UK jails another for saying offensive things on the internet

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Absolute freedom of speech does not exist in any country. Anyways, really short prison sentences serve no useful purpose.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I understand that shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre is regarded as an unpopular form of speech.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well, his was.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I am only posting this to get the 100,000 post in this subforum, which is on-topic, because I am doing an offensive thing on the internet.

And you should most certainly be imprisoned for it.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Sure. Why not?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

If you like.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Possibly.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Being somewhat more serious now, there is a certain sort of Magistrate that loves handing down this type of sentence. You saw it over the riots last year as well, of course.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This isn't a good decision at all, but what makes the story really interesting is he's from my mum's home town, whose only other claim to fame is being the hoe of Danny Boyle.

That's an awful thing to say about your mother.

His mum's a gardening tool?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Freedom of speech should be unlimited - apart from libel.

But how is libel to be defined?

Though, actually, libel is the one area of 'speech' that is certainly excessively, unreasonably and unusually restricted in Britain. A particularly extreme example of the consequences is currently unfolding in the papers and on the news every day...