Should the Police have intervened here?

[Bobbisox]

http://www.dailymail....-DVDs-arrest-you.html

I am not a DM reader but saw this on the Mathew Wright programme when I came in from the Dentist
Were they right to go and tell the Cafe owner they would arrest him?

[Bobbisox]

arhhh I see
stupid man!

[hc4361]

I have never had any leaflets pushed on me in any of that type of cafe.
They are always on stands to be picked up or ignored.

[daffy654]

This cafe makes no secret about the fact that it is a Christian cafe, it has been there for as long as I can remember.
It says on their sign that it is Christian so if you are a non-believer, don't go in.
Some people just wait to be offended so they can moan about it.

[Ankou]

so this cafe has been there for yonks, they receive one complaint in that time and make a song and dance of it including a full page spread in the dm ? some people just wait to be offended so they can moan about it.

[Huderon]

Well, having received a complaint the police were duty bound to investigate it.

If the report is accurate (and I do mean IF), threatening to arrest him was not appropriate as the act makes incitement an offence, while saying that criticism of some kinds of sexual behaviour is not in and of itself an offence.

But I have no idea why the DM would make such a big thing of it ... quiet news day, perhaps ?

[hc4361]

Huderon, the DM makes big stories of anything they can push as being anti-Christian or anti-British.

[naomi24]

No, I don't think the police should have intervened because it all seems rather contradictory to me. The book's a best seller, and as far as I'm aware, not subject to censorship. It's acceptable to read the words from that book aloud in a public place, but it's not acceptable to show those same words on a screen. Odd.

If, as someone said, the owner makes it clear that it's a Christian cafe, I just wouldn't go in there. If that wasn't made clear and I happened to go in to be subjected to that nonsense, then I wouldn't be amused, but I wouldn't complain to the police.

[Ankou]

its not an article about being christian, its about homophobic furore and "unnatural behaviour" between 2 women or 2 men.

"At no point did the officer ask the cafe owner to remove any materials or arrest the man and we took a commonsense and objective approach in dealing with the complaint.."

[DrFilth]

so this is a christian cafe and the bible dvd upset someone, if this went to court do you not have to put your hand on the bible :)

[Ankou]

yes but hypocrisy is fine, so long as you don't do anything gay.

[DrFilth]

is it a gay friendly bible they use in court

[Ankou]

all bibles are gay friendly, its the people that believe in it that aren't.

[anotheoldgit]

They will stop them selling bacon butties next.

Incidentally nudgescuffler why did you find the reason to somehow excuse yourself by saying "I am not a Daily Mail reader but"...........?

It is almost like having to say "I am not a racist but"..........

There is no shame in reading the paper or it's web dsite. in fact most posters on here will take a news item from the DM and post it's link if it somehow helps to get their own particular viewpoint across.

Having said that however watching the Matthew Wright programme is much worse that reading the Daily Mail, at least one can choose what to read, which is different than watching his show and absorbing like a sponge everything he puts before the viewer.

[DrFilth]

Ankou if all bibles are gay friendly there would be nothing in the video to upset any gay person dipping his/her soldiers in his/her egg :)

[brionon]

What has PC got to do with it ? For Centuries it has been PC to be Xtian.

[Ankou]

who said it was a gay ? the dm are assuming that in order to write lots of stuff about such filthy (unchristian) unnatural acts.

"Mr Murray said he had been given no indication of who had complained or which verses of the New Testament had caused the offence, but he guessed it may have been a reaction to the Book Of Romans that had been playing the week before. The Book takes the form of a letter from the apostle Paul to the people of Rome, in which he rails against all manner of godlessness."

the person who complained might have just been an atheist.

[Oneeyedvic]

Just something I saw this morning:

Religion is like a penis:

It's fine to have one
It's fine to be proud of it
But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around
And please don't shove it down my children's throats

[DrFilth]

i was going off this

nudgescuffler
<Jamie Murray was warned by two police officers to stop playing DVDs of the New Testament in his cafe following a complaint from a customer that it was inciting hatred against homosexuals.>

If that's the case....absolutely.

>> inciting hatred against homosexuals.<<

have i put 2 and 2 together and got 5

[youngmafbog]

No, you dont have to put your and on the bible. I always refuse.