From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid 
  
 On 17/08/2025 12:02, JNugent wrote: 
  
 > How can things have changed so drastically that mere words - someone's 
 > opinion of the worth of someone else - are now seen as an offence worth 
 > prosecuting? Not just an offence (there was always "conduct liable to 
 > cause breach of the peace" depending on the circumstances) but a serious 
 > crime? 
 > 
  
 It certainly is a serious crime to incite a mob to burn down a building, 
 and even more so if there are people inside. 
  
 I agree that being rude to a footballer is not in the same league. 
 (Unintentional pun.) 
  
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