[CamillePunk]

Originally Posted by Joshi

Sorry but can you elaborate? It's my fault, my english is bad

People like Asenath seem to want to give the government the power to trample people's freedoms just because she disagrees with some racist on the internet. It's ridiculous and terribly short-sighted. I was agreeing with your post.

[Joshi]

Originally Posted by CamillePunk

People like Asenath seem to want to give the government the power to trample people's freedoms just because she disagrees with some racist on the internet. It's ridiculous and terribly short-sighted. I was agreeing with your post.

Thank you for elaborating and sorry and yes, it's also dangerous.

[Premium Walls]

It's fucking sad this guy is going to jail. You should be able to say whatever you want to anyone, hateful or not. I don't condone hateful shit to people but you should still be allowed to say whatever you want. People need to grow thicker skin. Sadly society is going in the opposite direction.

[Bob the Jobber]

Originally Posted by Joshi

Well you said that thinking this sentence (go to jail) is a logical solution is something that no man can think, while the guy who made the sentence is a man, Sean Harrington. Not looking for a fight, just saying it's illogical.

He's playing politics.

[TaylorFitz]

Originally Posted by just1988

I train the University of Bolton hockey team. They're a complete bunch of idiots and often fuck up the drills which I set for them. So, I've started to make them do a lap every time one of them fucks up. Suffice to say, they don't make as many mistakes in training any more.

The same principle applies here. If the bloke's gunna go around posting stupid stuff all over the internet, he deserves his punishment (if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.) He'll soon learn to stop posting such stupid stuff and word will spread and will deter others from doing so.

They've only sentenced him to a month in prison, he'll most likely be put on a low-risk wing and just having a very boring time before being released. Giving him enough time to think and realise he shouldn't be posting such shite.

How do we decide what "stupid stuff" is? That's where the issue is. You can't give the government the power to stifle free speech at all because once they have that power it's hard to control how they use it. The legal term is precedent and if what just happened in Canada is upheld by other courts then they have just set a very dangerous precedent when it comes to the government limiting freedom of speech.

[Joshi]

Originally Posted by The Great Below

He's playing politics.

Oh right, I almost forgot politicians aren't human beings, my bad

[Bob the Jobber]

Originally Posted by Walls

It's fucking sad this guy is going to jail. You should be able to say whatever you want to anyone, hateful or not. I don't condone hateful shit to people but you should still be allowed to say whatever you want. People need to grow thicker skin. Sadly society is going in the opposite direction.

Starts @ 3:50

Originally Posted by Joshi

Oh right, I almost forgot politicians aren't human beings, my bad

They are humans, but aren't allowed to be themselves.

[Asenath]

Originally Posted by CamillePunk

People like Asenath seem to want to give the government the power to trample people's freedoms just because she disagrees with some racist on the internet. It's ridiculous and terribly short-sighted. I was agreeing with your post.

I didn't say I'd be pleased to see this solution in America. But Canada is not America, and I'm not one of those people who runs around demanding that not-America do things like we do.

[CamillePunk]

Originally Posted by Asenath

I didn't say I'd be pleased to see this solution in America. But Canada is not America, and I'm not one of those people who runs around demanding that not-America do things like we do.

There's a difference between demanding they do differently and commending an oppressive decision, which is what you did. Obviously you would like to see America operate in the same way if you think it's a good move.

[Asenath]

Originally Posted by CamillePunk

There's a difference between demanding they do differently and commending an oppressive decision, which is what you did. Obviously you would like to see America operate in the same way if you think it's a good move.

That's a fancy bit of rhetorical tapdancing.