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UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets'

Posted by timothy on from the hate-speech-join-the-crowd dept.

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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  1. Re:WTF? by oldmac31310 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I suddenly had the horrific thought of Occupy! the Broadway Musical!

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