Teresa May bans 'pick up artist' from entering the UK
Controversial US "pick-up artist" Julien Blanc has been barred from entering the UK by the Home Office, the BBC understands.
His UK tour is due to start in February 2015, but a petition to deny him a visa attracted more than 120,000 signatures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30119100
What gets me is that some people in the past would use this kind of thing as a stick to beat Labour with, yet say nothing when the Tories do exactly the same thing. These kind of things would be run into the ground by the press... 'freedom of speech', 'liberties' 'let adults decide' ect.. etc..
Also, what's liberal about the Liberal party I have no idea. Clegg is pretty much denouncing prisoner reform elsewhere and promoting mob rule. It's a joke.
As to this whether this bloke should be banned or not, I've no idea who he really is, apart from the fact he doesn't appear to have a criminal record (from what I can see). From the little bits I hear, he does seem very unsavoury.
His UK tour is due to start in February 2015, but a petition to deny him a visa attracted more than 120,000 signatures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30119100
What gets me is that some people in the past would use this kind of thing as a stick to beat Labour with, yet say nothing when the Tories do exactly the same thing. These kind of things would be run into the ground by the press... 'freedom of speech', 'liberties' 'let adults decide' ect.. etc..
Also, what's liberal about the Liberal party I have no idea. Clegg is pretty much denouncing prisoner reform elsewhere and promoting mob rule. It's a joke.
As to this whether this bloke should be banned or not, I've no idea who he really is, apart from the fact he doesn't appear to have a criminal record (from what I can see). From the little bits I hear, he does seem very unsavoury.
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Loss for common sense and freedom of speech/expression
That said, I won't lose any sleep for him.
And also with these "Conservatives" and "Liberals" who are both as far away from their labels as you can get.
No wonder the general public are tired of modern politicians.
No doubt Julien Blanc is a disgusting individual, but he hardly merits a ban on entering the country.
Suggesting that its ok for men to verbally and physically attack women as a tactic to "pick " them has nothing to do with freedom of speech/expression.
"Unpleasant sounding" is no reason to ban someone from the country.
He's as arse but this is nonsense and sets a very dangerous precedent.
Many would disagree.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11239982/Julien-Blanc-apologises-I-am-the-most-hated-man-in-the-world.html
Maybe that's too difficult. It must be easier to just deny him access to the UK but he's got some free publicity for what he does which may be what he wanted.
She sounds like one of those people who complains about how a violent video game or film will lead to an increase in violence.
The Home Office is really overstepping its bounds.
No laws have been broken. As far as I know, he doesn't have a criminal record and so should be allowed to enter the country.
He should be allowed to come as a tourist or to visit people he knows but not work here, earn money, teach or lecture, promote a book or a business or speak at public meetings or gatherings. If he breaks conditions he forfeits the money and gets a ban.
Yeah but we can't have his sort here because we just know how impressionable and weak-minded men are, that if they are exposed to his schtick, they'll just starting going out and committing acts of sexual harrasment and intimidation. ;-)
I'm paraphrasing the Home Office statement.
This Blanc character gives old-fashioned, harmless, bullshitters a bad name.
Far from being tempted to try them I'd be put off any woman so dim, shallow and gullible that she'd fall for a cynically taught pick-up 'method'.
We are not the only country to not want him and rightly so. I am all for freedom but this man is a tw*t and we do not need him here, the man basically condones violent acts and encourages men to ignore the lady when she says no to sex ( which is usually classed as rape ) he also seems very keen on violently targeting Asian women and gave himself the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundtheWorld its just a shame we let in so many other trouble makers so easily in the past.
Yeah but given the choice I'd kick a lot of "unpleasant sounding" people out of the country but apparently we're not allowed to make people stateless.
That doesn't mean we should miss out on the opportunity to keep out a genital-head that actually has another state to live in though