Twitter user jailed for 56 days

[s1962a]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992

What could he have possibly said that would warrant a prison sentence? Not condoning what he did, but casual racism exists all over the internet.

[Marf]

s1962a said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992

What could he have possibly said that would warrant a prison sentence? Not condoning what he did, but casual racism exists all over the internet.

LINKS IN SPOILER ARE NSFW

http://fandaily.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Liam-Stacey-Fabrice-Muamba-Twitter-racist-rants-images.jpg

http://karenknowsbest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/...



Sounds like a tt to me, am I concerned he got a custodial, not really.

Edited by Marf on Tuesday 27th March 11:42

[Hoofy]

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

[Marf]

Added a second image link, might change your view.

[s1962a]

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Pretty nasty words, but not sure it warrants a prison sentence.

So if i'm offended by something I read on the internet, I just need to send a strongly worded email to the police pointing them to the offending post? Hmm

[hornetrider]

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

[Sonic]

I can't read that without applying the voice of Ben Kingsley (Don Logan) in Sexy Beast.

[XJSJohn]

hornetrider said:

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

offensive drunken ramblings it would seem .... if he started saying that in a pub, he would probably have been given a swift punch in the gob and all would have ended much happier for all .... yet another case for the keyboard breathalyzer!

As above, not sure it warrants a custodial sentence though.

[Hoofy]

hornetrider said:

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

Offensive because the guy was in a coma or offensive because the guy was black? I replaced the words "black" with "yellow" (being Chinese) and, well, my "dick" is yellowish. He was being offensive but I suspect others were offending him. Was he being racist, though, because he mentioned colour?

[davepoth]

s1962a said:

Pretty nasty words, but not sure it warrants a prison sentence.

So if i'm offended by something I read on the internet, I just need to send a strongly worded email to the police pointing them to the offending post? Hmm

Take out the words "on the internet" and yes, that's the way it works. Abusing someone due to the colour of their skin is completely unreasonable and illegal under the law of this country. The internet doesn't change that.

[Marf]

Hoofy said:

hornetrider said:

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

Offensive because the guy was in a coma or offensive because the guy was black? I replaced the words "black" with "yellow" (being Chinese) and, well, my "dick" is yellowish. He was being offensive but I suspect others were offending him. Was he being racist, though, because he mentioned colour?

Read the second link in the spoiler. If calling people n-gger and w-g isnt offensive to you then fair enough, but don't be surprised if you got a slap on the wrist for using that language in anger in public, or online.

[hornetrider]

Marf said:

Hoofy said:

hornetrider said:

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

Offensive because the guy was in a coma or offensive because the guy was black? I replaced the words "black" with "yellow" (being Chinese) and, well, my "dick" is yellowish. He was being offensive but I suspect others were offending him. Was he being racist, though, because he mentioned colour?

Read the second link in the spoiler. If calling people n-gger and w-g isnt offensive to you then fair enough, but don't be surprised if you got a slap on the wrist for using that language in anger in public, or online.

Quite. Methinks Hoofy hasn't seen the full link.

[Sargeant Orange]

I don't get twitter at all but to me it looks like he is having a go at his mates (or are they strangers?) by insulting them by referring to Muamba. Christ if I had a £ for every time I heard something like that in the pub I could afford a gallon of petrol.

[Hoofy]

Marf said:

Read the second link in the spoiler. If calling people n-gger and w-g isnt offensive to you then fair enough, but don't be surprised if you got a slap on the wrist for using that language in anger in public, or online.

Oh. In the original post, it stopped at 35m. I guess if using those words are illegal then fair enough...

[Mr Gearchange]

The guy is clearly a horrible nasty peice of work as well as an utter idiot.
Deserves everything he gets IMO - the streets are a better place for not having people like him walking around them.

[KrazyIvan]

Odd, I would have thought a substantial fine would have been more appropriate.

[blindswelledrat]

hornetrider said:

Marf said:

Hoofy said:

hornetrider said:

Hoofy said:

Is that racist? Claiming someone is dead who is in a coma?

Check the link. Highly offensive.

Offensive because the guy was in a coma or offensive because the guy was black? I replaced the words "black" with "yellow" (being Chinese) and, well, my "dick" is yellowish. He was being offensive but I suspect others were offending him. Was he being racist, though, because he mentioned colour?

Read the second link in the spoiler. If calling people n-gger and w-g isnt offensive to you then fair enough, but don't be surprised if you got a slap on the wrist for using that language in anger in public, or online.

Quite. Methinks Hoofy hasn't seen the full link.

Although are the words offensive enough to serve time?
I don't think so. THe bloke is a cretin, but a custodial sentence for those two words?
I don't really get it if Im honest.

[chris watton]

If he's like that on a blog site, I would assume that there's every chance he's no better in 'the real world'

ETA - having thought about it a little more, being sent to jail for blogging nasty things is scary - I am sure worse offences are committed which end up as suspended sentences.

Edited by chris watton on Tuesday 27th March 12:16

[Pickled Piper]

Bit more than casual racism.

Bloke sounds like a prize knob, but can't say it warrants a prison sentence in my book.

Will he have internet access in prison?

pp

[Hoofy]

hornetrider said:

Quite. Methinks Hoofy hasn't seen the full link.

Someone hacked my account.

As above, for some reason it only loaded down to "35m" hence my peculiar statement about the colour of penises.

He was charged with inciting racial hatred. I just see hate and anger aimed at other Twitter users using racially offensive words. Surely inciting racial hatred would be along the lines of "all chinky c***s should be killed"?

PS I still find it amusing that "chinky" is permitted but "" isn't.