Once I Spoke Up For The Jews.

And now I'm banned from Twitter.

US President Donald Trump has been on a diplomatic tour of Europe.

On June 1st (1/6/19) and June 2nd (2/6/19) he visited Switzerland.

On June 3rd (3/6/19) through to June 5th (5/6/19) he visited my native Britain.

On June 5th (5/6/19) through to June 6th (6/6/19) he visited the Republic of Ireland.

On June 6th (6/6/19) President Trump travelled France.

There he gathered with leaders from across Europe. To mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. These saw allied troops invade Nazi occupied France. At the beginning of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

On Tuesday (4/6/19) I attempted to withdraw cash from an ATM. There I discovered my bank account had been frozen.

After discussing the matter with my bank for most of the day I discovered that my bank account had not technically been frozen. The problem was that the UK network which connects point-of-sale devices - ATM's, Chip & Pin machines etc - to bank accounts. This mistakenly thought my bank account had frozen.

This was a light hearted reference to the much more serious time my bank account was frozen. On September 1st 2004 (1/9/04). An event which coincided infamous Islamist attack on a High School in Beslan, Russia. Which resulted in the murder of at least 334 people.

That black weekend featured heavily at the 2018 Winter Olympics held in the Republic of Korea (RoK/South Korea). An event which followed on from the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Russia.

The issue was particularly pushed to the fore by another Islamist inspired attack on a High School during the 2018 Winter Olympics. This time on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkland area of Florida, US. On February 14th 2018 (14/2/18).

The Beslan High School massacre heavily inspired a 2007 episode of the US TV show; "The Unit." Although it was Episode 20 of Season 2 I just can't remember what that particular episode of The Unit was called.

During the 2018 Winter Olympics Twitter decided to clumsily insert itself into the discussion. Officially their Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms determined my account to be an AI bot account. So suspended my ability to post links while they investigated.

Following the suspension of my bank account Twitter again decided to clumsily insert itself into the discussion. And has made a terrible mess of it.

On Tuesday (4/6/19) Sky News' account Tweeted a link to a story about Noa Pothoven. A teenager from Arnhem in the Netherlands who it claimed had been euthanized due to mental health problems. Most notably Anorexia.

This is highly controversial topic. One which has been particularly addressed through the case of Belgian Para-Olympian Marieke Vervoort. At the 2016 Summer Para-Olympics she basically bummed everyone out by announcing her plan to seek euthanasia.
 
The accepted wisdom, on which huge swathes of law is based, is that people such as Noa Pothoven are not capable of making decisions about their health and wellbeing. They are certainly not capable of making decisions about choosing to die. In fact many have had their basic right to freedom removed after attempting suicide.

So even in societies where assisted dying is lawful patients must pass extensive psychological screening. In order to make sure that they are not suffering from any mental health problems which would impair their ability to make such a decision.

Prompting me to reply to the @SkyNews Tweet;

"I'd be fascinated how she was able to pass the psychological screening. It's quite a popular game amongst the mentally ill. Trying to get a psychiatrist to agree that you probably should kill yourself." 

Officially Twitter's AI algorithms have identified that sentence structure as a call for someone to kill themselves. In violation of their terms of service regarding the promotion of self-harm and suicide. As such have suspended my account.

Since then it's been confirmed that the @SkyNews Tweet was completely Fake News.

Following an investigation Dutch authorities have confirmed that Noa Pothoven was not euthanized. Instead she chose to starve herself to death. With no assistance from anybody else. As Anorexics are prone to do.

In short she caused herself great harm through an extremely stupid decision. Dearie.

On Wednesday (5/6/19) my bank account was magically unfrozen. With no further effort whatsoever on my part.

Twitter however are still stubbornly keeping my account suspended.

This is despite the fact that the violation they are accusing me of did not occur. And in fact could not occur.

The conversation in which Twitter claim the violation occurred was between myself and @SkyNews.

This account is part of Sky Corp. A transnational corporate entity. Twitter are well aware of this fact. @SkyNews is classed by Twitter as a corporate account and is paid significant sums of money by Sky Corp as a result.

