Every person currently living in the UK has at some point in their family history an immigrant, they might be second or twenty second generation. If everyone who came to this country tried to be ‘British’ it would be a rather dull place to live. I rather enjoy living in an ethnically diverse area, if only for the food. 🙂

And within reason it is a good idea and rather nice not to offend any minority or majority.

Well I’m convinced, now where did I put my aluminum (sic) hat?

oh i wish him well , like i would anybody , but really wall to wall tv coverage 😮

As long as this forum only discusses wedding stuff in terms of a fly past or other aviation/royal matters think I’ll be able to avoid it all.

Sorry, really wasn’t thinking in that last post when using the term. :rolleyes:

It’s commonsense, and our protagonist acted stupidly.

I do agree that common sense should prevail, but it should be applicable to both the state and the individual neither of which have shown a huge amount in this scenario.

Slowly our freedom and liberties are being eroded, where is the line drawn, a sarcastic joke (even if it isn’t considered funny) today, what next?

I am sure that everyone has said something in frustration that could be construed as a threat to someone at some point.

Technology and communication methods are changing at a very rapid pace and the governments of the world cannot control it but through foolish attempts via the law they attempt to stamp some form of authoritarian control over it by using fear and threats

Whilst serious threats are an issue many a time someone has made a flippant remark about something in jest such as this and that is all it is.

If social media had been around over a decade ago then a remark like this would have been taken at face value, instead as a result of the state we now live in where everything is monitored and big brother is watching to protect us from the unseen enemy nothing can be said now without a fear of persecution.

Plus those who would be likely to consider a serious attack would not use such open source methods of communication or shout about it for the world to see, add to this a full background check on the individual (which is easily possible now we are all being watched) would no doubt show up his political views and if there has been in the past any indication of terrorist association or sympathy.

I see it as an overreaction and a reflection of the state we live in.

Didn’t get too far into it but excellent find and a few traits I can identify with!