But that in itself is pretty ambiguous and subjective, who defines what words are inciting hate and which aren't? And surely by this logic the likes of the BNP and the EDL shouldn't even be allowed to exist?

obviously i'm talking about before this story came out, although the media isn't reporting that it is common practice for people to be arrested over using the "N" word in tweets.

If this is true that it is common practice, i'd like to know how many other people in the UK have been arrested for using the "N" word in tweets.

He obviously isn't goign jail anyway.


He should just be thrown in the middle of Peckham,Brixton etc and told to make his own way out.

He obviously isn't goign jail anyway.


He should just be thrown in the middle of Peckham,Brixton etc and told to make his own way out.

Violence wouldn't help race relations now would it :nono:

I'm guessing he wouldn't have quite so much to say.

Aren't you wise, no I'm not. Sorry to disappoint you.

there is no such thing as racism because there is no such thing as race, every person on the planet is mixed race. that has already been proven by geneticists.

What we are talking about is prejudice, and every single person on the planet is PREJUDICED.

If you deny ever having a prejudiced thought then you are a liar.

I'm sick of PEople using THE WORD "racism" to DEMONIZE people and BULLY people, it's disgusting.

EVERYONE is prejudiced.

until we have an HONEST conversation about prejudice, without using bullying terms like "racism" then we arn't going to move forward. Pointing fingers gets us NOWHERE.

Pointing fingers, and name-calling just causes MORE division.

F yu all, Madonna rules everything.

Why would anyone get arrested for that? Maybe its to discourage the other few, but he probably wont be charged with anything.
I understand the sentiment though,

I'm glad they've arrested him. If you're a racist, keep it to yourself. I managed to read a few of those tweets and they were downright horrible and not on. The day before mothers' day as well. :(

Did you actually READ those posts? :bored: Why try and defend him?

I don't agree that LostAlex is defending him, in my opinion he's defending his freedom of speech, it's not the same thing.

ThisismyEngland highlighting yet another idiot

Unfortunately there is no idiot shortage.

Well, I just find it quite telling that he said that people were trying to demonise and bully people when that's EXACTLY what that racist was doing.

A Twitter 'troll' has appeared in court in Swansea to admit writing racist and offensive tweets about soccer star Fabrice Muamba.

Swansea University student Liam Stacey, 21, appeared in Swansea Magistrates' Court after his comments about the Bolton Wanderers player.

Magistrates heard Stacey tried to "distance himself" from the comments by saying his account had been hacked.

He later tried to delete his page, but police arrested him on Sunday morning at his student home in Swansea.

This morning, he pleaded guilty to a racially-aggravated public order offence to incite violence.

Stacey was freed on bail on condition he stays off Twitter and other social networking sites. He will be sentenced next week - but was warned he could face jail.


Link

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report was published in February 1999, and defined a racist incident as:

˜... any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person."

We accept this definition.


This seems quite ridiculous to me actually. This reads as if...for instance...someone was talking about needing a bottle of milk. I get offended because milk is white and I am overly sensitive and think they are slagging me. So therefor the person speaking about milk is racist.


On topic though, I'm a bit torn. Reading the tweets that have been posted..yeah the person is undoubtably racist and ignorant, but I dont really see any need for an arrest or anything :S

I still can't get over that he tried to make out his account was hacked lol.

sorry if it's been posted already but what did the tweet say?

Will LOL if he gets Jail Time.


#ForeveraVictim.

to be honest, what will that stop. He's just one amongst many. Arresting him as a scapegoat? Have they also arrested all those that actualy make monkey noises during matches and call names? or is this one a "special" case because Muamba is loved?

having said that, don't know how bad what he said was so arrest may be justified. Not saying I am for racism of course not, just saying if you're going to arrest him make an effort to arrest the rest aswell.

Here it is here, but I think maybe there was more. He apparently deleted his twitter account after it started to become a scandal.

Oh ok thank you.

Seen worst to be honest. But if they want to arrest him, not opposed.

They should also arrest funny racist on twitter. he's offended plenty :joker:

Maybe I would be more offended if his insults were more intellectual/if he seemed smart. Go rape your dog..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

or maybe i'm just too tired to be offended right now :confused:

I was only really annoyed when he mentioned how funny it will be to see his "Aid infested,criminal body" as his mother cries over him. He deleted it fairly quickly, but either way you got to be ****ed in the head to say something like that.