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Originally Posted by Jamesy

Problem is, what does one deem as "attacking" the McCanns? That's where things get messy and people could be arrested for stupid comments that can be perceived in multiple ways.

I doubt the police will push manpower towards going through internet forums though. It's just all talk to make the public aware of police presence. In reality the already overstretched police force will be concentrating on more serious cases they have in hand.

The only things they will look at are direct messages towards the McCanns. Not the opinions of a dozen or so people on a Big Brother forum... nothing for people like us to worry about. Just more of something for people to keep in mind who might be sending hate mail to the McCanns directly via Twitter, email and other means.

How can an opinion be considered a direct attack though, it wasn't to them personally was it?

A comment made on a general site/forum/twitter I fail to see how that is a direct attack, unless you stated ' I X intend to attack X'.