Well, now it’s illegal in the UK to imagine depraving the king of his crown… assuming Charles becomes a good king once he gets his coronation ceremony.
Red clown noses would be the completion of those judges ensembles. ~ Richard Blackwell, dead but still charmingly and accurately snooty if I do say so myself
Take care, famed mind reader Akinator “Well It’s Not Really Your Mind I Read But You’ll Find A Way To Make Me Right After A While” BeeEssord be with you, and gesundheit.
Interesting that the year of the thought treason act in G.B. Has 3 of the numbers from 1984. I fear that USA is headed that way – following Canada – if the vocal minority keeps shouting down common sense beliefs.
According to the everything2.com website, there is nothing about “imagining” or even about the Queen specifically in the Act. RBION has misstated things rather badly here, IMO. Snippet from that site:
In 1848 the Parliament of England passed the Treason Felony Act. This law made it a high crime, punishable by exile, to write or say anything about removing the monarchy – even by peaceful means.
What it actually says is, “compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend”, and “imagine” originally didn’t originally mean, “visualize in the mind’s eye”, but “plot or plan”. Legal authorities of the time are quite clear that the Law has nothing to say about what you merely think, because it doesn’t know.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
Well, now it’s illegal in the UK to imagine depraving the king of his crown… assuming Charles becomes a good king once he gets his coronation ceremony.
The dude from FL (not bragging) Premium Member over 1 year ago
Anybody here ever been YOINKED? And does it hurt! Asking for my sex partner. I ain’t doing it!
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
That’s ironic about the Maryland Supreme Court. Because Maryland is not at all a “red” state.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
Maybe the Maryland SC judges think they are like Cardinals in the Catholic Church, because the state was originally founded as a haven for Catholics.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
Nowadays , it’s OK to deprive Harry and Megan of anything.
Gator007 over 1 year ago
Does it apply to King Charles?
Flynn White Premium Member over 1 year ago
Illegal to imagine depriving queen of her crown – hope there’s an exemption for her dentist.
Kidon Ha-Shomer over 1 year ago
wrong queen pictured, should be Victoria
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
Red clown noses would be the completion of those judges ensembles. ~ Richard Blackwell, dead but still charmingly and accurately snooty if I do say so myself
Take care, famed mind reader Akinator “Well It’s Not Really Your Mind I Read But You’ll Find A Way To Make Me Right After A While” BeeEssord be with you, and gesundheit.
Lotus over 1 year ago
Maybe all the judges are U Md grads. One of their school colors is red.
lmuller7 over 1 year ago
British sympathizers !
ladykat over 1 year ago
How would the authorities know if you imagined the Queen without her crown?
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 1 year ago
The stool-pigeon parrot was lucky not to end up in the deep with cement overshoes.
chroniclecmx over 1 year ago
United Kingdom: Policing your thoughts since (at least) 1848. Better not pray where you’re not supposed to! Don’t commit any thought crimes!
oish over 1 year ago
Surprised their robes aren’t green from all the insane toll booth money.
andersjg Premium Member over 1 year ago
Looks like they have finally given up the powdered wigs.
oakie817 over 1 year ago
maryland be stylin’
GaryCooper over 1 year ago
A parrot in the witness protection program— I do want that one to be true.
Jogger2 over 1 year ago
The Queen but not the King? What if the law used “monarch” ?
david.reichert over 1 year ago
Red Rober, Red Rober, just send the case over..
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
Interesting that the year of the thought treason act in G.B. Has 3 of the numbers from 1984. I fear that USA is headed that way – following Canada – if the vocal minority keeps shouting down common sense beliefs.
ron45wells over 1 year ago
The Maryland Supreme Court is Communist?
finnygirl Premium Member over 1 year ago
According to the everything2.com website, there is nothing about “imagining” or even about the Queen specifically in the Act. RBION has misstated things rather badly here, IMO. Snippet from that site:
In 1848 the Parliament of England passed the Treason Felony Act. This law made it a high crime, punishable by exile, to write or say anything about removing the monarchy – even by peaceful means.
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 1 year ago
What it actually says is, “compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend”, and “imagine” originally didn’t originally mean, “visualize in the mind’s eye”, but “plot or plan”. Legal authorities of the time are quite clear that the Law has nothing to say about what you merely think, because it doesn’t know.
Cathy P. over 1 year ago
There was a woman in England who was arrested for praying silently while standing across the street from an abortion clinic.
Zykoic over 1 year ago
“Yes, we like dressing up.”
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Parrots can live to be 80 or 90 years old,so justice shall eventually triumph.
Scott S over 1 year ago
https://youtu.be/yWXIpg5bf4E