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Cedar  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Snoopers charter to become UK law

Better yet, what if homosexuality or being transgender becomes illegal again? That's certainly the aim of some outspoken right wing politicians, Mike Pence in US for example.

I don't trust the internet as anonymous anymore, it hasn't been for a long while, but now you can't even be yourself at home, because you never know if your smartphone is recording you dancing to Gloria Gaynor or crying over the arrest of your partner.

It's surrendering liberty to gain security, and look how well that went for America and it's patriot act.





user-inactivated  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You are in a precarious situation. I wish you all the best, my friend. The world isn't over, even if it will take a while to turn for the better. We have fought to make the world a better place for as long as we've lived, and there's no stopping to it.

steve  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    dancing to Gloria Gaynor

if this becomes a crime... THEN LOCK ME UP NOW!

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ok... joking aside... thanks for posting this. It is concerning.

Cedar  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The timeline of LGBT history in the UK proved to be a fairly interesting short read... It's an issue I feel strongly about but it seems I may be jumping the gun on assuming it will be outlawed here, we DO seem to be making progress... But it's so easily un-done.

The issue is... While something may not be illegal in the short term, the data captured will persist for a long time. We have no idea what could be made criminal in the future, hell look at the recent "Extreme porn law" which banned some ridiculous things, for which it is likely they have evidence of people viewing from years before the law was enacted. Can people be arrested for a crime committed after it became illegal? What law prevents that? When does that law get repealed? What specific combination of words let's them 'detain' / 'hold' / 'safeguard' with the current laws?