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[–] gota_party [S] 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

The summary/descripton of the podcast:

A civil liberties group is concerned about the use, by councils, of public space protection orders (PSPOs) to ban activities judged to have “a detrimental effect on the quality of life for those in the locality”, since they came into force in October 2014.

"In Kettering it's illegal to go out after 11 at night if you are under 18. In Hillingdon you cannot gather in groups of two or more unless you're waiting at a designated bus stop," said Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club.

Simon Blackburn, chair of the Local Government Association's Safer Stronger Communities board defended the measures saying they are used to address anti-social behaviour in public.

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[–] thrus 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

I just don't get this groups of 2 side, it bans a parent and child from going for a walk, forget about a family going for a walk together.

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[–] jaceame 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Well that might displease islamists, don't want them to think that there will be more white people.

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[–] Broc_Lia ago 

In practice I suspect it won't ever be applied to that, it's probably intended to be used to round up gangs of kids keying cars and smashing windows. But I don't trust anyone with a vague law they can apply to a broad swathe of the public.

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[–] Fullmetal ago 

Oh, well of course it's not going to be used to harass innocent couples going about their daily lives. /s

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[–] White_Raven 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

What?

"You're not allowed to group together, this is to fight anti-social behavior"

Did I read that right? Isn't the very fucking point of "social" to GROUO TOGETHER?

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[–] PolishPandaBear 1 point 8 points (+9|-1) ago 

Good thing I'm usually in a group of 1.

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[–] ArsCortica 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Though I sort of get that the original idea was to limit "unwanted" individuals (drunk youths, etc., etc.) from making a ruckus at night, the execution is almost comically stupid in this case.

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[–] Drenki 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Forget the buddy system!

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[–] squidicuz 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Waht...?

o_O

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[–] Pawn 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Next they'll ban groups of 1. And then Groups of 0.

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[–] lord_nougat 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

And then groups of the square root of negative one!

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[–] ShowMeYourKitties ago 

But if they do that how will I see?

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[–] ZweibelKuchen 3 points 24 points (+27|-3) ago 

...unless they are muslim rape gangs, in which case it can be as many as you want.

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[–] escapefromredditbay 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

you have to wonder how many problems in the world would be erased, just by nuking the current UK off the map

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[–] HeavyBrain 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

Or nuking the middle east aswell as the Arabs and then have a nice pint in Ireland.

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[–] lord_nougat 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The part where Israel gets nuked as part of the middle east would be delightful!

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