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		krylonkid on Oct 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meet the Private Companies Helping Cops Spy on Pro... In the UK you do jail time if it hurts someone's feelings.

sanityinc on Oct 26, 2013 [–]

The law responsible for that was recently overturned: http://reformsection5.org.uk/

In short, it is no longer illegal to use what a policeman or court might judge to be "insulting words or behaviour".

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