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101toss
3232 Posts
The court heard that Duffy has Asperger's syndrome and lived a "miserable existence" drinking alcohol alone at his home in Reading. Posting this because people here seem to think it's fine to punish the mentally ill like this (or didn't read the article). | ||
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-CheekyDuck-
Australia398 Posts
On September 15 2011 12:07 Tektos wrote: So your stance is words are more powerful than the sword, I'm going to assume this means you support this troll being jailed. Does that mean you think that every single person who posted things that you referenced along the lines of "serves them right for WW2" should also be thrown in jail? Steve is the best and so down to earh, i got his autograph on his cd a while back and he really believes in what he says, and just delivers his ideas in a unique way. more on topic, he should not be able to use her image, but you should be free to say what you want. | ||
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Tektos
Australia1321 Posts
On September 15 2011 12:15 Truedot wrote: Im seriously tired of people being so telepathic and knowing exactly how I feel, and trying to tell me that I feel one extreme way or another. Tektos and Cojak. You two trolls can enjoy each other's company because I'm done with you idiots. I'm not a troll, I was asking for clarification on your opinion because you had not expressed it clearly!!! Utterly ridiculous that you would respond like that and to be frank a little immature as well. Please understand I was unable to watch your youtube link (I'm at work, things are pretty quiet at the moment), which I suspect may be why you're mistaking me for a troll. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On September 15 2011 11:47 Truedot wrote: I think is relevant here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cycXuYzmzNg You know what happened when japan had its reactor issue? Thousands of people from the U.S. on facebook posted things such as "serves them right for WW2, this is justice/karma/whatever". Seriously. and from ALL age groups. Offensive to me, even though Im U.S. cit. Offensive morally to me and ethically. Also grossly ignorant and wrong. But its their right for these jackasses to say these things. And apparently they have lots of friends on facebook, so its not like their opinion makes them outcasts. People are dying and people say 'serves them right'.... how many people joked about the haiti earthquake? How many people joked about the Japanese crisis? People are all disgusting, and we either have to bear with them, as much as we live and bear with ourselves, or judge ourselves and our friends and family just as harshly. Which one do you think creates a better society, in the long run? hrmm. None of it's relevant because they weren't actively harassing the people, just making general comments on their OWN facebook. | ||
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Deja Thoris
South Africa646 Posts
On September 15 2011 11:45 Coraz wrote: I'm sure someones posted this at this point, but LOL @ english nanny state jailing for internets posts now your tax dollars are used to feed and house this man. Oh God, please don't turn this into a lol UK / whoever thread. Theres plenty of crap that all countries do that can be used in a pissing contest. What I really wanted to say though is lol at you thinking the UK currency is dollars  | ||
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iamahydralisk
United States813 Posts
I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh at this tough guy quote... if a troll truly wants to remain anonymous, they can. this guy just didn't. | ||
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101toss
3232 Posts
On September 15 2011 12:43 iamahydralisk wrote: "I hope his sentencing shows other trollers that they are not anonymous and they will be caught if they continue their vile games." - One of the victims' fathers. I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh at this tough guy quote... if a troll truly wants to remain anonymous, they can. this guy just didn't. It's almost as bad as Jessi Slaughter's father. Good to hear the cyberpolice backtraced and caught this guy though! | ||
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macil222
United States113 Posts
Trolling in my opinion is speech. Facebook is a privately owned website and they can allow or ban whatever behavior they want. The correct solution is for people to report trolls to facebook and ask that they be deleted. If they don't then stop using facebook and they lose tons of money. Alternatives sites with better mod policies will grow immediately. This whole notion of cyber bullying, cyber police and charging people for trolling is dangerous and frightening. | ||
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Marth753
United States40 Posts
Needless to say, this is a completely deserved punishment for someone who's enough of an asshole to do something like that. I think people really need to realize that "trolling" on FB isn't really the same as trolling internet forums and not actually trolling; it's just being a horrible person. | ||
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Coraz
United States252 Posts
On September 15 2011 12:39 Deja Thoris wrote: Oh God, please don't turn this into a lol UK / whoever thread. Theres plenty of crap that all countries do that can be used in a pissing contest. What I really wanted to say though is lol at you thinking the UK currency is dollars Heh, alright you got me on the dollars thing | ||
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VPCursed
1044 Posts
But seriously.. I think jailing him goes way too far = / they need to teach kids how to deal with trolls at an early age in school. Much like the birds and the bees | ||
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BloodDrunK
Bangladesh2767 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
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mikyaJ
1834 Posts
On September 15 2011 10:52 paintfive wrote: huh? freedom of speech anyone? shit like this leads to unnecessary censorship This isn't censorship this is punishment. And plus, if you live in the US your "Right to say anything" is not that... flexible. There's things called Libel and Slander, even obscenity classified by the Miller Test are not subject to the First Amendment. | ||
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Tektos
Australia1321 Posts
On September 15 2011 13:46 mikyaJ wrote: This isn't censorship this is punishment. And plus, if you live in the US your "Right to say anything" is not that... flexible. There's things called Libel and Slander, even obscenity classified by the Miller Test are not subject to the First Amendment. He didn't call it censorship, he said it leads to censorship. Sure, at first they are stopping people from relentlessly harassing others but who is to say the border wont get skewed further until in a few decades time we've got as much freedom of speech as China does? | ||
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HuKPOWA
United States1604 Posts
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Falling
Canada11607 Posts
On September 15 2011 14:09 Tektos wrote: He didn't call it censorship, he said it leads to censorship. Sure, at first they are stopping people from relentlessly harassing others but who is to say the border wont get skewed further until in a few decades time we've got as much freedom of speech as China does? I don't know. That particular slippery slope argument seems really out there. Like arguing if we shut people down for libel and slander it's a slippery slope till when we shut down people for telling the truth??? It seems to me the entire idea of no censorship is to prevent ideas, even unpopular ideas from getting shut down. But I fail to see what sort of ideas this fellow is propagating. It's like trying to protect a vandals right to destroy stuff. There's no core belief this guy is upholding except to make some else's life miserable. Free speech on the internet seems to be championed on the behalf of a-holes for the right to be a-holes rather than championing on the behalf of people that hold actual, legitimate ideas however unpopular. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
On September 15 2011 14:09 Tektos wrote: He didn't call it censorship, he said it leads to censorship. Sure, at first they are stopping people from relentlessly harassing others but who is to say the border wont get skewed further until in a few decades time we've got as much freedom of speech as China does? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope Notice how this is exactly what you're doing? Notice how its recognized in philosophy as a fallacy and thus invalid? Argue the topic, not some wildly speculative result years down the line... | ||
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
And this kids so sad, Louie Anderson must have been his role model. Judging by the way that fool be lookin. ![[image loading]](http://btr.michaelkwan.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/lifewithlouie.gif) | ||
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iLikeRain
Denmark504 Posts
If this jugdement was delivered after he had done this in face to face, or sending real letters he would be breaking the law. But we're talking about a privately funded platform where people can leave whenever they want, and there ought to be some kind of moderator to stop him. I sincerely hope that such state of court never happens in Denmark, as it's a clear violation of everything I believe in, and it would actually be very interesting if the convicted guy brought this case to the European Court of Human Rights. | ||
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