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7th November 2008, 5:06pm
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#1 | | Aurė enteluva Gallery SuperMod
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| Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/...st/7716388.stm Quote:
A teenager from Ayrshire who was caught posing with a sword on the social networking site Bebo has been fined £200 at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
Anthony Bowman, 19, pleaded guilty to displaying the image on Bebo between January 2006 and July 2008.
His case came to light after police conducted a trawl of the internet in a bid to cut crime and disorder.
| So right, I get the whole bid to cut knife crime thing, but what possible fucking charge can you conjour to press against someone for posing in a photo?
Loathe as i am to defend LARPers and the like, but surely this is an absolutely ridiculous precedent to set in regards to people that have hobbies involving replica weapons.
Fuck knows what theyd have done had they come across big scapegoats airsoft photos. | 
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7th November 2008, 5:07pm
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#2 | | terrifying snail of metal
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
fuck that's all my wedding pictures screwed then!
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7th November 2008, 5:08pm
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
Fucking idiots, how come all the little chavs beating each other to death on you tube havn't been charged? and all the goths and emos with the knife clutching photos on myspace/bebo
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7th November 2008, 5:10pm
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#4 | | El Chupa Libre
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
Recently I got emailed a picture by (I'm being 100% genuine here) a very jealous ex (of a girl I was seeing), he sent me a picture with him holding a gun (real or not, I dunno) and then later a knife.
I never called the cops or nothing though.
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7th November 2008, 5:12pm
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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Originally Posted by Jaemi  Recently I got emailed a picture by (I'm being 100% genuine here) a very jealous ex, he sent me a picture with him holding a gun (real or not, I dunno) and then later a knife.
I never called the cops or nothing though. | Haud the bus.
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7th November 2008, 5:13pm
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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Originally Posted by Jaemi Recently I got emailed a picture by (I'm being 100% genuine here) a very jealous ex, he sent me a picture with him holding a gun (real or not, I dunno) and then later a knife.
I never called the cops or nothing though. | Something you want to get off your chest?
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7th November 2008, 5:13pm
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#7 | | El Chupa Libre
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
Ninja edit.
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7th November 2008, 5:28pm
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#8 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
Ninja with, like, swords?
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7th November 2008, 7:24pm
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#9 | | F0rum Ghost
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
here, are there not pictures of you with a sword hanging from yer manhood brian?
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7th November 2008, 7:31pm
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
So who's got the photo then? | |
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7th November 2008, 8:15pm
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#11 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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"Youngsters who use social networking sites irresponsibly should be warned that their activities are being monitored and they may get a visit from the police"
| Like, posting on their facebook from their iPhone while they're driving? That would make sense. This, not so much 
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7th November 2008, 9:43pm
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#12 | | DJ PUMPIO
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
Hope Gordon Ramsey gets the jail soon as well, he's aye got chibs in his mitts.
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7th November 2008, 10:30pm
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#13 | | sweaty sock
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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Originally Posted by Jaemi Recently I got emailed a picture by (I'm being 100% genuine here) a very jealous ex (of a girl I was seeing), he sent me a picture with him holding a gun (real or not, I dunno) and then later a knife.
I never called the cops or nothing though. | The attachment says more than I need to say about the jealous ex.
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7th November 2008, 11:48pm
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#14 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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Originally Posted by Shannow Fuck knows what theyd have done had they come across big scapegoats airsoft photos. | Dammit, I can't find the one of me, you and Zaz!
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8th November 2008, 11:16am
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#15 | | Stagger like you mean it
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| Re: Guy fined for holding a sword in a picture
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Originally Posted by Shannow but what possible fucking charge can you conjour to press against someone for posing in a photo? | Possession of a bladed weapon is an offence, and it's what we call a 'strict' offence in that you don't need to have done anything further to be guilty of it. It's automatic. You possess a blade*, you've committed a crime. So putting a picture of yourself holding it online is not very clever, and is all the evidence the fiscal needs to prosecute you for it.
*there are exceptions for length (i.e. swiss army knives), religious practices, use in a trade or other common household use.
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