Comments on: British man sentenced to 12 weeks in jail as result of Facebook posts

By: Frank Blunt

Frank Blunt — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:10:18 +0000

if so many frail little babies were not so emotionally fragile and dainty,

it would be unnecessary to even worry about what anyone thought or said.

bullies power comes from the dainty emotional frailty of the offended.

I have not given a bully power to offend me since I was 12 years old.

to me, it is not a magical ability I discovered, it is simply growing up.

a bullies words are only sound waves to me. my perspectives of anything

are in no way built upon the opinions of other people. I am free.

By: Charmain LaReau

Charmain LaReau — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:18:37 +0000

This has nothing to do with freedom of speech. This has nothing to do with the war and this has nothing to do with so called “American Pride.” This everything to do with the public and public protecting their rights to defend their communities and children from vile, and moronic, mentally ill people who think they can say anything degrading on FB and get away with it. I personally, being a parent, would not tolerate it and probably would have gladly gone to jail for beating the tar out of him.

By: Leonard J Krabbs

Leonard J Krabbs — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:57:56 +0000

The lesson here is this: if you want to be offensive on the Internet then emigrate to America, where it is legal.

By: Molly Santucci

Molly Santucci — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:30:14 +0000

Nice to see that free speech is alive and well in the UK. Oh. Wait a moment. They have no constitutional right to free speech in the UK. in fact they have no constitutional rights at all! They have laws that protect free speech (to an extent). but laws can always be changed. Thank god we won the won against the UK.

By: Pwuz Here

Pwuz Here — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:17:50 +0000

As hate filled and inflammatory as this comment is, this is hardly as evil as the comments made by accused.

Pedophilia and necrophilia really have no place on the internet unless you want to be arrested.

By: icetrout

icetrout — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:55:11 +0000

Dip-wad these are not “THE COLONIES”! Your ancestors got their “ROYAL ASS-HOLES”kicked back across the pond…Biggest mistake my ancestors made was rescuing you “British Sheeple” from the Germans for a second time only for ya’ll to become a bunch of “Pussie-assed Communist”… Oh & no doubt on this side of the pond we would have more than likely shot his dumb ass…

By: Steeleye

Steeleye — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:44:05 +0000

Internet cafe?

Yeah - on this side of the Atlantic, he'd likely be lynched before the cops arrived.

While i must admit that such an outcomes would warm the cockles (not to mention barnacles) of my crusty old heart ... it would still e wrong.

Dammit.

By: Rhiannon Fitzgerald

Rhiannon Fitzgerald — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:46:40 +0000

Stupid is as stupid does, I don’t think this would have ended the same in “the colonies” as bad as it is/was it’s probably free speech. So this idiot also puts his home address out there so someone can find him? He’s unemployed so how’s he posting messages?

By: Max Gelber

Max Gelber — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:15:51 +0000

While I find the sentence oddly long, I can’t help but also feel a little but of satisfaction that some things can’t be gotten away with just by hiding behind the shield of the internet. The examples given in the Guardian posts are beyond abhorrent, I can’t imagine how bad the statements he wrote in jest were that warranted not being published.

By: Pwuz Here

Pwuz Here — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:50:10 +0000

It's nice to occasionally see someone's idiotic and offensive posts get what they deserve.

Only a vile "human" being (and I use the term loosely) could come up with the hate filled bile that was posted in reference to such a tragedy.

Too often people hide behind the anonymity the internet provides to spout awful and hurtful things, and it is corrupting others to think this type of thought is ok.