The Sanctuary
Ego => Bitch & Moan => Topic started by: starvingniglet on October 19, 2014, 06:57:16 pm
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http://news.yahoo.com/britain-threatens-internet-trolls-two-years-jail-110001348.html;_ylt=AwrBJR_DD0RUZCgAnGjQtDMD
London (AFP) - People found guilty of Internet "trolling" in Britain could be jailed for up to two years under government proposals outlined on Sunday, following a number of high-profile cases of abusive and threatening behaviour on Twitter.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: "This is a law to combat cruelty -- and marks our determination to take a stand against a baying cyber-mob."
There has been increasing concern in Britain about the growing scourge of Internet "trolls" who post hate-filled messages on social media, often threatening their targets.
The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are among the most recent victims, and last month a man was jailed for 18 weeks for what prosecutors described as "a campaign of hatred" against a female lawmaker.
"These internet trolls are cowards who are poisoning our national life. No-one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media," Grayling said.
"That is why we are determined to quadruple the current six-month sentence."
Victims have long been calling for police and prosecutors to take online abuse more seriously and lawyers had anticipated an increase in sentences for those convicted of trolling.
"There is a public interest in having people put away for a long time," Chris Holder, of London law firm Bristows, told AFP earlier this month.
"It is putting someone in fear of their life and fear of physical harm. I think the law will develop and the sentences will go up and up."
However, some lawyers and freedom of speech campaigners have warned that criminal sanctions should be the last resort.
"Do we want to criminalise every social conduct that we find problematic?" Barbora Bukovska, a senior director at campaign group ARTICLE 19, said earlier this month.
Prosecutions can currently be brought under a number of different laws, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) last year introduced guidelines to address any confusion.
It said messages sent via social media could be a criminal offence if they contain "credible threats of violence" or target an individual in a way that "may constitute harassment or stalking".
The government proposes to amend two existing laws to extend the maximum jail term and also the time limit for prosecutions, from six months to three years
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This could work out quite funny.
Somebody recently trolled a couple whose kid was snatched (because they left her to go out boozing) and she got tracked down, exposed, then topped herself.
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Another one was a boxer who was trolled and tracked the person down to the road he was living on.
He then in turn pissed his pants
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This is why we had 1776. Because we didnt want to deal with the britfags. Whiney little bitches cant take it
So much for freedom of speech
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OP - if you believe anything a politician says you are as much a FAG as any person you claim to be
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This is why we had 1776. Because we didnt want to deal with the britfags. Whiney little bitches cant take it
So much for freedom of speech
Yeah we will have our lying politicians and you can have your lying politicians, inbred trailor parks, Ebola virus, aids etc etc
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"These internet trolls are cowards who are poisoning our national life. No-one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media," Grayling said.
"Do we want to criminalise every social conduct that we find problematic?" Barbora Bukovska, a senior director at campaign group ARTICLE 19, said earlier this month.
These are the most important sentences in the article. I can see both arguments. I can definitely see support for anti-trolling since most people don't do it and it is annoying to them.
On the other hand freedom of speech is freedom of speech n should not be threatened. It's a slippery slope, every time. Even bleeping cuss words in music/tv pisses me off. Should piss the artists off too as it is limiting their true vision.
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This is why we had 1776. Because we didnt want to deal with the britfags. Whiney little bitches cant take it
So much for freedom of speech
Yeah we will have our lying politicians and you can have your lying politicians, inbred trailor parks, Ebola virus, aids etc etc
Aids and ebola arent american. They're nigger
Wtf is an inbred trailer park...and more importantly, when did trailer parks start breeding
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OP - if you believe anything a politician says you are as much a FAG as any person you claim to be
eh, what? what happened? did I miss something?
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England, another shitty little country that should be bombed to shit!
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This is why we had 1776. Because we didnt want to deal with the britfags. Whiney little bitches cant take it
So much for freedom of speech
Yeah we will have our lying politicians and you can have your lying politicians, inbred trailor parks, Ebola virus, aids etc etc
Aids and ebola arent american. They're nigger
Wtf is an inbred trailer park...and more importantly, when did trailer parks start breeding
More white people have aids.
An Inbred trailor park is a trailor park made up of members of the same family who are married etc and living on the same site.
It is easier for us from the outside looking in to describe it as you probably see your wife as the love of your life while we see here as your legal sister.
