And when a paper like the Daily Mail will not allow comments on an article, it in and of itself is a meaningful statement. Once you can be arrested for stating a widely held opinion you know that the comments under this article would get everyone arrested.
So the DM is actually doing people a kind of favour. But then again, taking away peoples choice for freedom of speech over persecution by the state, well that makes it a questionable one.
Daily Mail:
- Benjamin Flatters, 22, appeared in court today charged with making ‘malicious comments’ on the social networking site
- Another man warned about his conduct on social media
- Police say people should be careful about what they write on social media
- Faith Matters, which works to reduce extremism, has seen incidents reported to its helpline soar following the soldier’s death
PUBLISHED: 11:39 GMT, 25 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:18 GMT, 25 May 2013
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The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has provoked a backlash of anger across the UK, including the attacking of mosques, racial abuse and comments made on social media.
Eleven people have been arrested around Britain for making ‘racist or anti-religious’ comments on Twitter following the brutal killing in Woolwich on Wednesday.
The incident has also prompted a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents, according to the organisation Faith Matters, which works to reduce extremism.
Before the attack about four to eight cases a day were reported to its helpline. But the group said about 150 incidents had been reported in the last few days, including attacks on mosques.
Fallen hero: Father Lee Rigby, 25, from Manchester, was killed in Woolwich on Wednesday
Fiyaz Mughal, director of Faith Matters, told BBC Radio Five Live: ‘What’s really concerning is the spread of these incidents. They’re coming in from right across the country.
‘Secondly, some of them are quite aggressive very focused, very aggressive attacks. And thirdly, there also seems to be significant online activity…suggesting co-ordination of incidents and attacks against institutions or places where Muslims congregate.’
(“An 85 year old woman was arrested for a stream of hatred being directed towards a mosque. Where are the arrests for the stream of hatred coming from within mosques towards everyone else?” -Paraphrasing John Robson)
Show of force: A police officer armed with an assault rifle and a baton gun on the estate in Luton
