Man arrested for 'Twitter' Bomb joke!! BB is watching!!!!
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GCHQQuote ''The civil libertarian Tessa Mayes, an expert on privacy law and free speech issues, told The Independent: "Making jokes about terrorism is considered a thought crime, mistakenly seen as a real act of harm or intention to commit harm. ''
I think I should stop thinking...
How long before somebody is arrested by the ''thought police''...
I think I should stop thinking...
How long before somebody is arrested by the ''thought police''...
The Loose Goose said:
How long before somebody is arrested by the ''thought police''...
They already have been. That's the point. You can't make controversial jokes on your own webspace. The terrorism act is a f
king joke and an affront to our basic rights to privacy and freedom of speech. I'd gladly so the whole lot scrapped tomorrow.
off_again said:
Either way, the day that you don't investigate these things is the day that something happens.
Complete bile. All it demonstrates is a complete lack of awareness of the real world by the police and some members of the public. If they were to, for just 10 seconds, consider the bigger picture, they would have ignored this the same as they ignore so many other statements made by people in conversation.The fact that twitter records inane conversations is irrelevant, it's the same as me having a chat with my mate and saying I'd really like to take a gun to Gordon Brown . . . how many people have said that ? Millions . . . how many would actually do it and meant it seriously . . . none.
The country is loosing its perspective . . . the terrorists are winning.
Busa_Rush said:
The fact that twitter records inane conversations is irrelevant, it's the same as me having a chat with my mate and saying I'd really like to take a gun to Gordon Brown . . . how many people have said that ? Millions . . . how many would actually do it and meant it seriously . . . plenty.
EFABing o said:
Busa_Rush said:
The fact that twitter records inane conversations is irrelevant, it's the same as me having a chat with my mate and saying I'd really like to take a gun to Gordon Brown . . . how many people have said that ? Millions . . . how many would actually do it and meant it seriously . . . plenty.
EFA
As it's him.This made it all the way to court. Why couldnt some common sense just be used.
[i]A man has been warned he could face jail after admitting posting a message on Twitter threatening to blow an airport "sky high".
Paul Chambers posted the message online after snow forced Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to close.
Doncaster magistrates told him that all sentencing options, including custody, were being considered after his arrest for communicating a bomb hoax.
Chambers, 26, of Byram Court in Balby, Doncaster, will be sentenced in March.
'No airport impact'
The defendant was arrested after his message was reported to police.
He was later charged with sending, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.
The court heard the message read: "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Rob Desira, prosecuting, told the court: "He admitted posting the message into the public domain but never intended the message to be received by the airport or for them to take it seriously."
Mr Desira said the message was picked up by routine investigations but had no impact on the airport, other than the expense and time taken for the investigation to be carried out.
Chambers was granted unconditional bail until the sentencing hearing at Doncaster Magistrates' Court on 12 March. [/i]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire...
[i]A man has been warned he could face jail after admitting posting a message on Twitter threatening to blow an airport "sky high".
Paul Chambers posted the message online after snow forced Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to close.
Doncaster magistrates told him that all sentencing options, including custody, were being considered after his arrest for communicating a bomb hoax.
Chambers, 26, of Byram Court in Balby, Doncaster, will be sentenced in March.
'No airport impact'
The defendant was arrested after his message was reported to police.
He was later charged with sending, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.
The court heard the message read: "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Rob Desira, prosecuting, told the court: "He admitted posting the message into the public domain but never intended the message to be received by the airport or for them to take it seriously."
Mr Desira said the message was picked up by routine investigations but had no impact on the airport, other than the expense and time taken for the investigation to be carried out.
Chambers was granted unconditional bail until the sentencing hearing at Doncaster Magistrates' Court on 12 March. [/i]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire...
mattviatura said:
Deva Link said:
"life ban from Doncaster's airport"
Can I have one of those too, please?
Me too. Can I have one of those too, please?Where the hell do they fly to from there, Dewsbury?
The only decent f
king worthwhile thing in Donny Pesty said:
mattviatura said:
Deva Link said:
"life ban from Doncaster's airport"
Can I have one of those too, please?
Me too. Can I have one of those too, please?Where the hell do they fly to from there, Dewsbury?
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