Crossing the line

TheBatteryChicken said:
Hahahaha i just pictured someone running up to a guy and punching him in the balls, im in stitches
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I am pretty sure, if you search long enough, and go to that part of youtube, you will find a lot of that style of content, and it would be labeled as "prank" or "entertainment".

It is the same as someone was calling people up telling them that their "daughter/son is dead" and then just going "jk/lol 1 million youtube hits".
 
Little Recordings said:
I am pretty sure, if you search long enough, and go to that part of youtube, you will find a lot of that style of content, and it would be labeled as "prank" or "entertainment".

It is the same as someone was calling people up telling them that their "daughter/son is dead" and then just going "jk/lol 1 million youtube hits".
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You dont have to search for long, i just searched nut and a whole compilation came up with over a million views, its pretty funny as well
 
Little Recordings said:
I am pretty sure, if you search long enough, and go to that part of youtube, you will find a lot of that style of content, and it would be labeled as "prank" or "entertainment".
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It's easy to find videos of friends punching each other. It's a different story to assault a stranger under the guise of a prank.
 
markkaz said:
It's easy to find videos of friends punching each other. It's a different story to assault a stranger under the guise of a prank.
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Ou yeah, but that is usually done with "consent" of the friends, or since they are friends, they know that it will be fine.
And even then, would not go as far as to give a friend a heart attack or something along those lines.
 
I'm going to take a Constitutional approach to this question. If the pranksters are in America, which I'm assuming they are, then this message will apply. If they aren't, then ignore what I'm about to say. In the USA, there are limits to our freedoms. You can't incite panic in a public place, that's what the famous line "you can't yell 'fire!' in a movie theater" implies. I think that in this case, in which the pranksters wear ski masks to elicit some sort of a response from the people at the bank, the bankers were justified in their actions. The bank's actions against the pranksters would hold in a court of law, but likely no action would ever be taken, considering it's a isolated incident and didn't create any real harm.
 
TReau said:
I'm going to take a Constitutional approach to this question. If the pranksters are in America, which I'm assuming they are, then this message will apply. If they aren't, then ignore what I'm about to say. In the USA, there are limits to our freedoms. You can't incite panic in a public place, that's what the famous line "you can't yell 'fire!' in a movie theater" implies. I think that in this case, in which the pranksters wear ski masks to elicit some sort of a response from the people at the bank, the bankers were justified in their actions. The bank's actions against the pranksters would hold in a court of law, but likely no action would ever be taken, considering it's a isolated incident and didn't create any real harm.
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Isn't the same as, and before go on, I am not from US so I might be wrong, you have the freedom of speech, however hate speech is a illegal and is considered a crime.

So it is even less that there are limits and more, the "you have the freedom of speech, but it does not elude you from the responsibility and the implications caused by your actions".

Am I correct on this one?
 
Little Recordings said:
Isn't the same as, and before go on, I am not from US so I might be wrong, you have the freedom of speech, however hate speech is a illegal and is considered a crime.

So it is even less that there are limits and more, the "you have the freedom of speech, but it does not elude you from the responsibility and the implications caused by your actions".

Am I correct on this one?
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Hate speech isnt illegal in the UK as such, Inciting violence is. People can freely say extreme views against things but in relation to the law the line is only crossed once that person tries to tell people to harm others etc etc
 
TheBatteryChicken said:
Hate speech isnt illegal in the UK as such, Inciting violence is. People can freely say extreme views against things but in relation to the law the line is only crossed once that person tries to tell people to harm others etc etc
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But wouldn't passive provocative actions still be considered that? For example if I spend hours attacking a minority, I will be take away, right? Since that can also be views as provocation?
 
Little Recordings said:
But wouldn't passive provocative actions still be considered that? For example if I spend hours attacking a minority, I will be take away, right? Since that can also be views as provocation?
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Quite a lot of the time it all depends on any police officers attending if a complaint is received. Some times an officer will make the call to arrest someone if they believe they are inciting violence. The situation is usually the biggest factor in this decision. If a person is spouting off a lot of hate and causing a big commotion which would lead to violence then they would likely be arrested for it. The sort of language you need to be using to do this is quite extreme though.
 
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