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phil-sti
Original Poster
745 posts
48 months
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Now I know his comments were insensitive and ill timed but 12 weeks for posting a sick joke? People commit burglary and get less. Now Frankie Boyle posted a similar joke about Jimmy Saville and Maddie McCann but I haven’t heard of him getting arrested and locked up. What are you opinions on this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19...
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Jasandjules
45,368 posts
98 months
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No.
And I despair that it not only went to court but he was convicted too.
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HRL
126 posts
88 months
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Bit of a disgrace really. As said above, if he'd been on stage and said it as part of a comic routine he might have got some press coverage and demands for an apology but that's probably all.
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Pesty
25,828 posts
125 months
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phil-sti
Original Poster
745 posts
48 months
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This is just another example of judges being out of touch with the modern world.
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danjama
864 posts
11 months
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Oakey
13,696 posts
85 months
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You are however entirely free to set up a page demanding he be hung from the nearest tree
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Adz The Rat
6,001 posts
78 months
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0000
9,305 posts
60 months
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BBC said: arrested for his own safety That makes me shudder.
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TheD
2,483 posts
68 months
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I can't belive they locked the guy up. Okay he is a scumbag for what he said but 12 weeks!! I know a lowlife that nearly killed a friend of mine by beating him to a pulp and all he got was a suspended. This is way Ott and can't be justice. Make him put on a boiler suit in bright yellow and get him out looking for her. Now that is a punishemnt in my eyes.
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Pothole
18,021 posts
151 months
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Sentencing Woods, Mr Hudson said: "The words and references used to the current case in Wales and that of the missing girl in Portugal are nothing less than shocking, so much so that no right thinking person in society should have communicated to them such fear and distress. "The reason for the sentence is the seriousness of the offence, the public outrage that has been caused and we felt there was no other sentence this court could have passed which conveys to you the abhorrence that many in society feel this crime should receive." He forgot to mention the 'many in society' who couldn't care less what some individual a  hole posts on Facebook.
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kowalski655
856 posts
12 months
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This is madness,its just words, a bit iof bad taste.
The owners of Sikipedia must be expecting life!
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don4l
3,313 posts
45 months
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Adz The Rat said: What did he say?? He apparently made some comment about having the two girls in the back of his van. There were also sexual references. A gang of 50 people gathered outside his house. It looks like he really made a lot of people very angry. I believe in free speech. However we don't have the right to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theatre. He wasn't expressing an opinion - he was deliberately trying to cause as much offence as possible. I'm not sure that we have the right to do this. Don --
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StottyZr
4,071 posts
32 months
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As far as I'm aware he posted a joke along the lines of "What's Mark Bridger and Santa got in common..." although it does say he posted multiple comments. Anybody got an idea what he posted? Its hard to judge without the facts... He posted them on his own fb page, these were screenshotted and posted on a seperate group asking people to report him  thats when the trouble began. Without him posting the jokes to Aprils family I can't see how this would be grossly offensive, but I will reserve judgement until I see what he actually put. Not even worthy of arrest from what I've seen so far.
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StottyZr
4,071 posts
32 months
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Eugh I've just heard the punchline, I won't post it as its not very nice.
Saying that, it is clearly a "joke" very dark humour and tasteless but a joke nevertheless.
Definately shouldn't have been arrested.
edit: Just heard the full joke now, daren't repost for fear of jailtime.
Its not bad.
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Frik
11,936 posts
112 months
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Whilst I worry about the precedent set here, as I understand it he was actively seeking a reaction and posted a number of things to stir the fire, not just a single joke.
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Pothole
18,021 posts
151 months
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don4l said: Adz The Rat said: What did he say?? He apparently made some comment about having the two girls in the back of his van. There were also sexual references. A gang of 50 people gathered outside his house. It looks like he really made a lot of people very angry. I believe in free speech. However we don't have the right to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theatre. He wasn't expressing an opinion - he was deliberately trying to cause as much offence as possible. I'm not sure that we have the right to do this. Don -- Of course he wasn't trying to cause as much offence as possible, he posted some stuff on Facebook. The 50 people who gathered outside his house should technically have been arrested for actions likely to cause a breach of the peace. If there is no place in a supposedly civilised society for sick jokes then there is certainly no place in same for vigilante bulls t, especially if it's carried out by completely unconnected d heads. ETA the stupid f k who reposted it on another Facebook page connected to the family of the missing child should also be arrested and charged with the same thing.
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Sheets Tabuer
12,144 posts
84 months
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 *looks at EXs facebook*
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rover 623gsi
1,946 posts
30 months
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sending someone to jail for 12 weeks for being a being stupid t t is a totally over the top reaction
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FunkyChucker
299 posts
60 months
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Oakey said: You are however entirely free to set up a page demanding he be hung from the nearest tree Yes, and then publish posts from people describing how they would torture and kill him in graphic detail.
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