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The arrest of a man for allegedly posting a picture of a burning poppy(Peopl
The arrest of a man for allegedly posting a picture of a burning poppy(Peopl
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The arrest of a man for allegedly posting a picture of a burning poppy(People wear poppy to memorize those who died in the two world wars)online on Remembrance Sunday has been condemned by civil liberties activists, amid growing concern about threats to freedom of speech. The 19-year-old from Canterbury, named locally as Linford House, was questioned by Kent Police yesterday on suspicion of an offence under the Malicious Communications Act.
Freedom-of-speech campaigners accused the police of using the law to arrest a man for merely causing offence. Leading human rights lawyer John Cooper QC offered to represent the teenager free of charge should the matter come to court.
Tim Minchin was among the comedians to speak out in favour of the arrested man’s right to cause offence yesterday. He said: "You’vem a right to burn a(fake!)poppy. Whether I agree with the action is utterly irrelevant. Kent Police are out of line. "
Mr. House’s arrest was dubbed "poppycock" by many discussing the issue online. Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, said the arrest was "utterly ridiculous". He said: "Kent Police need to release this man and drop an utterly ridiculous investigation into something that has harmed no one."
"It is not illegal to offend people and, however idiotic or insensitive the picture may have been, it is certainly not worthy of arrest.
"The case highlights the urgent need to reform a law that poses a serious risk to freedom of speech after several ludicrous prosecutions in recent months. "
The teenager is alleged to have posted the image of a poppy being burned with a cigarette lighter on Face-book, along with a caption which read: "How about that you squadey c—(insulting words). "
Mr. Cooper QC told The Independent: "Freedom of speech is not just the freedom to say nice things, it is the freedom to say obnoxious and distasteful things as well. What we have here, is a stupid and foolish young man making an obnoxious gesture. But to potentially criminalise him and to arrest him is disproportionate and dangerous to the very fundamental freedom of speech.
"There seems to be a growing intolerance and a particular intolerance to comments made on social media. It is almost as if certain sections of society—the police—are trying to send out unwarranted heavy-handed signals which are an affront to the very rights that we hold dear."
In March last year, Emdadur Choudhury, a member of Muslims Against Crusades(MAC), was fined £ 50 after burning replica poppies on the anniversary of Armistice Day. Choudhury had denied a charge under Section 5 of the Public Order Act of burning the poppies in a way that was likely to cause "harassment, harm or distress" to those who witnessed it. But he was guilty of a "calculated and deliberate" insult to the dead and those who mourn them when he burned two large plastic poppies during a two-minute silence on 11 November, a district judge sitting at Belmarsh magistrates’ court said.
A spokeswoman for the Royal British Legion declined to comment on the investigation in Kent. Kent Police said in a statement: "Officers were contacted at around 4 p. m.[on Sunday]and alerted to the picture, which was reportedly accompanied by an offensive comment." After an investigation by Kent Police, a 19-year-old Canterbury man was arrested and he has been interviewed by detectives and released on police bail, pending. [br] What does the word "obnoxious" in Paragraph Eight mean?
选项
A、Angry.
B、Disagreeable.
C、Foolish.
D、Dangerous.
答案
B
解析
语义题。由题干直接定位至第八段。该段两处提到此词。根据上下文语境“say obnoxious and distastefulthings”,“young man making an obnoxious gesture”可以判断该词和distasteful的意思相近,故选[B]。
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