So in order to believe that I have urged @SkyNews to commit suicide Twitter have to believe that a transnational corporate entity is capable of suicide. I can offer little to no explanation of their reasoning.

Deep in their terms and conditions Twitter have designated the legal jurisdiction under which any dispute between the company and its users is resolved. They have chosen US jurisdiction.

Meaning that in this dispute Twitter, Sky News and myself enjoy full US Constitutional rights. Including the 1st Amendment right to political free speech/expression and the 5th and 14th Amendment rights to due process.

Therefore Twitter could attempt to cite; "Santa Clara County v Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1886)." This grants corporate entities personhood for the purpose of US Constitutional law. However that personhood is limited only to matters of Constitutional law.

Suicide is covered by US Common Law. It is defined as the intentional taking of one's own life. As with other offences against the person such as Homicide the act is defined by the extinction of life.

Under US Common Law the extinction of life is defined as; 

"(1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem."

So in order to believe that I have committed a violation by urging @SkyNews to commit suicide Twitter must be able to demonstrate its reasonable belief that, as a corporate entity, @SkyNews has a biological circulatory and respiratory system along or a biological brain and a brain stem.

I suppose Twitter could argue that the conversation between myself and @SkyNews occurred in a relatively public place. Therefore could have been overheard by a third party whom, without my knowledge, was urged to commit suicide.

If that is the approach Twitter is going to take it is going to have very serious implications for its business model.

As you may have started to suspect I have advocated at quite a few Mental Health Tribunals in the UK. These are a legal proceeding at which those detained on mental health grounds attempt to challenge the decision. I even went so far as to act in one of those proceedings at the UK High Court.

So trust me when I say it is quite common for the mentally ill to play a game. In which they try to convince their caregivers that not only should they be allowed to commit suicide the caregiver should also commit suicide.

I'll agree that sounds rather sociopathic. Where do you think sociopaths end up?

It takes a special sort of person to make ensure the answer to that question isn't "Somewhere near you."

However it does not require specialised knowledge to be aware of this game. It is something which is well established in popular culture.

It has certainly been that way since the publication of the 1961 Joseph Heller novel; "Catch-22."

I think that part of its longevity is that Catch-22 can be interpreted in different ways. To me it seems to primarily be an allegory for not allowing your life to be constrained by your fears and insecurity.

However it explores this idea through as Second World War Airman's attempts to get out of combat missions. By having himself declared mentally ill. 

The Catch-22 of the title is the contradiction that fearing death makes you sane. So the psychiatrist sends you out to die. Not fearing death makes you insane so the psychiatrist orders you removed from harms way.

The central theme of the book is the often farcical battle of wills between psychiatrists and the mentally ill. It ends with the victorious phrase;

"Yossarian Jumps."

That is an extraordinarily dangerous phrase to whisper in the ear of someone in mental health crisis who is contemplating suicide.

So if Twitter's policy is to ban references which may be unknowingly overheard by a third party whom may urged to commit suicide they need to ban all references to the novel Catch-22.

They also need to ban all references to the 1970 movie adaptation of Catch-22. Which shouldn't be too much of a problem.

The 1970 movie Catch-22 is notable only as the first major Hollywood cinema release to feature full frontal female nudity. The rest is just some crap the studio slapped together to justify the nude scene.

Catch-22 is once again very much in the public consciousness. 

It has recently been turned into a mini-series on the online streaming service Hulu. The cast is headed by the very famous George Clooney. It is soon to be shown in the UK on the Channel 4 network.

So if Twitter's policy is to ban references which may be unknowingly overheard by a third party whom may urged to commit suicide they need to ban all references to the Hulu mini-series Catch-22.

They're going to have to return all the advertising revenue Hulu and others have paid them to promote the mini-series Catch-22.

12:35 on 7/6/19 (UK date). 

Edited at around 19:44 on 7/6/19 (UK date) to tidy the above and copy & paste from another place;

It should not come as a surprise to anyone that Shoreditch is just the worst.

The East London Tech City, based in Shoreditch is clearly not up to the job. Any job.

Twitter, whose UK operations are based at that so-called; "Silicon Roundabout," have decided they want to double down in their mistake of Wednesday (5/6/19).

Despite some pretty clear examples of how the game is played in the big leagues.

