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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8526080.stm

I'd be concerned about mission creep there...

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Yes I can understand where you are coming from with your concern :?

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The basic premise is fine but there need to be safeguards against this being used maliciously.

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hey lets have another law that is all ready covered by other laws. :roll:

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hey lets have another law that is all ready covered by other laws. :roll:


I suspect this could become the law that justifies what they wanted to do with the other laws, only they found they weren't elastic enough ;)

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bobbdobbs wrote:
hey lets have another law that is all ready covered by other laws. :roll:

Yes but they did not cover online bullying. Maybe adding amendments by statutory instruments to existing legislation would be best of all.

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