Uncle Ranter's Cosy Thoughts

A pensioner in Yorkshire has been given a ten year ASBO for making insulting remarks about local businessmen, clergymen and a councillor on his blog  entitled ' Wolds Eye.'
Reading the article in the Daily Tail doesn't give you much detail on what he wrote but the way in which the matter has been dealt with should concern all bloggers as it smacks of censorship by the powers that be.
If the man made false claims about the people named in the article then there are existing laws regarding libel and slander that could have been utilised by the individuals concerned to silence and refute any untruths made about them. However, they, in the way of today, chose to make complaints of harrassment of to the local plod that ended up with him appearing at Hull magistrates court last week.
The article states that his blog was taken down by the authorities last year but does not mention what 'authorities' or their right to 'take down' a private blog.District Judge Frederick Rutherford rejected the defence by stating ' It's a nonsense to to hide such appalling actions behind human rights. This is clearly anti - social behaviour.'
They obviously want to hang a criminal offence on bloggers as it's much easier to control the people that way. I wonder if he had his DNA recorded?