Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFlock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”news.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1753arrow-down111
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minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoI didn’t mean they really thought a camera were a gun. I mean UK cops will “suspect” people filming with a camera of being a terrorist (as if aiming the camera were like pointing a gun).
minus-squareSenal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours ago“anonymous” downvotes aren’t a good replacement for an actual response, but you do you.
minus-squareSenal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·12 hours agoand I’m saying it’s not a common occurrence, intentional or not. Guns aren’t common enough in the UK for “they’ve got a gun” to be a go-to for the police. “They’ve got a knife” or “They’ve got a sign the ruling class don’t want people to see” are more likely. As another poster pointed out, it has happened, but it’s by no means the norm.
I didn’t mean they really thought a camera were a gun. I mean UK cops will “suspect” people filming with a camera of being a terrorist (as if aiming the camera were like pointing a gun).
“anonymous” downvotes aren’t a good replacement for an actual response, but you do you.
and I’m saying it’s not a common occurrence, intentional or not.
Guns aren’t common enough in the UK for “they’ve got a gun” to be a go-to for the police.
“They’ve got a knife” or “They’ve got a sign the ruling class don’t want people to see” are more likely.
As another poster pointed out, it has happened, but it’s by no means the norm.