The End of the Permissive Society

In Somerset this week, the Police in Somerset were called out. The helicopter and Police dog units were called out to apprehend a man.  

Was he a murderer? Was he a rapist? Had he stabbed someone?

Nope. In This report, the man was arrested for wearing a Gimp suit. The charge being causing distress to the community. I assume they will actually charge him for a public order offence. Can the Police be arrested and charged with causing me distress for the amount of money they wasted on finding this guy for his non-offence?

So now we can't walk down the street in a Gimp Suit without the Police getting involved. Now I thought we lived in a permissive society, that we could do anything we liked and as long as it didn't harm anyone, we are free to continue without interference from the Government or Police.

Well, this report dispels that myth then. 

Instead if Edna the curtain twitcher gets offended or a bit scared by some guy in a Gimp suit walking down the street then he can be arrested. 

I do muse about his choice of clothing. Maybe next time for Halloween he needs to dress up as a Drag Queen. That'll be a protected activity. Or maybe the LGBTQ+ mob need to add another G to their list.

I hope this Halloween that there will be a large number of Gimps on the street in solidarity with this chap. Let's stick two fingers up to the Police, let's get a Gimp Army on the streets. Maybe whole families of gimps: Mummies, Daddies and little gimps.