Man arrested for trolling on Facebook

[The Random One]

Well, that's what you get for doing something as evil and beyond hope as using Facebook.

This captcha has been redacted for your protection.

 

[UmbrellaAssassin]

The only response possible is the following.

'Trololol'

Oh, and the jailed people will take care of him. IF there is one thing prisoners really dislike, it's people who do something to children.


Edit: Let it be clear that I disaprove of the actions the person did. The above comment is ment to be mocking in his direction, not towards the others in the articles. I -do- respect the dead.

We'll I was about to say you beat me to the punch, but than noticed you did it to mock him.
Not that making fun of dead people is funny, it's just not a criminal offense.

So trololol for the fact that he's in jail for some stupid trolling (pretty pathetic attempt to troll), trololol for people getting so butt hurt and acting sad.
No you are not sad, your not family or friend. They are the only people feeling real sadness over this. The only reason people act disapprovingly towards it is because it is what they think they need to do to be accepted socially. I bet anything if this was on /b/ or anyplace else anonymous the same people that are crying about would be laughing. Being a pussy is becoming more and more socially dominant.

Before I get banned and get me ripped a new asshole from these wanna be moral brigade I just want to say I'm not laughing at this suicide girl. I don't count suicide as funny (maybe that's because I'm been thinking about it for some time now) but neither is it reason to once again spit in the faces of the founding fathers with another violation of the right of free speech.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

"We're all offended, all the time, and we don't have a fucking right not to be offended." - Penn Jillette

I'm offended by every church I see in town. There's a billboard next to a nearby grocery store that says global warming is actually a warning by god of the apocalypse. That offends me. But to shut it down and arrest the guy who did it is morally wrong.

Here's an idea. All these memorial sites, if someone is posting offensive messages on there, block them and erase what they wrote. That's not hard, and it's your site.

Thank god Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller has weighed in on the subject of people being offended. What does he have to say about people being harassed? Because the kid didn't get convicted for offending people.

There is no law that says offending people is wrong. There is a law that says harassing people is wrong. It's not that crazy a distinction folks. This isn't string theory, or quantum mechanics. It's the difference between "I said a dirty word on the internet, tee hee!" and "I'm haunting you motherfuckers and making your life as miserable as I possibly can".

Not that tough.

 

[werty10089]

Anyone else find 'Tasha the Tank Engine' to be damn hilarious? Sure, he should be getting help, but half a year in jail if fucking insane.

 

[Baradiel]

Christ alive people! Read the article! It wasn't just posting a comment or two on memorial Facebook pages, it was sustained harrassment of the families. He had already been given a caution. Freedom of Speech has nothing to do with this case. What he was doing was sick and illegal.

It wasn't trolling he was charged on. He was charged for harassment and defamation.

BloatedGuppy seems to have a handle of informing people of this, and he does it much better than I do, so I'll leave it to him

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Before I get banned and get me ripped a new asshole from these wanna be moral brigade I just want to say I'm not laughing at this suicide girl. I don't count suicide as funny (maybe that's because I'm been thinking about it for some time now) but neither is it reason to once again spit in the faces of the founding fathers with another violation of the right of free speech.

The founding fathers eh?

WELL DONE.

 

[Vault Citizen]

but neither is it reason to once again spit in the faces of the founding fathers with another violation of the right of free speech.

What? This is a British case with a British defendant, ingoring the fact that (as it has been pointed out) this is about harassment not free speech how did the founding fathers enter the conversation?

 

[TheMagicLemur]

I'm pro free-speech, but not if the speech's only intent is to harass and cause harm. Fuck this little prick; I hope he gets his ass kicked and violated repeatedly.


There's a big problem with this sort of shit; a whole generation is growing up thinking they can say or do whatever mean-ass thing they want and not face any sort of consequences.

 

[rangerman351]

I agree with freedom of speech, but that is also slander especially the "whore" thing. Here in America thats at least 6 months. But as a person, even with Asperger?s he should be held responsible. And I think, based on what he said and how many times he did it, the punishment should be more severe.

 

[joemegson94]

Admittedly, it does piss me off when people use Asperger's to justify everything they do. I have it, but I know not to take the piss out of dead teenagers.

 

[Calbeck]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036935/Natasha-MacBryde-death-Facebook-internet-troll-Sean-Duffy-jailed.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
It annoys me when people advocate free speech, but only as long as no-one gets offended.

Doesn't look like you read the article.

1) This is Britain. Not the United States. Britain has a different set of laws regarding freedom of speech, and they are not quite as tolerant of abusive behavior. Such as: "Trolling is an offence under the Malicious Communications Act, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison."

2) Even in the US, there's a point where harassment rises to criminal levels. This guy was an alcoholic who routinely trolled childrens' tribute sites for kicks --- not commentary. It's the same as if I stand on the public sidewalk outside your house and scream epithets at you: at that point I'm not engaged in "free speech", I'm engaged in "public disturbance".

 

[default]

Ha! What lonely, sick, sad little fuck. Hope he enjoys jail.

This 'trolling' subculture is complete bullshit anyway.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

I actually saw the original thread several days back for when /b/'s denizens were planing this.

 

[Thistlehart]

"You see I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all others are based."
--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

There it is. You don't like it? That's fine. You're free to be wrong.

 

[Mogget128723]

He deserves every second in prison.

 

[gallaetha_matt]

What this troll did was sick and evil. There's no excusing it. He deserves some form of punishment, but 18 weeks in jail seems a little bit extreme - even if he had already been warned by the courts.

I believe that the punishment should fit the crime. No, I'm not talking about some Luciferesque ironic torture (although that would be funny "You trolled a grieving family on the internet, so I'm going to spend the next two years trolling every personal tragedy that you ever suffer,"). But he should get the five year ban from the internet plus a community service order or something. Not a five year internet ban plus five months in prison (it is five months ain't it? I'm bad at maths). This just seems like overkill and it isn't going to make this situation better in the long run. He won't learn a lesson from this, he'll realise that what he did was wrong, have his day in court and then grow even more bitter and isolated after being incarcerated for so long.

What do people really think he's going to do when he gets out? Go seek solace from the family and friends that he doesn't have? No, he'll get right back to trolling, only this time he'll be more careful not to get caught.

I watched a sky news report on this and I have to say that the grieving family's in question aren't exactly coming across like saints here either. True, they didn't choose to get harrassed, but they did choose to release pre-prepared speeches to the media outside the court house. Evading the reporters in this situation would be about as easy as setting your 'RIP' page to friends only.

Okay, I'm assuming a lot and I don't want to listen to the cynic in me. But a few of these family's seem to be enjoying the attention a bit too much.

I probably am just being a cynical douche hat though. I view everybody grieving in the media as some kind of McCanesque grab for attention. Even the genuine ones.

I has link for you, judge for self:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubSAmNc6--s

I will say that this thread has been a good read mostly for Bloatedguppy's posts. Take a bow, sir. You've managed to entertain and inform at the same time. Which is more than I can say for the BBC.

 

[Savryc]

I knew there'd be the typical "Baww freedom of speech" tools. This wasn't trolling. Trolling is just being a jackass on a forum to get a rise from someone, this guy specifically targeted a handful of families and bombarded them with sick taunts, gruesome images of their dead children and vandalised memorials websites over the course of many YEARS, he had his warning and he decided to ramp it up a notch, now he's been slapped down and thank fuck for that. Shit like that is straight up harassment, slander and abuse.

For once I can actually say I'm glad I'm in the UK where this bullshit isn't tolerated.

 

[Zack1501]

he so deserved that.