Glasgow Police threaten to arrest anyone caught having an opinion

Almost everything you possibly can say will hurt someone - or at least, they can claim to be hurt by it.

Madonna, exposing the breast of a minor to public broadcast

"Madonna is washed up"? That hurts my feelings! Police! Arrest that man!

"The sun will rise tomorrow? You hurt me saying that! My religion says it will only rise by the will of Huitzilopochtli - your presumption offends me.

How dare you criticise my religion?

Threatening to arrest people for this is Totalitarian.

They are deliberately intimidating people - implying to them that if they express their opinion, they can expect to be arrested.

Think before you post or you may receive a visit from us this weekend. Use the internet safely. #thinkbeforeyoupost pic.twitter.com/xNiDMf3jPA

— GreaterGlasgPolice (@GreaterGlasgPol) April 1, 2016

Text copy of tweet, for archival/search engine purposes.

• Think before you post or you may receive a visit from us this weekend. Use the internet safely. #thinkbeforeyoupost

  

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• brett caton ‏@bcaton2 2m2 minutes ago

  @GreaterGlasgPol Many true things are neither kind nor without hurt. Will you be arresting anyone who says "we shall all die"?

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Screenshot in case they delete the tweet.

Update:

I really hope that it's all an April Fool's Day prank - although it's 5:11 am on the 2nd, so i'm not sure it's within the traditional time for it.

Embedded Tweet:

T.H.I.N.K. b4 u post
T - is it True
H - is it hurtful
I - is it illegal
N - is it necessary
K - is it kind#SID2016 pic.twitter.com/0imf4eG9LH

— Ontario Prov Police (@OPP_News) February 10, 2016

Screenshot:

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— Lazarus (@Lazarus1940) April 2, 2016

I'm not even joking here. I just got a phone call from OPP's PR department regarding this tweet.https://t.co/yuON0wlNlb

— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) April 1, 2016