My elderly mother lost her house keys in a shopping centre a few weeks ago. Naturally, the shopping centre takes no responsibility for lost property, so I attempted to ask the local police station if they had been handed in. I discovered there is absolutely no way to contact a local police station by phone. I got through to a call centre. The young guy took all my details and, tried to connect me. He was unable to do so. I assumed he would pass my details to them, but no, he recommended that I call back at a later time and go through the whole process again!
Religion is a protected characteristic, so as a Catholic I could presumably to into my local fishmongers and report anyone who doesn't believe in transubstantiation?
Really, any members of any religion could report people who don't believe in particular elements of their religion.
In fact, anyone could argue that they are hurt when people don't share their beliefs.
Of course, it's going to be the stormtroopers of identity politics who will be at the fore, reporting those guilty of thought crimes. After all, this bill is for them, down to the fact that it doesn't protect the women they routinely attack, including physically.
Lucky that Police Scotland cleared the decks a couple of weeks ago by giving up investigating actual crime, isn't it?
Incidentally, for as long as I can remember, young men in their teens and twenties "youths" as newspapers call them, have been the most likely group to be the victims of crimes. Now they've just been criminalised as a group. Isn't that a hate crime? Perhaps I'll report Police Scotland to my local mushroom farm when I have time.
I remember when you would pop into a police station to report a crime, but now, of course, sex shops vastly outnumber police stations.
My elderly mother lost her house keys in a shopping centre a few weeks ago. Naturally, the shopping centre takes no responsibility for lost property, so I attempted to ask the local police station if they had been handed in. I discovered there is absolutely no way to contact a local police station by phone. I got through to a call centre. The young guy took all my details and, tried to connect me. He was unable to do so. I assumed he would pass my details to them, but no, he recommended that I call back at a later time and go through the whole process again!
Excellent article Iain. I'll give this ridiculously authoritarian law six months before it dies an embarrassing and miserable death.
Religion is a protected characteristic, so as a Catholic I could presumably to into my local fishmongers and report anyone who doesn't believe in transubstantiation?
Really, any members of any religion could report people who don't believe in particular elements of their religion.
In fact, anyone could argue that they are hurt when people don't share their beliefs.
Of course, it's going to be the stormtroopers of identity politics who will be at the fore, reporting those guilty of thought crimes. After all, this bill is for them, down to the fact that it doesn't protect the women they routinely attack, including physically.
Lucky that Police Scotland cleared the decks a couple of weeks ago by giving up investigating actual crime, isn't it?
Incidentally, for as long as I can remember, young men in their teens and twenties "youths" as newspapers call them, have been the most likely group to be the victims of crimes. Now they've just been criminalised as a group. Isn't that a hate crime? Perhaps I'll report Police Scotland to my local mushroom farm when I have time.
Perfect!