"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out"
- Bill Hicks
Posted by: Telec
People need to question the enforcement of the law, rather than the law itself. The part in question on the page you link is section 5 of the Public Order Act; I would hope that the offences that that part was designed to counter-act will, even if section 5 is repealed, still be tackled by section 6 (action intended to cause harassment, alarm or distress).
It's all very well saying that it is fascism that someone not have the right to insult another person, but there is more to all this than rights - every right comes with associated responsibilities. Just as it is my right to address people on this forum in a defamatory manner, it is my responsibility not to do so, because it's bad juju. If I fail in my responsibility, forum ninjas remove me from the forum, and I imagine that everyone here would endorse their decision to do so - yet flaming people in real life should apparently be subject to legal protection.
I call BS.
The only person, aside from myself, talking sense ITT.