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"But it happens all the time - we had to fake this one just to prove it..."
A case of #BlackLiesMatter?
- sorry.
This Is My Shocked Face
Attention, citizens. A hate crime has been detected at Salisbury University: The image, found April 10 on a whiteboard in Blackwell Library, showed a stick figure being hanged and labelled with a racial slur. Underneath was the hashtag “#whitepower.” That’s this image here. After much wailing ...
If anyone's interested, I've just sent the following through their online form at http://www.roh.org.uk/contact/index.aspx :
After this[1] particularly galling behaviour on behalf of someone at the Royal Opera House, I would like nothing further to do with the ROH, and request that you remove all data you hold on me related to the email address I've entered into this form, since you no longer have any reason to hold said data under principles 3 and 5 of the List Of The Data Protection Principles.
You may use this email address only to either clarify this request, or to confirm that you have received and processed this request.
Any other use of this email address by yourselves, or anyone acting on behalf of yourselves, after 1800BST 10th September 2010, especially if used to send promotional material (the last received was 9th July) will be construed as a breach, by yourselves, of the Data Protect Act, and a complaint shall be made to the ICO under section 42 of the DPA.[3]
[1] http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/2010/09/without-prejudice-why-all-the-royal-opera-house-posts-have-disappeared.html
[2] http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/data_protection_guide/list_of_the_data_protection_principles.aspx
[3] http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/data_protection.aspx
Without Prejudice - why all the Royal Opera House posts have disappeared - UPDATED (2)
****UPDATE 12/09**** The Royal Opera House have explained that the only images they want taken down are photos of two set designs I used in a recent post. The rights over these may rest with the set designers themselves. I have reinstated the original post, but replaced the photos themselves wi...
"Ah huh, such a vitriolic response for those who are so wrapped up in themselves"
I think you'll find it's the anti-smokers who are wrapped up in themselves.
"These are young people who have yet to form coherent arguments, give them a break."
We aren't the ones indoctrinating them, depriving them of the opportunity to form their own opinions - they'll never form coherent arguments if all they hear is pseudo-scientific arguments as to why they should believe what they're told to believe.
It's not us who need to "open our minds" - it's those who are closing the minds of the young, who not only need to open theirs, but to allow the next generation to have to opportunity to open theirs also.
Smokers harrassed - with the encouragement of a school, and the co-operation of the police
Students at the Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School in Medway have been running up to smokers in the street, shouting "ciggy busters" and snatching their cigarettes from them. And filming themselves doing it. Should you wish to, you can find these self-righteous little vigilantes on YouTube. ...
On the 'plus' side, however, an incident of citizen's arrest gone wrong(http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Coroner-rules-death-car-thief-accident/article-2513733-detail/article.html) - those detaining the suspect were not charged with the death of the suspect.
Smokers harrassed - with the encouragement of a school, and the co-operation of the police
Students at the Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School in Medway have been running up to smokers in the street, shouting "ciggy busters" and snatching their cigarettes from them. And filming themselves doing it. Should you wish to, you can find these self-righteous little vigilantes on YouTube. ...
@Alastair, while I applaud your opitmism, I fear that in practise you wouldn't succeed.
I'm not attempting to critisise your opinion, but I'm sure any attempt at citizens arrest (at the moment) in the UK would initially result in a charge of assult, and any further attempts at dragging it through the courts would prove costly.
And as pointed out above by Chris, I'm sure Citizens Arrest involves 'detaining until a police officer arrives' and certainly doesn't include 'transporting them to a police station.'
I welcome anything that would disabuse me of the latter (or the former for that matter.)
Without (deliberate) malice....
Smokers harrassed - with the encouragement of a school, and the co-operation of the police
Students at the Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School in Medway have been running up to smokers in the street, shouting "ciggy busters" and snatching their cigarettes from them. And filming themselves doing it. Should you wish to, you can find these self-righteous little vigilantes on YouTube. ...
@alistair: "Worth pointing out, though, that if there is no expectation that a police officer will make an arrest, you can make one yourself, then hand the arrested suspect over to the police officers (or at the police station)."
..and then get arrested yourself for assault / deprivation of liberty / whatever they can pin on you.
Do you really expect citizen's arrest to be valid these days? Your word against theirs, and since it's evident that you've committed a crime (by dragging them there) and it's not evident that the person you've dragged has committed a crime, you're the one going to be put in the cells.
Smokers harrassed - with the encouragement of a school, and the co-operation of the police
Students at the Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School in Medway have been running up to smokers in the street, shouting "ciggy busters" and snatching their cigarettes from them. And filming themselves doing it. Should you wish to, you can find these self-righteous little vigilantes on YouTube. ...
Oh dear.
Won't SOMEONE think of the cheeeldren?
Except the priests of course.
Fort Knox Nurseries
Fingerprint scanning and passwords for entry, mobile phones banned and a network of impregnable fences and CCTV cameras. What could I be describing? A new prison? A bank vault? No - this is the latest security upgrade at...a Bolton nursery. Visitors to Bolton Day Nursery will soon find...
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