UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' 922
Motor writes "A UK judge has jailed a man for 56 days after he posted offensive comments on twitter about a footballer who had a heart attack during a game. He's also been thrown out of his university degree course weeks from graduating. His comments may have been offensive... but do they really justify a prison sentence and ruining his life?"
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A UK judge has jailed a man for 56 days after he posted offensive comments on twitter about a footballer who had a heart attack during a game. He's also been thrown out of his university degree course weeks from graduating.
I'm surprised that, being a judge, he hadn't already graduated. Seems a bit political by the university anyway.
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You're idiots. I have refused to travel to the UK since RIPA. I'll never travel there again.
And now you've called us idiots you could face prison if you do come.
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And let's put this into the proper perspective. This man insuted another man.
No. He insulted another man on the interwebs. And everybody knows that's way worse.
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No, it doesn't.
You can use deadly force against someone if a reasonable person would deem that that force is necessary to protect yourself. If you are scared by Jehovah's Witnesses and shoot one that comes to your door, it doesn't matter that you're scared of them.