Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Free speech fear as British soccer magazine's KKK spoof banned: Thousands confiscated over Suarez race row



We read:
"Police chiefs were accused of criminalising free speech yesterday with their confiscation of a satirical football fanzine.

Thousands of copies of Red Issue were seized before Saturday's heated clash between Manchester United and Liverpool.

The fanzine had tried to make fun of Liverpool and their striker Luis Suarez for his use of racist language toward United captain Patrice Evra.

Along with a spoof cut-out of a Ku Klux Klan hood were the words 'Suarez is innocent' and 'LFC' – for Liverpool Football Club.

Officers deemed this 'potentially offensive' and threatened to arrest anyone selling the fanzine. Thousands of copies were seized.

But a spokesman for campaign group Liberty said: 'It's one thing for the police to take action in fear of a riot being provoked at a tense football match. 'But threatening seizure and prosecution of the fanzine after the event is really a step too far. When lampooning racism becomes a criminal matter you realise just how dangerously broad our speech offences have become.'

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3 comments:

Bird of Paradise said...

Life under the EUROPEAN SOVIET UNION

Go Away Bird said...

Getting tired of this PC nonsense like BCE(BEFORE COMMON ERA)and CE(COMMON ERA)instead of BC and AD

Bird on a Wire said...

"Leftist speech is offensive to me, will they stop that?"

OK. I will get them to stop. Where shall I send my bill for services rendered?