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area51newmexico
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject: Jailed for Trolling |
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Just be careful what you say on me forum or I'll get ya!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14894576
A man has been jailed for posting nasty messages online about dead teenages. He sounds like an absolute wanker but I didn't realise being a tosser was illegal?
I hate to play devils adovcate but isn't his right to post whatever bollocks he likes (even if is it hurtful)?
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Rach
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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It does seem against the principles of free speech, but some things are so horrible that they don't really need saying...
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aalpha
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Well, this is a fine pickle. If we berate him, do we risk jail? Did you see his pic?
I'm not saying anything, I'm just sayin', juseeit? wtf?!
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Lamiaceae
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Water is good for you, you should drink it but drink too much and you'll be like that woman who flushed her body salts out and gave herself brain damage.
I'm sure there's plenty of other stories like this. A glass of red wine is good for you, drink too much of it and you'll end up like a few people I know.
My point? - that there's a certain tipping point to everything. Here, it doesn't really go beyond ourselves and making stereotypical remarks about each other. Avarice / aalpha and guns is a good one. You'd not hear anything worse perhaps if we all sat down around a table in a pub. In fact, scratch that you'll hear this regardless who's there in a pub. Some people may talk about the latest football results and how Team A will thrash Team B on a Wednesday afternoon because they've just bought Ravioli for £50m ( and that's a lot of ravioli ).
These people however kind of went too far. They went out to people they didn't know who were suffering grief, despair and loss and said things which were nothing short of vile.
Now I have always been the first person to promote free speech, but there again comes this tipping point.
Harassment is still illegal I believe.
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