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[-] Mudface@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

They have laws for everything!

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 20 points 10 months ago

"Where's the law saying that I can't shamble around in a graveyard and say 'Oooooo!!' at people?? Go ahead and show me! I'll wait!"

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Legal Code of England and Wales:

Public Order Act 1986. Section 5(1) provides:

"(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he/she:

(a) uses threatening [or abusive] words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, or

(b) displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening [or abusive],within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby."

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

OOOOOOOO!!!!

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I feel assaulted. To civil court with you!

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can't take a ghost to ~~jail~~ civil court!

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait, does (a) mean they can simply arrest you for swearing!? Who decides if what you did was 'disorderly'? This sounds dangerously vague

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There was a clarification done more recently that helps explain. The Wikipedia page explains it.

Basically: just casually swearing? No. Cursing out a person in their face, causing severe anguish and/or a public disturbance? To the point where it might be described by bystanders as verbal assault? Yeah, that's illegal.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Wtf.

I feel super harassed by the existence of England. It must be removed.

[-] SpiralSong@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Did he get busted by Scooby and the gang?

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

So fined for some sense of humour then I see

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

While I think it sounds funny, it's definitely cruel. People visiting a cemetery have enough to deal with without having their pain being mocked.

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

https://youtu.be/ujPKPdyuNNg?si=Yp2joJV7raSFwFyv

[-] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Alternative Invidious link: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=ujPKPdyuNNg&si=Yp2joJV7raSFwFyv

[+] WhipTheLlama@lemmy.world -11 points 10 months ago

The picture is of a graveyard, not a cemetery.

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 12 points 10 months ago

There's a difference?

[-] Sallp@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I looked it up

The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.

Mostly no difference, what I got is a graveyard is a cemetery but a cemetery may not be graveyard.

[-] SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

So WhipTheLlama is wrong?

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

Maybe they should be spending less time whipping lamas and more time looking up stuff!

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