Rather than simply unfreezing my account Twitter have decided to dig down even further into their bunker. I gather they're now in so deep they can currently be found sitting on Adolf Hitler's lap.

They've contacted me declaring that my appeal has been reviewed by a human moderator. I think any reasonable person would conclude that an error had made by the AI system. However this particular human moderator has concluded the violation did occur.

So, in short, Twitter has just declared that it actually pays money to employ someone who believes @SkyNews, as a corporate entity, has a biological circulatory and respiratory system. Along with a brain and a brain stem.

Obviously I'm not going to make a joke about that famous nerd TV show; "The Big Bang Theory." Particularly not the Howard Wolowitz character's attempts to build himself a robot girlfriend. 

Others though may not be so charitable.

What I have done is lodge a much more formal second appeal. This simply lays out the argument I've laid out here in a more official form. Along with specific detail of how Twitter's actions leave it with significant legal exposure.

Details I'm not exactly in a rush to share with the likes of James Woods or Tommy Robinson. Although I suspect Steve Bannon already has a copy. US President Trump is legally entitled to a copy.

Elsewhere in legal news the British High Court has dismissed the summons issued to Boris Johnson. In the private prosecution brought by Marcus Ball.

That of course would be the same British High Court where I have argued Mental Health Tribunals. Resulting in the presiding Judge permanently leaving the bench.

It really should not comes as a surprise that Mr Ball's application would be dismissed. A child could tell you that the application was flawed on two points;

1. The alleged offence did not occur. Mr Ball argued that Mr Johnson had lied in claiming that Britain sends the European Union (EU) GB£350m each week. This is a well established fact. Mr Ball's dispute was based on the amount the EU then sends back to Britain. In the form of a budget rebate and EU spending within the UK.

Mr Ball's entire position is based on Britain sending GB£350m each week. This requires him to accept that Mr Johnson's statement is indeed factual. As such it is a legal and logical impossibility for Mr Johnson to have lied by stating what Mr Ball accepts is a truth.

2. Whether truthful or not Mr Johnson's statements are protected under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The equivalent of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution. These are the terms & conditions Twitter must accept if it wishes to operate anywhere in the EU.

Mr Ball's accusation is so weak it's the sort of thing that can be dismissed in a 280 character Tweet. If Twitter are seriously reviewing my account activity they wouldn't have far to go to find just such a Tweet.

The British High Court has certainly been very busy today. It has also set free a one Mrs Sally Challen.

Demonstrating what happens when that special sort of person is banned from taking part in the discussion.

As for Sky Corp specifically I'm sure you're all aware that it is part of News Corp. Founded by a one Rupert Murdoch.

In Rupert Murdoch's native Australia there has been some exciting developments over media companies which undermine national security. Specifically by hindering Special Forces operations.

I would assume Twitter would be keen to hear my opinions on that. Particularly because of the @SkyNews Tweet I reported because I felt it was in volation of not only UK anti-terrorism law but also the 1998 Rome Statute.

Twitter's human moderators however felt it did not violate their terms & conditions.

If I were to build myself up to a final thought it would be;

How to regulate and moderate social media is a new and complex issue. It is an issue of significant public interest. Over which many voices are trying to influence government policy.

It is also an issue that Twitter is spectacularly failing to cope with.

You would think then that they would want to employ someone to advise them.

I assume they have a preference for an employee whose native country would not then immediately declare war on the company.

For theft of property and chattel.

20:00 on 7/6/19 (UK date).

Edited again at around 21:30 on 8/6/19 (UK date) to add;

Honestly I've not bothered to check whether Twitter has bottomed out yet. Sometimes all you can do is lock them in a padded cell and wait.

While finally watching; "Girl On A Train" I did vaguely wonder if they had a take on this Khanistan homophobic night bus attack. The tacky performance piece by the South American Melania (Geymonat) and her American spouse.

I'm particularly interested now the police have declined to pursue charges. And won't be changing their position anytime soon.

The rumour I've heard is that the two baby dykes with bloody noses met while working as Twitter moderators.

But then I have heard the same rumour about Johanna Konta.

... ._. ...

21:40 on 8/6/19 (UK date).