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David Icke ideas

  • 01-06-2013 11:19pm
    #1
    futtyman
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    Could somebody be locked up under the mental act in ireland if they were going around preaching David Icke type views ?


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  • #2
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    futtyman wrote: »
    Could somebody be locked up under the mental act in ireland if they were going around preaching David Icke type views ?

    Of course not - he's not committing to hate speech or incitement to murder. While his message may appear wacky, wacky does not equate to 'therefore, must be considered illegal'. Many Irish people hold to the view that elderly women can cure 'thrush' and some such nonsense, should they be reprimanded too? World views cannot and should not remain under any legal cannon and so, no, they should definitely not be locked up.


  • #3
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    futtyman wrote: »
    Could somebody be locked up under the mental act in ireland if they were going around preaching David Icke type views ?

    If the only criteria required to lock someone up was they believed in idiotic/mad ideas then a lot of people would be inside mental hospitals.


  • #4
    Wicklowandy
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    His website can only be described as libellous though


  • #5
    NoQuarter
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    Wicklowandy wrote: »
    His website can only be described as libellous though

    How so? Have you an example of what you would call libellous?


  • #6
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    NoQuarter wrote: »
    How so? Have you an example of what you would call libellous?

    That is a ridiculous question to ask of someone in a legal forum, What the poster thinks is libellous he cannot quote because repeating a libel here makes the poster liable for defamation, regardless of who wrote the original piece.

    Go look up Icke's website yourself and make up your mind whether it's libellous or not.


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  • #7
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    coylemj wrote: »
    That is a ridiculous question to ask of someone in a legal forum, What the poster thinks is libellous he cannot quote because repeating a libel here makes the poster liable for defamation, regardless of who wrote the original piece.

    Go look up Icke's website yourself and make up your mind whether it's libellous or not.

    Good point, that had completely not entered my head. My bad.


  • #8
    Wicklowandy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Wicklowandy


    Do have a look though, it's domain changes regularly but still has a google listing. Some crazy stuff on there (looked it up for a full list of yewtree arrests btw)


  • #9
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    Of course not - he's not committing to hate speech or incitement to murder. While his message may appear wacky, wacky does not equate to 'therefore, must be considered illegal'. Many Irish people hold to the view that elderly women can cure 'thrush' and some such nonsense, should they be reprimanded too? World views cannot and should not remain under any legal cannon and so, no, they should definitely not be locked up.

    I know a man who can cure thrush. Am I insane?


  • #10
    Jumboman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭Jumboman


    I dont think even David Icke believes in half his ideas, I think he says mad **** in order to sell books and get publicity etc.

    Hes a great entertainer/business man.

    Icke has made millions off his books and speaking engagements yet he wants other people to give him 100k to set up his own TV station:rolleyes:





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