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reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 10:31 AM by blupblup
Originally posted by sonnny1
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Strange, that England, land of a Billion Cameras, wouldnt have had something on the books.....

But I read the link provided, and they already have laws, in place.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Malicious Communications Act 1998/Telecommunications Act 1984
Communications Act 2003 - Section 127




All of those would cover it, yes....but I guess they're talking about making it a specific offence with it's own scale and so on.


reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 10:34 AM by sonnny1
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Maybe the new law, would speed the process of arresting someone?


reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 10:35 AM by blupblup
Originally posted by sonnny1
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Maybe the new law, would speed the process of arresting someone?



Exactly, without grey areas, loops holes and so on.



reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 05:14 PM by TKDRL
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It's perfectly legal to make fun of someone to their face.....


reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 05:17 PM by lifeform11
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I understand where your coming from but in England it has always been an offense to issue death threats to somebody in person. this may be on the internet but it is still the same crime.

i also agree with the other poster who said this is only an issue because it is a 'national hero' and that most of the time it goes unnoticed.



reply posted on 31-7-2012 @ 06:56 PM by igor_ats
www.bbc.co.uk...

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The person was deceased but insulting them = jail time. Not right, but jail time?

Originally posted by randomname
It's seems to me that this law is applied and enforced only when famous vip's or politicians are involved.

This law needs to be scrapped because it has become a tool of selective persecution.


Indeed. It's always someone famous or someone very popular. I consider internet forums or social networks to be an informal form of communicating, where people often insult, troll and flat out lie, among other things.

I bet you any money that if it was someone typing from a 3rd world country, I can guarantee nothing will be done. Try and prosecute someone trolling from a pakistan internet cafe. They'll look once at the IP address and close the case faster than a speeding petaflop.
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reply posted on 1-8-2012 @ 02:48 AM by ComeFindMe
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Britain has no jurisdiction over Pakistan so that would be the case.

I would, however, urge anyone who hasnt already to look at the type of things this character was tweeting to others. This wasn't someone who said something once, in the heat of the moment - around half of his tweets involve a threat to kill, rape, kidnap...its unlikely that he would definitely do something like IRL but how many times have criminals suggested future, criminal actions and nothing was done at the time?


reply posted on 1-8-2012 @ 04:18 AM by woodwardjnr
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The guy has over 50,000 followers on twitter. I think he may be clinically insane. Maybe I need to be a bit more "controversial" to get more followers.

It's actually quite a worrying modern phenomena. People doing things to get their little moment of fame. The media ends up making such a huge deal out of these things the perpetrator, ends up taking on almost celebrity status. It's a weird world we live in.
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reply posted on 1-8-2012 @ 07:37 AM by blupblup
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Anders Breivik

James Holmes

and.... Rileyy69?

Damn.... the guy has issues.
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reply posted on 1-8-2012 @ 05:33 PM by lifeform11
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ah British youth..... the decline in education and communication abilities and the constant use of the word bruv and f*** explains it all.

I thought the bolt gun was a bit harsh until i saw the video. there is no excuse for raising somebody like this = parent fail.
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