Troll Hunting: a Look at the Dark Side of the Internet

The Telegraph ^ | September 16th, 2011 | Tom Chivers

[calex59]

This is not out of the scope of free speech. Writing something on the internet is not going to start a panic. He didn’t yell the equivalent of fire. All he did was insult the he** out of people. They may have a slander case against him if they decided to sue him but jail time is over the top. The whole idea of free speech is that the person saying the speech is allowed to say things that may be difficult for others to hear and not suffer any retribution for it.

[calex59]

Free speech means being able to say what ever the he** you want even if the people hearing it are "offended". Law suits are designed to keep slander down to a minimum but jail time is over the top. As one person pointed out yelling fire in a crowded building is not defensible.

Also, going to a funeral and blocking and yelling is not the same thing as typing something on the internet. You, and one other guy on this thread, think someone should go to jail simply because they said something disgusting, that isn't the way this country works, or shouldn't be at any rate.

I was right any way, this happened in GB and not the US. We haven't sunk so low that people's opinions of what someone else said can land you in jail, unless of course you say it about Bozo.

Tell me the difference between Obama not liking what people say about him and wanting to jail people and what you advocate?

[Vanders9]

Woah...hold on. I did not advocate anything. I certainly didnt advocate sending people to jail because they say something disgusting. I just said that you cannot let the right to free speech be an absolute trump over every other right (because otherwise it becomes a kind of tyranny itself).

[Vanders9]

That’s true...they did invite comments.

[Vanders9]

I find your assertions particularly ironic, as my main statement on this (comment #9) has been removed by the moderators! Yeah, you can say whatever the he$$ you like ok...