Do I understand correctly there is no freedom of speech in the UK? I have read a few reports recently of people being arrested for posting something online. Not a threat, not something that caused someone else to do bodily harm but something that offended someone else.

Recently there was a guy arrested for a facebook post he made. It took some searching but I finally found it. Yes it was in bad taste, it was poor humor and poor timing on his part but should he be arrested over it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-19863228

From what I understand it was someone else who saw the post who sent it to or posted it on the website of the missing girl and this is what got things out of hand.

I dont think we are far behind the UK on loosing or 1st amendment rights of freedom of speech especially with the recent arrest of the guy who made that stupid anti Muslim film that supposedly got everyone all stired up and they have tried to blame the killing of the US diplomat and others on the film.

I read a lot of comments on this article and it seems there are a lot of people who do not agree with the whole process and the guys arrest. Even people saying this is one of the key reasons why the US separated ourselves from England although we seem to be going down the same path.