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'Snitch on your neighbours '

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Namechanger20183110 · 14/09/2020 09:50

Lots of sound bites in today's MSM from the policing minister suggesting pretty clearly that if you see your neighbours in groups of more than 6, ring the police.

The government are not even trying to hide their blatant tactics anymore to create divisions and animosity so that we stop focusing on the fact that they are a complete fuck up. There is already so much negativity out there. When I venture out, I'm more intimidated by somebody saying something to me about me unknowingly breaching a rule than I am of covid itself!

Will you snitch on your neighbour? I certainly won't be.

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Pinkmakeupbag · 14/09/2020 11:48

No, I could not bring myself to. I feel like the worlds gone mad. I said to dh, we can't meet with his sister as we both have two dc each, so what happens if we happen to see them in the park. Do we pretend we don't know them?

I'm also uncomfortable with the idea of blaming people for getting unwell.

I have found myself feeling annoyed and angry at rule breakers though, and it's quite unlike me. But I've found the whole thing quite distressing and therefore feel angry at anyone I feel is going to possibly make the situation worse.

It's a bit like when you're at school and the teacher keeps the whole class back because two kids were talking. That's the feeling it gives me.

Hellomoonstar · 14/09/2020 11:52

No, I won’t snitch on my neighbours.

hiredandsqueak · 14/09/2020 11:55

No I won't report my neighbours and fully expect a couple of them to have more than six in every now and again. I will follow the rules but I'm not policing anyone else.

Burpeesshmurpees · 14/09/2020 11:57

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IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 14/09/2020 12:03

The police can’t be everywhere so encouraging people to report will catch more that break the law. Doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with the law, it’s there for a reason.

Only in the UK would reporting wrong-doing be termed as "snitching". Why? If someone is putting others at risk, why wouldn't you alert the authorities who can do something about it

Exactly.

Surely we teach our children to follow the law and lead by example.

DioneTheDiabolist · 14/09/2020 12:06

Doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with the law, it’s there for a reason.
Nah, it's fine to break the law if your instincts tell you. I know this because the government told me.

movingonup20 · 14/09/2020 12:16

I wouldn't for 8, 10 even but a big party perhaps. Not that my neighbours have had more than 2 guests at a time anyway

Topseyt · 14/09/2020 12:22

@RedRiverShore

No, but I look forward to seeing who the first government minister is that breaks the rules

So do I, and I am sure it won't be long in coming.

BigSpringy · 14/09/2020 12:23

Nah, it's fine to break the law if your instincts tell you

Only if you do it in a limited and specific way

meow1989 · 14/09/2020 12:23

I dont know to be honest.

To those who are saying that comparisons to things that cause direct harm, I think i would withhold those opinions until about 4 weeks time when we will start to see whether ending shielding/back to school and the numbers rising impacts on the hospital admissions and death rates. Not to say it will but it might.

Its not just about having a extra person in the house, its about that extra person going to work and seeing another x number of people, their partner doing the same, their child going to school and seeing y number of people, and if a person at the original gathering does have covid, it snowballs pretty quickly in terms of risk of infecting large numbers. (Which is why I criticise the decision to allow up to 6 households to meet as long as theres max 6 people).

I dont want another lock down, I don't want schools to close, I don't want to have to isolate and I'm not doom mongering but there is a line where reporting can be classed as social responsibility based on the above.

But would i actually do it? I still don't know.

ANoTail · 14/09/2020 12:34

Well, it would depend on how my neighbours were breaking the law. If they were only doing it in a limited and specific way, that's apparently fine.

But, seriously though, no, I'm not going to eat out my neighbours.

Dandelionz · 14/09/2020 12:34

No, because I have my own life to focus on instead of being a nosey jobsworth.

Dandelionz · 14/09/2020 12:35

I'm not going to eat out my neighbours.

"Eat out" is a euphemism for "give cunnilingus to" so this was pretty funny to me.

