UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by spaceshipslien » Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives
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Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by tomohawk » Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

Isn't it extremist to report friends and relatives to the police, just because they subjectively meet this criteria?

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by lozf » Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:14 PM UTC

Seems Tom Scott's "Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen."[0] (00:02:14) was ahead of it's time.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuf1V1FhpY

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by chrisco255 » Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:27 PM UTC

Orwell was a prophet.

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by tobbob » Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:47 PM UTC

Isn't that what's meant to happen? If your kid starts talking about converting to Islam and becoming a jihadist, surely parents should alert the authorities. The interesting thing is why that wasn't the example they used, given it's the biggest extremist threat the UK faces by a country mile.

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Post by cguess » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 12:20 AM UTC

chrisco255 wrote: post #4

Orwell was a prophet.

You know all of this was going on while Orwell was alive, right?

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Post by hertzrat » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 2:32 AM UTC

tobbob wrote: post #5

Isn't that what's meant to happen? If your kid starts talking about converting to Islam and becoming a jihadist, surely parents should alert the authorities. The interesting thing is why that wasn't the example they used, given it's the biggest extremist threat the UK faces by a country mile.

Depends. Imagine doing so and having him or her be marked for life over a parents overreaction. Kid could end up on every no fly list in the world overnight and never fly their whole lives. The parents surely worry about these things, especially if they think the person will grow out of it. In any case, I can’t imagine how stressful it must be for those parents

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by tharkun__ » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 3:02 AM UTC

cguess wrote: post #6

chrisco255 wrote: post #4

Orwell was a prophet.

You know all of this was going on while Orwell was alive, right?

You realize the good old UK is also apparently taking cues from the East German Stasi here?

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by anonunivgrad » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 3:42 AM UTC

UK Police is a private company and they can do whate... oh wait.

Re: UK Police tell people to report “extremist” friends and relatives

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Post by arduanika » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 5:12 AM UTC

anonunivgrad wrote: post #9

UK Police is a private company and they can do whate... oh wait.

Go back and read https://xkcd.com/1357/ agai...oh.