Burgery

ridiculous. absolutely and completely unreasonable. that's not cool, britain needs to get their shit together

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Casketcreep

Fun (and genuinely true) fact. I was the second person in Northern Ireland to be arrested for (allegedly) harassing someone via Facebook.

I find out on Friday morning whether I will be the second person convicted as well.

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Burgery

what u do

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SaintsofNowhere

this

also i hate the jews

they fabricated the holocaust

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Malchius

The UK does have the freedom of speech in the same way as the states. We have what is called a negative right to freedom of expression, but as soon as that is abused you can be locked up. If you harrass someone you're going to get locked up.

I don't agree with the sentence, but even with the right to say what you want, some things shouldn't be said. Especially about a 5 year old girl with cerebal palsy who's been kidnapped.

slapsymcdougal

Awesome claim to fame.

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jthm_guitarist

That's one thing the USA has over (all?) other countries- freedom of speech. I've read stories of people in the UK and Australia being arrested for writing about illegal acts as a joke and I cannot get my mind around that. Speech should be unconditionally free.

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ali.guitarkid7

Look, let's just say it: he's an asshole.


But if you think he should go to jail for making "offensive" comments then you have no understanding of free speech.

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Casketcreep

Yeah, not one I'm particularly proud of.



It's a very long story, and not one that I care to get into. It involves an ex who treated me rather badly and we'll leave it at that.

The other person and I settled it with an Undertaking, but I found out a few months after that the PPS (public prosecution service) can still convict me for it, completely independent of the person who was pressing the charges. So yeah, court on Friday for it. I've been assured that because we sorted it out it'll not go anywhere, still a pretty daunting situation to be in.




Are you being serious? I can't tell.

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naedauuf

So basically, you say this guy should be jailed because you didn't like what he said. That's exactly what everyone in this thread is saying is so ****ing stupid. You get your feelings hurt, so he deserves to have 12 weeks of his life taken away? ****ing bullshit.

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slapsymcdougal

|Because, of course, the mob is always right.

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Malchius

I didn't say that he should be jailed. I stated what the law says. My opinion is different from from the law, but even though you can say horrific things about someone doesn't mean you should say it.

Casketcreep

The first guy in Northern Ireland to be arrested for a post on facebook was a guy who was drunk and jokingly referred to his fiancé as a fenian.

FIANCÉ!

It's absolutely ridiculous. And although it's a word that's heavily frowned upon over here he clearly meant it in jest.

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WCPhils

Guy is just lucky the girl's dad didn't murder him.

andyscoot

In short, they arrest these guys so they don't have to go out and catch the real criminals that might do criminal stuff like hurt them. It keeps the numbers up.

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You'd touch the hand that's touching sin

ErikLensherr

Because first they came for the trolls....

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Casketcreep

Or rather, because the evidence is right there, open and public, directly connected to a page filled with their personal details. So it's not too hard to find them.

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Callum feeble

Yeah, its bull. I live in britain and we deal with stuff like this alot. I dont agree with everything america does, but i do admire the freedom of speech you have, its something we could do with.

shreddymcshred

Bill Hudson is a moron