But its ok, I alos understand Americans are generally sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
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OP - if you believe anything a politician says you are as much a FAG as any person you claim to be
eh, what? what happened? did I miss something?
A politician said something. And you believed Him/her.
Does not look good on you.
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England, another shitty little country that should be bombed to shit!
Why do Americans talk about bombing when they have to get outsiders to do all there bombing.
Seriously be a man and bomb your own marathons and put planes through your own buildings.
#LazyGits
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OP - if you believe anything a politician says you are as much a FAG as any person you claim to be
eh, what? what happened? did I miss something?
A politician said something. And you believed Him/her.
Does not look good on you.
please elaborate, because I think you are fucking full of shit. I saw a news article that seemed ridiculous to me, so I posted it. What does that have to do with your assertion?
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England, another shitty little country that should be bombed to shit!
Why do Americans talk about bombing when they have to get outsiders to do all there bombing.
Seriously be a man and bomb your own marathons and put planes through your own buildings.
#LazyGits
Obviously you didn't read my thread "fuck America" in the bitch and moan part of the forum!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KA9QKgcNRM
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The bulk of the political establishment and The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/uk) readership are raging faggots. Like any society there will often be large groups of people who need putting on a prison ship and sent far, far away. This is why Australia came in so damn useful back in the day. Don't condemn all of us Britfags because of the crock of shit that is our parliament.
And look on the bright side, if this malarky becomes law then you can always have a crack at getting me sent to a maximum security prison because I made someone here cry. In fact if Zek posted a video of itself cutting it's wrists on youtube because of something I'd said, then no doubt the 'bad feel police' would come smashing through my window to arrest me for disseminating and promoting emotional terrorism or some such shite.
No, I'm not seriously trying to encourage any of you to do this. :suspect:
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Its a shame the britfags gave up all their rights in order to live in a more perfect tyrannical society. Maybe if they had something like the right to freedom of speech or the right to bear firearms they wouldnt be slaves
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britfags are a bunch of slaves to the Queen. They have no rights. They worship lizard people royalty, according to David Icke.
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britfags are a bunch of slaves to the Queen. They have no rights. They worship lizard people royalty, according to David Icke.
Actually we worship a German and a Greek
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Its a shame the britfags gave up all their rights in order to live in a more perfect tyrannical society. Maybe if they had something like the right to freedom of speech or the right to bear firearms they wouldnt be slaves
Pikeys and other criminal scum can carry guns.
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Its a shame the britfags gave up all their rights in order to live in a more perfect tyrannical society. Maybe if they had something like the right to freedom of speech or the right to bear firearms they wouldnt be slaves
Pikeys and other criminal scum can carry guns.
Eggzactly. The only ones that refuse to acknowledge the authori-tah of the dictatorship. If the overall population werent so weak and emasculated they would stand up to the rulers. Britfags are weak and emasculated which is why the US told them to bugger off back in 1776
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Its a shame the britfags gave up all their rights in order to live in a more perfect tyrannical society. Maybe if they had something like the right to freedom of speech or the right to bear firearms they wouldnt be slaves
Pikeys and other criminal scum can carry guns.
Eggzactly. The only ones that refuse to acknowledge the authori-tah of the dictatorship. If the overall population werent so weak and emasculated they would stand up to the rulers. Britfags are weak and emasculated which is why the US told them to bugger off back in 1776
Stiff Upper Lip for ya
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*Laugh out loud
Look how easy it is to make some faggot like OP mad by simply introducing a law concerning porn revenge.
Fucking loser.
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*Laugh out loud
Look how easy it is to make some faggot like OP mad by simply introducing a law concerning porn revenge.
Fucking loser.
yeh, you are right. It will only be used for 'porn revenge'. It will never be used for any other purpose, and should be a reasonable and effective law when used to fight against the scourge of 'revenge porn', and will not be used against racists, whistleblowers, and those who say things the politically connected don't like.
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Its a shame the britfags gave up all their rights in order to live in a more perfect tyrannical society. Maybe if they had something like the right to freedom of speech or the right to bear firearms they wouldnt be slaves
Pikeys and other criminal scum can carry guns.
Eggzactly. The only ones that refuse to acknowledge the authori-tah of the dictatorship. If the overall population werent so weak and emasculated they would stand up to the rulers. Britfags are weak and emasculated which is why the US told them to bugger off back in 1776
Stiff Upper Lip for ya
Not too stiff...I don't want my willy chafed