was making about telling someone with either a mental health condition or cognitive issues caused by a brain injury to "get a grip"