We’ll start today’s lead story off with some Irony. A flyer nationally distributed to homes in the UK entitled “Tackling Anti-Social Behavior” lists posting flyers as possible anti-social behavior. The evil act is ranked next to vandalism, graffiti and intimating groups.

If you should see somebody with a green florescent bag putting leaflets in doors, please don’t panic. Stand up to the criminals and call your local police force. If it’s serious (maybe the leaflet might be political?!) Don’t hesitate to dial 999, or if you wish to remain anonymous you can always go to the crime-stoppers website. Maybe Crime Watch will show a photo fit image of the deviant delivery boy on their monthly broadcast.

This fear-mongering and deceptive government flyer has a section entitled “Your Rights”. Well unless you’ve forgotten, your rights state that you have free speech! It is perfectly within the law to post leaflets and flyers in to home letterboxes as long as they don’t have a message on the door stating otherwise. The very fact that the government pushes this nonsense in a flyer, suggests that the government are above the people and only they have the right to distribute ideas, political material and advertising to the public.

The acts and statutes are quite simple, as of 2006 it is only unlawful (or anti-social) to post flyers on private property, such as cars, railings, shop windows (without permission) etc. However it is perfectly legal to put them on public property, through mail boxes, or to hand out leaflets in public.

The right to distribute leaflets is fundamental as part of a free, open and honest society. The government work for the people, it’s the people’s voice that should be heard.

*You can stay up to date with WideShut using our RSS Feed, Twitter, Facebook & Youtube