Guy got arrested for making racist comments on twitter about Muamba

cheets64 said:
56 days for that, yet we have people that kill someone in a car walking free with community service, we also have hate preachers stirring up trouble and they get to walk the streets. Wonder if that lad in Dewsbury will he get jail time for insults to parents of dead soldiers.
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I will also be interested in what happens to him... There is hardly any constancy with convictions.
 
I don't honestly care if it's harsh or not (convictions have always been inconsistent), he got a rightful punishment for being a complete moron.
 
I find it funny that we live in a society in which a person can be arrested for making a racist comment, then bomb another country (full of ethnic people) to steal resources on a different day of the week.

One point,

What's the difference between person A saying "I hate person X because I just hate them" & "I hate person X because they are colour Y"?.

While I personally despise racism, most of it is a result of ignorance or stupidity - these people need educating not put in prison & turned into real hardened criminals.

As others have mentioned, I'd prefer our prison places be reserved for people who are a real danger to the general public.
 
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Okay, the sentenced I can understand for racist comments aimed at someone in public etc. But is this only the case due to the recipient being famous/in the news I'm sure there a plenty more people getting tones of racial abuse over facebook, twitter and such which is getting reported from people who may be close to suicidal but no action is taken. Nevermind the amount of racism you might hear at an actually football game, which I know everyone involved is trying to stop.

But as Burnsy said above hopefully it is sending out a clear message :)
 
Burnsy2023 said:
It hardly sends a message though.
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And what message should be sent? Say something stupid on Twitter and you'll get imprisoned for it?

He ****** off a few people, did he break the law? He's not a professional journalist, just a member of the public.

Or is it because someone who's slightly famous is above the member of public in the eyes of the law?
 
LeJosh said:
Or is it because someone who's slightly famous is above the member of public in the eyes of the law?
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This is probably what it boils down to - There are thousands of cases of Racism around the world every day - If everyone who was racist was put in prison, we'd have an even bigger prison population problem than before. Putting racists in prison just fills them up with people who could easily be punished with a harsh financial penalty. So why put one person in prison to "send a message" when they won't be acting on it again in the future.
 
RDM said:
Well as he was convicted then, yes, I think it safe to assume that he broke the law.
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Purely on emotion and was pushed by the football club, no doubt.

Marky said:
This is probably what it boils down to - There are thousands of cases of Racism around the world every day - If everyone who was racist was put in prison, we'd have an even bigger prison population problem than before. Putting racists in prison just fills them up with people who could easily be punished with a harsh financial penalty. So why put one person in prison to "send a message" when they won't be acting on it again in the future.
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Precisely.
 
Since Muamba's collapse there has been a very deliberate media campaign to garner public support and sympathy for the man. While I do not disagree with this in principle and have no ill feeling towards the player, I believe much of the media coverage has been completely uneccessary and is far from being in the nation's interest.

I personally find this supposed outpouring of Diana-esque public sorrow and sympathy rather false and pathetic. If you wish to pray for him for example, by all means do so but why must the intention to do so become public? As is so often the case with this type of thing, it has become less about Muamba and more about the individual supposedly grief-stricken by their plight.

I'm only guessing here but it may be the case that these tweets were the product, not of a racist intent on inciting hatred but purely as an act of rebellion against public opinion. Regardless of his motivation and level of belief in what he posted, a prison sentence is a ridiculous overreaction, not to mention a complete waste of public money.
 
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