Met to push rape warnings over Wi-Fi to Xmas partygoers

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"Wi-Fi hotspots near popular clubs in central parts of London, such as Ministry of Sound, Proud Galleries and the Trocadero Centre, are being targeted by Scotland Yard officers."

I assume the login-page for the WiFi spot (for those that need one, FON I'm looking at you), will have a personal-safety advert/message on it., rather than intercepting the WiFi and replacing random banner adverts with the message.

+ legally binding contract

+ independent verification of both parties level of capacity to sign such contract

So basically the warning from the Met has to go along the lines of "if you don't want to be accused of rape this Christmas, make sure to attend a Tee-total solicitors gang-bang"

Out of "GUIDANCE ON THE SEXUAL OFFENCES (SCOTLAND) ACT 2009",

"Subsection (2)(a) provides that there is no free agreement where the conduct takes place at a time where the complainer is incapable, because of the effect of alcohol or any other substance, of consenting to it. The effect of this subsection is not to provide that a person cannot consent to sexual activity after consuming any alcohol or taking any intoxicating substance. A person may have consumed alcohol (or any other intoxicating substance), and may even be quite drunk, without having lost the capacity to consent. However at the point where he or she is so intoxicated as to lose the capacity to choose whether to participate in sexual activity, any sexual activity that takes place, does so without the complainer’s consent."

So I'm not sure.

Another puzzle initially: "Subsection (2)(e) provides that there is no free agreement where the complainer agrees or submits to conduct because the accused induces the complainer to agree or submit to the conduct by impersonating a person known personally to the complainer." On reflection, this possibly covers situations when there isn't a light on, as well as if the complainer is blind, or you sneak up behind them and go "It's me" and they go "Oh all right then", and it isn't you. I mean, you aren't who it's supposed to be. Although in some cases you weren't to know that, probably.

If the other person is asleep, I'm afraid it's right out. At least here in Scotland.

I don't think much of this wi-fi plan, though.

Only the man is capable of being guilty of rape under current laws.

ps, unless your wife also has willy.

@"if plod had issued WiFi warnings that looting was a crime."

Perhaps they were. It would help explain why the rioters were attacking the phone and electrical shops as they just wanted to hear these police warning on their shiny new phones and why the rioters ignored book shops like Waterstones, as the book shops weren't running these police educational adverts in their shops.

I did wonder why the rioters ignored the book shops and attacked the electrical shops. So they just wanted to learn and there I was thinking they were all greedy arrogant narcissists with no thought for anyone but themselves. The sad thing is, these are the exact same kind of bullying narcissistic people who are also the rapists in this world, that the police are trying to warn others about.

Ah yes the good ole days

In those cases you didn't consent, your groin did, happened to me a lot as well. Could have joined the SAS for the skills I had in quietly moving from bed to floor, gathering clothes and leaving through the front door without making a sound. Although nowadays I think you need to add an extra step which is check you haven't given them your mobile number.

"Redical"

OK, here's an even more radical thought.

Take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming others for your own misfortunes. Get hammered? Take the consequences.

Leap off a bridge because it seemed like a good idea at the time, does not mean that you can blame the bridge because you were pissed. No difference as I see it.

And before you leap on me saying that because someone is pissed they should not have to contend with being taken advantage of, I totally agree.

Sadly, a few million years of so-called evolution, still allows males to be controlled by the sexual urge. Despite arrogant humans thinking that men can be "trained" out of it, the primeval urge still exists deep in the subconscious. Whether the urge can be totally controlled or not, by every male is debatable.

We have smart serve over here in Canada, basically it says that if I serve you, be it 1 drink or 12, while you are under the influence I am responsible as the server. Note it says that, if it has been tested legally, I am unsure.

I hate this system, if a person is not responsible enough to say "I drove my car into a tree cause I had 6 beer, hopped into it and drove" then they should not drink. People with the mentality of shift it to the servers and staff are going to lead to a world where every time you ingest alcohol, your watch beeps, if you hit a limit your car will not unlock.

How can you expect a server to keep track of the numerous patrons, their drinks and then watch what they do as they leave the door? For that matter, how are we to magically know you had 4 beer in the house before you came, different people react differently, some are overt and some never change from the normal. Yes if my regulars are there I watch them and know their habits and that they cab or one of the wives comes for them, then again they are my regulars, the random Joe off the street though is the wildcard for me constantly.

Time for the people of the world to wake up and accept responsibility for their own actions.