Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

UK Politician Arrested Over Twitter 'Stoning Joke'

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-how-you-tweet dept.

History's Coming To writes "The BBC is reporting that a Tory city councillor has been arrested over a 'joke' he posted to Twitter suggesting that Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a UK based writer, be stoned to death. The full tweet read, 'Can someone please stone Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to death? I shan't tell Amnesty if you don't. It would be a blessing, really.' Following complaints he was arrested under the Communications Act 2003 and bailed. He has since apologized. This comes on the same day that a conviction for a Twitter 'joke' about blowing up an airport was upheld."

2 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This was not a deaththreat from a politician ?? by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Okay, so "socialism is genocidal" is technically incorrect. Every socialist in power has, of course, comitted genocide. So you know, "socialism isn't genocidal", that's right up there with "the holocaust is not part of nazism".

    Strictly speaking, both statements are accurate.

  2. Re:This was not a deaththreat from a politician ?? by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The fact that you have to lie to get even this small smear going, speaks volumes.

    Christians are forbidden to own slaves. Kidnapping free people into slavery, like the paeophile mohamed did, that's not just "forbidden", that's punishable by death in canon law (which is why e.g. the slaves of america were kidnapped by muslims (ottomans specifically), then sold to protestant christians. Executing slaves for fun, again an islamic practice is murder and will get you incarcerated for life or executed even today.

    And rightly so.