Guy got arrested for making racist comments on twitter about Muamba
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A moron gets what he deserves. I hope he enjoys his punishment.
first they arrest people for saying "lets riot", possibly to test the water knowing everyone will agree
now they arrest people for saying <bad word of black man> another test..
it will start to happen more and more to get everyone used to it
then it will start to creap into other areas, with people being arested for saying X Y or Z political party is bad or that what ever corperate product is rubbish....
then texts, emails and phone calls will be monitored...
then people will start getting arrested because the AI software decides that they MIGHT hold a view the authorities do not agree with
now they arrest people for saying <bad word of black man> another test..
it will start to happen more and more to get everyone used to it
then it will start to creap into other areas, with people being arested for saying X Y or Z political party is bad or that what ever corperate product is rubbish....
then texts, emails and phone calls will be monitored...
then people will start getting arrested because the AI software decides that they MIGHT hold a view the authorities do not agree with
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Thought crime. You don't even need to have a victim anymore to be a criminal. You can merely offend a police officer and can be arrested on public order offense. It doesn't matter if you think it was offensive or not, what matters is that you upset a police officers.
Of course because calling someone a name leads to ethnic cleansing.
Of course because calling someone a name leads to ethnic cleansing.
Soldato
Well said,
I have just read the twitter posts and what happened to this guy is right. he deserves to be locked up. You can't say the things he was saying, in public, just uncalled for.
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Deserves to be locked up for making posts on twitter? you people are a joke.
Just wait until these nanny police officers find their way on to IRC they will be crying all day long. I can see people like doomedspeed crying in his bedroom at offensive posts on his wall on facebook. Call the police, he called me a muppet and wished i would die. *cry*
Just wait until these nanny police officers find their way on to IRC they will be crying all day long. I can see people like doomedspeed crying in his bedroom at offensive posts on his wall on facebook. Call the police, he called me a muppet and wished i would die. *cry*
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Soldato
Twitter is classed as a public place. You can get arrested for being racist in public, so why not on twitter. You have to be really stupid to thing you would get away with it.
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You'd have to be realy stupid to be offended by twitter posts enough to call the police. The police realy need something to do, like solving real crimes, if all they do is sit on the internet and look for offensive posts.
AFAIK twitter can be set to public or invite only, I think in the past TSA have decided it is irrelevant if it's private or not, which seems an invasive position to take.
Either way if some black guy that I don't know wishes to call me "stupid aryan Whitey nazi imperialist nob head" and thinks I should be dead, then I'm either going to **** him off myself or be amused that somebody considers me to affect their life so deeply. Internet is not real life.
What I don't want is a bunch of PC do gooders or fellow white people being deeply offended on my behalf.
Or the police to stop finding pedos on the Internet and instead to fap themselves silly over what a black guy said to me. Me being the sensitive type like
Some people need a slap and to get over themselves.
I wouldn't normally care but some public servant ass is wasting shed loads of my tax money over this fool.
Honestly, if you're spouting racist drivel in a public place you're both distrupting others and potentially causing a confrontational situation. On the internet however you have to seek it out to find it so it's not disruptive to others in passing as it would actually being in public and the worst that's likely to come of it is someone spouting racist/offensive drivel back at you. This is why I think the same law should nto be applied here.
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It's a bloody joke. I appreciate that we need to exercise caution and perhaps punish people who encite violence (IE. those who organised rioting over social media websites). However, to go and arrest someone for posting a few words on Twitter is wrong. Free speech doesn't exist in this country but we're so scared of upsetting anyone that anything controversial is jumped upon and the person who spoke it is now costing us thousands and wasting police time. They ought to out there protecting the streets and us from real criminals - not some muppet on Twitter.
I don't know what to think of this. On one hand, it's good to see that repugnant individuals are being dealt with in some way. On the other, I think something has to be very serious indeed to warrant any sort of arrest (let alone charge) and I don't think this sort of thing sets a very good precedent.
What's next, people arrested for posting dubious jokes on OCUK?
What's next, people arrested for posting dubious jokes on OCUK?
Agreed.
There is a huge difference between racial insults / being offensive and inciting racial hatred.
Neither are acceptable, but only one should be an arrestable offence.
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I find the massive news coverage and outpouring of sympathy for "bloke who kicks ball on telly" more offensive tbh. 
I find the massive news coverage and outpouring of sympathy for "bloke who kicks ball on telly" more offensive tbh.
Well aren't you a lovely person.
It's about being compassionate for your fellow man.
That puts the "Let's kill Kony" campaign in an awkward light then doesn't it?
Please don't be in a position of power over my life, I'd hate to find myself in jail for calling you a whitey.
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If the police are that bothered then they should just send him a message on twitter, if you can do that, not sure, never used it. But if you can send messages or twits or whatever. Then send the guy a message from a police account saying, is that sort of language and offensiveness necessary? That would probably scare most people in to closing their accounts or at least tone down their language. But to physically arrest someone is a bit much.
Nonsense. I'm from North America and grew up with guns around me. For starters an AR-15 is an assault rifle which is not permitted to be carried openly. Open carry laws pertain to handguns only. Secondly, there are so many restrictions on open carry that one can get themselves into trouble very easily. The idea behind open carry is too allow for some leeway in States where guns have always been a part of daily life. However local municipal laws always override state regulated open carry laws. Basically this means that one may not carry a gun openly in an urban area if the city's bylaws forbid it, even if that state allows it.
The intent is to allow guns to be carried openly like they were in the past in rural areas. Even then, if you have an obvious threatening attitude or even hint that your are trying to be intimidating with the gun you can expect the police on your doorstep in no time. Concealed carry is another matter.
Anyways to rerail the thread, as many have said freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequence. For better or for worse the internet and it's outlets like FB and Twitter are public places, and when one posts such statements they can be held accountable. There is a grey area when it comes to incitement and the police are allowed a far amount of leeway when it comes to interpreting this area. I don't think anyone missed the role that punks on blackberries played during England's riots last year. I don't think that anyone missed the role that FB played in Egypt during their uprising. And I really don't think that the authorities can afford to ignore comments like this either.
Just because someone doesn't directly call for someones death doesn't mean that they aren't guilty of incitement. Here in the Netherlands I often read about how the police break up riots when football hooligans are on the rampage. They don't wait around for the loudmouths to say the wrong thing. They are given leeway to figure out who the packleaders are themselves, and will pre-emptively act to stop them.
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