*WARNING – This Post May Contain ‘Offensive’ Material.
People are being jailed for Facebook postings, tweets, and t-shirt scribblings. Some guy got the jail today for writing “offensive” slogans on a t-shirt. So much for freedom of speech in jolly old Britain. I work every day with old people who think they fought in a war to protect things like freedom of speech. Am I alone in thinking something has gone far wrong? I used to share a flat with a guy who wore a Cop Killer baseball cap. It was some US hip-hop artist’s song, Ice-T maybe. Changed days now.
And so I have launched a counter offensive on Twitter 😀 Care to join me? The right to free expression is an important one. It should not be restricted and defined by the Powers-That-Be. How long before they round up and jail Frankie Boyle? The writers of Family Guy? Are we going to start banning books and records cos some people find them ‘offensive’?
I hardly use Twitter, but for this I thought, fuck it, it might as well be useful. Join me at @johnthegasrobb.
Maybe it’s just me and I’ll wake up in the cells in the morning…..
“8 months in JAIL for “one less pig, perfect justice’ on a t-shirt? How much for tweeting #NoMorePigsPerfectJustice? #FreedomOfSpeechTweets”
“8 months in JAIL for “one less pig, perfect justice’ on a t-shirt? How much for tweeting #FuckYouYouFuckingCunt? #FreedomOfSpeechTweets”
“8 months in JAIL for “one less pig, perfect justice’ on a t-shirt? How much for tweeting #SavilesShrivelledKnob?”
Jail 4 ‘one less pig…’ on a t-shirt?? How much for #nomorepigsperfectjustice or savilesshirvelledknob? #freedomofspeech #IAmSpartacus #bbcqt”
Jail 4 ‘one less pig…’ on a t-shirt?? How much for #hairyfannysandballs? or #gofuckachicken? #freedomofspeech #IAmSpartacus”
Jail 4 ‘one less pig…’ on a t-shirt?? How much for #YourMumTakesItUpTheGaryGlitter? #FreedomofSpeechTweets #IAmSpartacus”
