UK Home Secretary Bans US Martial Arts Expert

Big Hairy Ian writes "An American expert in violent self-defense has been excluded from entering the UK by the Home Office. From the article: 'Tim Larkin tried to board a plane from his home in Las Vegas on Tuesday, but was given a UK Border Agency letter saying "his presence here was not conducive to the public good." Mr Larkin, who was due to host seminars, told the BBC the move was a "gross over-reaction." The Home Office said he was subject to an exclusion order. A spokeswoman said: "The home secretary will seek to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good." Mr Larkin — who trained as a US Navy Seal — runs a company teaching combat to military and law enforcement clients in the United States.'"

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Re:Different kind of anti-social

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No you don't, you're over-simplifying. I can walk up to somebody in the street and talk to them. If I do this often enough to make the person uncomfortable then they can apply for a restraining order, and if it's granted then approaching them again will make me liable to prosecution, not for approaching the person but for breaching a court order. Everybody is entitled to approach somebody in the street, nobody is allowed to breach a court order.