Not logged in [
Login
-
Register
]
You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In
Corsa Sport
»
Message Board
»
Off Day
»
Sick Twitter User (@Rileyy_69)
» Post Reply
Post Reply
Who Can Post?
All users can post new topics and all users can reply.
Icon:
Formatting Mode:
Normal
Advanced
Help
Andale Mono
Arial
Arial Black
Book Antiqua
Century Gothic
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
Georgia
Impact
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Trebuchet MS
Script MT Bold
Stencil
Verdana
Lucida Console
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
White
Black
Red
Yellow
Pink
Green
Orange
Purple
Blue
Beige
Brown
Teal
Navy
Maroon
LimeGreen
Message:
HTML is Off
Smilies are On
BB Code is On
[img] Code is On
[quote][i]Originally posted by Paul_J[/i] It does humour me that they are arresting people for saying things on twitter these days. If the kid in question had seen Daley in the street and hurled the abuse to his face, nothing would have come of it. However, he sent a tweet (not a nice one granted) and got arrested. - The thing is, it's not the act of sending the tweet that got him arrested, it was the viral element of the media surrounding the tweet (due to Tom's fame) which caused the police to get involved. If this was an average person having abuse thrown at him, it's unlikely the police would have done anything. So are the police now just enforcers for the large corporations, famous and rich? Or public servants for everyone? As proven by Ian, if the case involved 'average joes' as the victims - it's ultimately going to be ignored. We come from a time where the internet was a place of free speech, it was 'only the internet' and banter. It was always the way that if you didn't like something, simply don't read it / rise to it. However, we're now heading towards a sea of censorship and enforcement which could make the internet just as pedantic as the real world these days. [/quote]
Post Options:
Disable smileys?
Turn BBCode off?
Receive email notification of new replies?
This is a long topic, click
here
to review it.