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   From: u9536612@gmail.com   
      
   On 2024-01-25, D  Ray  wrote:   
   > By now, most people will have heard that Sam Melia was found guilty in   
   > Leeds Crown Court of inciting racial hatred by means of producing stickers.   
   > Over three hundred stickers were produced, and the prosecution admitted in   
   > the opening stages of the trial that the language used on the stickers was   
   > in fact lawful. The prosecution contended that despite the content of the   
   > stickers being lawful, they were produced as a body of work intended to   
   > stir up racial hatred. During the trial the jury was also reminded that it   
   > did not matter whether the content of the stickers was true, as the truth   
   > is no defence in such a case. This has to be one of the greatest   
   > miscarriages of justice we have ever witnessed, a body of work which was   
   > deemed 'lawful' and the content of which was all true, has resulted in a   
   > man being found guilty on the basis of his perceived motivations.  My heart   
   > goes out to Sam, his pregnant wife Laura, their daughter Catherine and the   
   > rest of his family and loved ones. Whatever comes next, we will stand   
   > firmly by him and support Sam and Laura in any way we can.   
      
   In other news, there is talk of conscription in case of some war they've   
   got brewing.  Why on earth would anyone fight for a government that   
   hates them and a country that is no longer theirs because it is being   
   given to people who despise us?  Most of the South East has become   
   unrecognisable but if I talk about it or produce stickers or leaflets   
   about it then I can expect to be prosecuted and my possessions used as   
   evidence of "intent".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)