An Open Letter to Judge Jacqueline Davies
Matt Bradley’s great open letter to Judge Jacqueline Davies, who yesterday ensured Paul Chambers’s life would continue to be ruined for no good reason.
Standout part:
Paul Chambers knew his audience, and they knew him. To suggest that he should restrict his language on the basis that somebody else might accidentally see it, is to restrict the communications and language of every free individual in this country, for fear that they might be criminalised by the state. On a day when we wore poppies to remember those who fought and died, and continue to fight and die to protect our basic freedom, the court’s judgement made a mockery of their efforts.
If she doesn’t read the letter in the next week I’m blowing up a poppy!
Wait I’ve got this terribly wrong.