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RE: UK Continues Implementing 1984 As Instruction Manual - Election Commission Wants To "Remove Right To Vote Of Online Trolls"

in #news7 years ago

The day it stands up in court is the day you need to be worried. Otherwise I think the Electoral Commission is perhaps just trolling the trolls....

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These things tend to start out as "suggestions", precisely like this. Gradually it becomes more "acceptable" sounding, then gets slipped in to a law somewhere.

Yes, you are correct. They are floated as "Trial Balloons" to see whether they get any traction. But I think this one is a stretch even for the most over-zealous anti-democrat.

I bet they said that about Soylent Green at first!

Well we are not quite eating each other for protein, but I take your point :)

Jeez man, SPOILER ALERT. It's only like 40 years old!

My bad. For my take on spoilers jump to 3:40 :-