Why should it be an offence to report a terrorist?

[rov1200]

Have we all gone loony?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10929203

[McMouse]

It's not an offence. The ad was merely ruled to be inappropriate.

[rov1200]

Same difference!

[factor-fiction]

I agree that the ad was inappropriate - some of the ideas seemed a little silly to me

[McMouse]

I agree factor, but my point is that this thread is incorrect. It is not an offence to report a terrorist, infact it's probably an offence not to.

[Gromit]

Er, no it isn't the same.

Many advertisements get banned because they are inaccurate. This is just another. Keeping the curtains drawn and paying with cash is quite common behaviour, and not the first signs of terrorist tendencies.

And reporting a terrorist is not an offence, if you see someone paying with cash, then by all means report it to the authorities. It is just the advertisement that is not up to scratch.

[lumination]

this is crazy! its just an advert! lol

[sherminator]

Same difference??????

are you retarded? people phoning up and complaining that an advert is unsuitable and going to the police to report a suspected terrorist....is the same difference????? What The Funicular

I've said it before and i'll say it again: Some people don't deserve opinions!

[jno]

well, let's just say some have more than their share, sherminator. The quality suffers.

[joko]

i think the ad is inappropriate, misleading and appeals to simple-minded mob mentality

we hear stories of how people with the same name as a murderer get hounded, or even if they just look vaguely like one they get accused, or even some nasty person starts a rumour - people beleive and act on it, how paediatricians get abuse because idiots cant read properly etc etc

this is just inciting people to gang up on neighbours who like their privacy or seem 'a bit odd'

you know it will happen

[eyethenkyew]

Better not have anyone feeling offended, eh? Rather they end up blown to pieces, that'll stop them taking umbrage at an ad on the radio. What logic!

[rov1200]

Its a well known fact that we have terrorists living amongst us and we can't lift a finger to stop them planning an event. They just quote the human rights legislation and they can lie back, collect benefits, sue the country for £millions and get away with it.

Prevention is the only key. Once that is taken away we are left with clearing up the human remains from a bomb. Not to apply any action because of the sensitivities of a few deranged individuals is taking the biscuit. There were 15 complaints made against the ad, such a small proportion of the population.

[jackthehat]

That's probably because only a small % of the population heard it.............I didn't.

(That doesn't stop it being a wholly ill-thought out idea, though.........)