theprestige
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I expect he's suggesting that the law is an ass, and should be changed.
Wow, UK has lost freedom of speech
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arthwollipot
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So? It's the law, whether it is changed in the future or not. He broke the law, he gets charged, he pays the penalty.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
Yes, and that's why more care should be taken, not to make laws that stupidly criminalize what shouldn't be criminalized.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist
The gulf between "should" and "is" is vast.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
We're talking about about should. You're falling back on is, because it absolves you of responsibility to reach your own conclusion about should.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist
We're talking about changing the law. That's quite a way from "this guy got arrested because he broke the law".
smartcooky
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Its about time the tables were turned...
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... now watch all the left-wing Gaza sycophants start screeching about the abrogation of her free speech rights!
I hope they charge this vile piece of crap, find her guilty, jail her, and when she has completed her sentence, deport her back to wherever she came from.
NHS doctor who ‘celebrated Hamas Oct 7 attack’ arrested
archived 21 Oct 2025 20:28:26 UTC
... now watch all the left-wing Gaza sycophants start screeching about the abrogation of her free speech rights!
I hope they charge this vile piece of crap, find her guilty, jail her, and when she has completed her sentence, deport her back to wherever she came from.
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Mojo
Mostly harmless
"Free speech" is a kind of sectarian concept, isn't it?Its about time the tables were turned...
NHS doctor who ‘celebrated Hamas Oct 7 attack’ arrested
archived 21 Oct 2025 20:28:26 UTC
... now watch all the left-wing Gaza sycophants start screeching about the abrogation of her free speech rights!
I hope they charge this vile piece of crap, find her guilty, jail her, and when she has completed her sentence, deport her back to wherever she came from.
smartcooky
Penultimate Amazing
If you think the things she has been saying publicly, i.e. advocacy and support for the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians that killed over 1,200 people, is somehow no different from advising someone call the Police if a man invades your safe space, and as a last resort, punch him in the balls, then you have a very warped idea of equivalence.
There are a disturbing number of anti-Semites here - and while that disappoints me, it doesn't surprise me - both the loony far left and the vile far right are rife with them. I have no doubt that there are forum members in this thread (and judging by what they have said, in the Gaza thread) who would join her in agreeing with her stated position.
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psionl0
Skeptical about skeptics
I don't see any incitement to violence. It's just an unpopular opinion.
Of course, the fact that she holds such opinions would reasonably call into question her willingness to treat patients impartially so revoking her medical licence would be reasonable. Making her a criminal is not.
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Ah yes, 'Freedom of Speech' only applies to the kind of speech you approve from people who share your ideas. Can't have Palestinians talking about Israeli murder and land-theft.Its about time the tables were turned...
NHS doctor who ‘celebrated Hamas Oct 7 attack’ arrested
archived 21 Oct 2025 20:28:26 UTC
... now watch all the left-wing Gaza sycophants start screeching about the abrogation of her free speech rights!
I hope they charge this vile piece of crap, find her guilty, jail her, and when she has completed her sentence, deport her back to wherever she came from.
The hypocrisy.....
For a less biased account of the story:
NHS doctor who posted about 7 October Hamas attacks referred to tribunal for second time
Interim hearing had found Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who has said Israel was ‘humiliated’ by attacks, did not pose risk to patients
www.theguardian.com
BTW, the General Medical Council, despite intense lobbying from the Israel Lobby, refused to censure here some weeks ago.
And the alleged hate speech:
No doubt @smartcooky will want everyone jailed for reading that.
catsmate
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Certainly for some people.
smartcooky
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Open support of "Palestinian Action" (which is a proscribed terrorist organization)
Open support of "Hamas" (which is a proscribed terrorist organization)
In a Gaza protest, she justified terrorism, and spreading of antisemitic conspiracy theories. At a pro-Palestinian concert (July 2024) she did a ‘slit your throat’ hand gesture towards Jewish counter-protesters.
This is well beyond anything Lucy Connolly said, and that got her jailed for 30 months.
This ◊◊◊◊-stain is not someone I would want anywhere near treating me or anyone I care about
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist
If it is genuinely true that she actively supports terrorism, then yes, that is disgraceful and should not be condoned. But it looks like you're in favour of violating her free speech in this case.
P.J. Denyer
Penultimate Amazing
But at least they'd have the consolation that some Muslims might be offended by the smell of burnt gammon.
catsmate
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I had an exchange with a bunch of Shinners at our last election when they objected to my recording them erecting posters illegally.
smartcooky
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psionl0
Skeptical about skeptics
Like I said, an unpopular opinion. It is nowhere near the same thing as Trump's incitement to the 2021 riots.
smartcooky
Penultimate Amazing
Not just unpopular opinion in the UK - it is a specified criminal offense to belong to, or invite support for, an organization that is banned under the Terrorism Act 2000. This includes wearing clothing or carrying items that suggest membership or support.
It is an offense for which you can be arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned.
psionl0
Skeptical about skeptics
Yes, in the UK it is a crime to express an unpopular opinion and you heartily support it.
It sounds like it would also be a crime to criticize the government for banning an organization under the Terrorism Act.