Comments on: Hard hitting journalism from the Evening Times

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:34:31 +0000

>>Doesn’t this throw up some sort of Data Protection or Privacy issue?

I would have thought that since these are people who have been successfully prosecuted (although by acceptance of fixed penalty notices rather than a court in most cases) then it will be public record. You could argue, however, that publishing a list of people considered to be anti-social with their home addresses could be classed as incitement. The self-righteous crowd are bound to start dumping crap in their gardens.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:31 +0000

Don't you just hate people who clutter up Glasgow with crap?

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:48 +0000

> Surely if a £50 fine won’t stop people …

Yeah, I should have added that I think the broken windows theory kind of requires the law to be enforced by the authorities, rather than for a tabloid to be snippily outraged.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:34:38 +0000

Doesn’t this throw up some sort of Data Protection or Privacy issue?

I don’t think so.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:32:06 +0000

Surely if a £50 fine won’t stop people littering, having their name in small print in a bit of the Evening Times only insane pensioners will read isn’t going to deter them either?

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:34:55 +0000

> It’s a real problem in Glasgow; the city is a shitehole

Very true. Plus, if you believe there’s anything in the broken windows theory, stopping the litter problem could contribute to reducing the rates of other greater crimes. Possibly.

Has anyone here been to Chicago? The place is spotless.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:49 +0000

Doesn’t this throw up some sort of Data Protection or Privacy issue?

By: McGazz

McGazz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:09:45 +0000

How I miss the Evening Times, the paper that would relegate “10000 die in Paisley explosion” to a paragraph to keep the front page free for “Glasgow man wins £20 on Lotto”.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:03:40 +0000

I agree that there are other, more pressing crimes that should receive coverage in the press but the litter problem is something I’m happy for the Evening Times to jump on. It’s a real problem in Glasgow; the city is a shitehole…

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:46:48 +0000

But isn’t most of Glasgow’s litter copies of The Evening Times?