Why doesn't Britain have free speech?

[Georgia]

Britain does have free speech. We are however at the moment undecided about where the bounderies lie with things like internet posting etc. Some people post or do things on the internet either with total disregard for the consequences or with a belief as it's on the internet, its not real life. That has to change. People also need to be more responsible with their actions. The "nanny state" that we need to get rid of is allowing a total disregard for you actions and thinking just because its on the internet it doesn't count.

If it is an opinion, a belief even, you can voice it, the law doesn't stop that, but what this person did wasn't either of those things. He did something down right offensive to a lot of people. Just because he was white it was considered somehow different to if he wasn't. Some things are sacrid, and a Poppy on Remembrance Sunday is.

We have been adapting the rules regarding facebook and twitter postings, mainly due to the previous legal issue of super injunctions and what the press are allowed to print. People were posting things that the courts said they weren't allowed too. That then led into other things. The general public I think is confused about what should be allowed and what shouldn't. I think everyone was behind the "un-masking" of certain super-injunction people, but then Lord MacAlpine's situation shows how something can snow ball, and be totally wrong.

I think the "nanny-state" is IF we allow things like that to be said without repurcusions. You wouldn't do that in the street without something being done. Why are you allowed to post it on the internet? Why are people allowed to post vile things about say your father or husband, just because its on the internet? Lord MacAlpine's life could have been ruined due to what was said about him. It's only that he has the money to fight it that the record has been set straight.

And actually no, the govenment isn't banning any sites, even though lots of people have suggested/asked that porn sites be banned unless you request them. So we're hardly being censored.