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How many times to people watch movies with bank raids and violance? How many people think about copying these acts, and think about it but have no intention of actually doing it.
Its sad to see the way things are going in the UK, people should be able to think and thought crimes shouldnt be punished.
If they are to be punished than so should every other thought crime be punished, as in someone thinking of kiilling someone, robbing someone etc.
People need to think before just jumping on the band wagon to attack "muslims" and justifying the so called war on terror.
Peace should be our aim not anger and hatered.
A Hussain, Birmingham, UK
I don't think that writing poetry about beheading westerners can be classed as a 'silly thought'. There's a purpose to this, is there any possibility that this creature can be kicked out of the country, refused access to the internet, have her report to the police at least once a day.?..Anything to drive it home that 'silly thoughts' won't be tolerated. If these people want to live in the west and take the benefits that this country gives them is it too much to ask for them to behave in a civilised manner??
kirk, Rotherham, UK
Another nai in the coffin of British law - I would say the way is now clear for terrorists to exploit this ruling and we will have to wait until an act of atrocity is perpetrated before the authorities can act. Fighting terrorism? Don't make me laugh.
Colin Cumner, Adelaide, Australia
Thinking about beheading westerners is one thing, and is not a crime, however unpleasant. Carrying a placard calling for this action, however, is incitement to violence and is a crime. There is a big difference between a thought and an action and, under English law (until NuLabour got hold of it), we are punished for our wrongdoing, not our wrongthinking.
Martin, Newmarket, Suffolk
Hope this ruling goes both ways, and members of the National front or the BNP are forgiven for the literature that they possess, or how about the people who said the holocaust did not happen and where condemmed and if I remember rightly were locked up for their thought crime.
I beleive a while ago a couple of Muslims were locked up for carrying banners asking for the beheading of westerners, surely these poor unfortunates should also be released as it was just a thought they were carrying.
Stephen, Jarrow,