[Livia]

Originally Posted by MTVN

As oppose to who in this case? Who is the victim of this guys "crime" exactly? There isn't one. I don't always side with the criminal at all but I try to avoid the relentless bloodlust and condemnation that is often displayed, there is always a context to crime

We don't know the full extent of the crime. Maybe the riot they were trying to whip up didn't take place only because the police were aware and nipped it in the bud. That doesn't make these two people innocent. They're lucky that a riot didn't actually take place or their sentences could have been a lot longer.

All we really know about these two people is that they were convicted of incitement. We don't know what was said, we don't know whether the Facebook thing was the only charge, we don't know any of the mitigating circumstances nor do we know whether these two had any previous. Incitement has always carried a higher sentence than the actual deed.

There are hardly any controls on the Internet and people have felt free and safe to say pretty much they want... only now, people will have have a bit of a think whether it's worth four years of their life or not.