SeekingCoffee33 · 14/09/2020 12:37

Well, it would depend on how my neighbours were breaking the law. If they were only doing it in a limited and specific way, that's apparently fine.

Exactly...

IcedPurple · 14/09/2020 12:46

@PinkSparklyPussyCat

The point is though, people aren't just going to report large parties. They are going to be reporting the neighbour across the road who they believe has an extra person in the house.

If it's like before they won't bother thinking there might be a good reason for this, they'll just get a kick out of doing it in the same way they got a kick out of monitoring how many times people left the house and how long for.

Yeah, are people going to be standing by their windows with a notebook writing down who entered the house and who left? And if their calculations suggest that more than the 'permitted number of people is in the house simultaneously, will they speed dial their local police station? What if one person leaves the house by the time the police zoom around to Curtain Twitcher Close, sirens blaring?

IcedPurple · 14/09/2020 12:48

Only in the UK would reporting wrong-doing be termed as "snitching". Why?

Do people actually believe this?

Do they think that say, Italians, would think nothing of picking up the phone and informing the carabinieri that there were 7 people at a 'house party' next door?

It's that weird MN form of British exceptionalism once again.

StarCat2020 · 14/09/2020 12:55

To everyone that would report their neighbours for breaking the "rule of six"...

Where do you get your X-ray vision or glasses from??

janeyloves · 14/09/2020 12:56

I will not be snitching nor snooping. I won't be following the guidelines either - if I want to have my parents over for dinner then I will do so. It's hardly reckless behaviour. The thought of the police arriving at my door to break up a dinner of 7 is laughable. And anyhow I wouldn't let them in - surely they would need a warrant.

BabyLlamaZen · 14/09/2020 12:56

@IcedPurple

Only in the UK would reporting wrong-doing be termed as "snitching". Why?

Do people actually believe this?

Do they think that say, Italians, would think nothing of picking up the phone and informing the carabinieri that there were 7 people at a 'house party' next door?

It's that weird MN form of British exceptionalism once again.

If they're breaking the law and causing significant problems for the national health service, economy in general and wellbeing of others then yes.

Why is this all so unimportant?

Oh no we must be 'cool' and say nothing.

BabyLlamaZen · 14/09/2020 12:57

@janeyloves

😂😂

OK so is it OK for the entire country to do this or just you?

DioneTheDiabolist · 14/09/2020 13:09

If they're breaking the law and causing significant problems for the national health service, economy in general and wellbeing of others then yes.

I've tried @BabyLlamaZen, but no matter how many times I try, the police still haven't taken action against our government. They did go round to the Wakefield's house but just had a word. Not that that did any good, the guilty parties still went for lengthy jaunts around the countryside.

So if law breaking on a national and international level is OK by our PM and his people, why should I bother the police because my neighbour has an extra grandchild in?

ManservantHecubus · 14/09/2020 13:14

God no. Not planning to break rules myself because I don't have six friends lol, but what kind of wanker is going to snitch on their neighbours having family over ffs? It's honestly scary reading how many people would.

OpenlyGayExOlympicFencer · 14/09/2020 13:17

If they're breaking the law and causing significant problems for the national health service, economy in general and wellbeing of others then yes.

Why is this all so unimportant? confused

Oh no we must be 'cool' and say nothing.

None of that addresses the question of whether Italians would react like this, which is what the post you quote discussed. It's just you saying why you think informing on your neighbours would be a legitimate thing to do.

RepeatSwan · 14/09/2020 13:19

I can not give a certain answer. I am not yet decided if I think the law is right overall.

I believe I would ignore 7 people. Would I ignore 70? 700?

The limit of individual liberty is where what one person does harms others. Does having a big party harm others?

It is so complex, we are in uncertain times, there's a lot of thinking to be done.

TheQueef · 14/09/2020 13:22

No.
I'm a reporter of DV every single time so I'm not anti reporting but what they are asking us to do is sinister.
Plus I don't believe thegov on rule of six.
It's an arbitrary number.
Like five a day, the study said eight a day but it sounded a lot so they chose five

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