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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well you guys really need to get a life.

  2. Re:WTF? by girlintraining · · Score: 0, Troll

    derp derp herp derp... my country is great derp derp herp how dare you protest in it derp herp... you get what you deserve, derp derp

    Thank you for that stunningly well-written piece of literary brilliance, Good sir. I'm sure everyone here has the time, energy, and financial resources to visit each of the 176 other countries on the planet in order to personally interview everyone in each of those countries. You have cunningly exposed the flaws in my argument, and now as a final act of honor I shall throw myself upon my own sword.

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