[Closed] Arrrrghhh freedom of speech in the UK..... (boiling wee content)

That's true.

Carry on 😉

All this "watch what you say on Facebook" stuff. You CAN restrict access to your Facebook page to people that you actually know, or am I missing something?

So come back when you have all the relevant information and ask me the same question ?
Maybe it will be clearer then what's happened.

Whatever the rules say is legitimate?
Let me turn that question around for you: do you think it should be a state requirement that one respects the police in order to run a private business?

What you're missing is that he posted a comment on somebody else's post, so had no control over the privacy.

All this "watch what you say on Facebook" stuff. You CAN restrict access to your Facebook page to people that you actually know, or am I missing something?

I'm not asking questions that require an intimidate knowledge of Borders Taxi licensing law and practice. They're questions of logic and political morality respectively.

Sorry. I was talking about a Borders Region Taxi Driver who Had his license renewal refused.

I didn't realise the conversation had moved away from that topic.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/policeman-suing-car-owner

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/uk-getting-more-like-usa-every-day

I think the days of having to respect the police are long gone. I respect some individual officers tremendously, but not the institution as a whole.

I respect some individual officers tremendously, but not the institution as a whole.

Both those links you have posted refer to stories in which police officers [i]as individuals[/i] have taken legal action, not the institution as a whole.

Both those links you have posted refer to stories in which police officers as individuals have taken legal action, not the institution as a whole.

Thats correct, but as these officers are part of the whole its why I no longer respect the institution as a whole. Just those officers ( the large majority ) who don't IMO drag their proffesion into the gutter.

That seems backward- if the large majority of officers are deserving of respect then why not respect the institution that they're part of? And disrespect the minority that you feel are not worthy of it.

Fair enough. Although in my opinion, as an institution, the British police service today is probably the best it has ever been at anytime throughout its history. The police in Britain today is definitely not as corrupt, or guilty of perverting to course of justice, as it was in the 60s and 70s. It's also much less racist and more sensitive to hate crimes such homophobic ones. And where before domestic violence was often dismissed as a domestic issue which did not warrant their involvement, it is now treated extremely seriously. I don't know why you seem to think that things have become worse rather than better.

Whatever the rules say is legitimate?
Let me turn that question around for you: do you think it should be a state requirement that one respects the police in order to run a private business?

Exactly - unless he's suggesting you should head out and beat up a copper, his opinion on the police should have no bearing on his taxi licence.

Here's why I don't respect the nursing profession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Allitt

here's why I don't respect the teaching profession
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16725849

and here's why I don't respect anybody who rides a bicycle
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/central-leeds-woman-s-phone-stolen-by-cyclist-robber-1-5026029

and here's why we should all be afraid of taxi drivers...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21940386

Sorry. I was talking about a Borders Region Taxi Driver who Had his license renewal refused.
I didn't realise the conversation had moved away from that topic.

Neal: imagine you're in a room which is empty apart from a cardboard box on the floor. It isn't labelled but is clean. What is your reaction?

Neal: imagine you're in a room which is empty apart from a cardboard box on the floor. It isn't labelled but is clean. What is your reaction?

the OP [u]is[/u] the taxi driver in question?

So a taxi driver was refused a licence for being opinionated?

If they applied the same principle n London, there'd be no taxis on the roads at all.