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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC Nov 6

    "To mock that disaster in such a crude way is vile." Five men arrested after burning a cardboard replica of Grenfell Tower during a bonfire party. https://abcn.ws/2QpeDf9 pic.twitter.com/cX92wNie5W

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      1. Sean Whitton‏ @seanwhitton66 Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        What are the charges? Having a dark sense of humor?

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      1. Daniele Costantini‏ @dondan7 Nov 6
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        As bad as that “joke” was, I’m not sure why this should be illegal. The real problem is interfering in what people are doing peacefully in their private capacity without harming anyone! We should be afraid.

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      1. 0biJon‏ @0biJon Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        "Oi! You got a loicense for that dark humor?"

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      1. Regs‏ @r3gulations Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        That was vile, but what is more vile is a government that would arrest people over mere speech, no matter how vile. Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there.

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      2. Hilljack‏ @H1lljack Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        sure its vile... but is it criminal? I don't think it should be. #LiberalLogic DonT LET THEM HAVE POWER! Comedy will be outlawed. #BiasMedia #Oppression

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      3. Ethan deKlein Tyson 💫‏ @ethan__tyson Nov 6
        Replying to @H1lljack @ABC

        I thought liberals were pro-burning their own private property.

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      1. SK8R-GOY‏ @progressivepro7 Nov 6
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        Vile joke but they are free to do it. This is @SadiqKhan world. Suits cause the fire then punish others

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      1. Jorj X McKie‏ @jjs92285 Nov 6
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        So having a dark sense of humor is now a crime in @GREATBritain ? #LostTheirMinds

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      1. Tony Pressgrove‏ @T_Pressgrove Nov 6
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        Vile..... ✅. Disgusting.......✅. Hate crime......??? I think that’s a stretch (or at least would be in the US). Maybe some misdemeanor open burning violation, but that’s about all.

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      1. Mike Partyka‏ @MichaelJPartyka Nov 6
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        Arrested for a video. Oh, England, you anti-free-speech pool of cess.

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      1. Sherry Sherry‏ @Sherrysherry1 Nov 6
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        If apparently being stupid and disgusting is now an arrestable offense, there will never be enough jails. It does seem they were arrested for being rowdy and having the bonfire. Making the effigy of the apartment building the "headline" gets more attention.

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      1. Dawn‏ @Dawn45954857 Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        While morally reprehensible, I think London is off base in calling it a "hate crime". I do believe that the social media Platforms in which the video was posted should absolutely take the video down immediately.

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      1. 𝙼𝟷𝚃𝚃𝟹 𝙼𝟹‏ @W34K_80N4_F1D35 Nov 6
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        The corrupt bureaucrats with outlandish salaries and phenomenal benefits, in charge of this place - they're free, right?

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      1. CraZeyNinJa‏ @CraZeyNinJa Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        insane. it's a cardboard replica. distasteful, not criminal. Socialists in overdrive to curb your rights

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      1. Jan Theuninck‏ @JanTheuninck Nov 6
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        Freedom of Speech - Jan Theuninck, 2015 https://theuninck.blogspot.com/2015/07/freedom-of-speech-jan-theuninck-2015.html …pic.twitter.com/WSl48DMvM5

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      1. Son Of Central Scrutinizer‏ @SonOScrutinizer Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        Disaster? More like a crime.

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      2. Eric Zahn‏ @EricZahn2 Nov 6
        Replying to @ABC

        It's kind of like burning a cross on a lawn. If you don't get the criminal aspect of this you're delusional. Admittedly the kind of stupid crime you expect of 12 year olds but grown ass men should know better.

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      3. Sean Whitton‏ @seanwhitton66 Nov 11
        Replying to @EricZahn2 @ABC

        and that justifies adding a criminal record to their lives? Burning a cross was historically followed by violence against someone therefore it's meaning is expressively violent. Burning a replica tower for shits and gigs is not

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      4. Eric Zahn‏ @EricZahn2 Nov 11
        Replying to @seanwhitton66 @ABC

        Thinking before you act on stupid impulses is usually the first step to avoiding a criminal record starshine.pic.twitter.com/cTh3LfBm0z

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      5. Sean Whitton‏ @seanwhitton66 Nov 11
        Replying to @EricZahn2 @ABC

        But the fact is that this is a harmless act regardless of how impulsive it may or may not have been. I wouldn't have done this but they have every right to do it

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      6. Eric Zahn‏ @EricZahn2 Nov 11
        Replying to @seanwhitton66 @ABC

        Well at this point it seems like it's the court that will decide that. I think there could be very productive ways to educate them without a criminal conviction but I am not familiar with the British legal system so I can't really speak to their flexibility in sentencing.

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      7. Sean Whitton‏ @seanwhitton66 Nov 11
        Replying to @EricZahn2 @ABC

        I mean you can logically think about it. Did burning the tower incite any further violence? if not then it is literally and figuratively harmless

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      8. Sean Whitton‏ @seanwhitton66 Nov 11
        Replying to @seanwhitton66 @EricZahn2 @ABC

        *replica tower

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