Discovered this on the door of a CS professor's office

[kentonio]

IN THEORY SOMEONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE LISTENED TO ONE OF MY PHONE CALLS
OH NO
I GUESS I SHOULDNT POINT OUT HOW RETARDED IT IS TO MAKE SOMEONE PAY THOUSANDS FOR A TWEET

Do you actually know anything about this case? Do you know that at the time there was a huge amount of speculation about a prominent Tory being involved in pedophilia and sexual abuse of kids at a care home? Then in the middle of that feverish speculation Mrs Bercow decided to tweet..

Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *Innocent face*

This would be the Lord McAlpine who has since been found completely innocent of any involvement but who will now have to spend the rest of his life with the shadow of the accusation hanging over him.

If you libel someone it doesn't matter a damn whether you use Twitter, Facebook or anything else to do so, and it's about time people started taking responsibility for the things they say publicly. It's not ok to destroy someones reputation and get away with it because it was 'just a tweet'.

[Sava]

Anyone who thinks that tweet is libel is a moron.

[giblets]

Do you actually know anything about this case? Do you know that at the time there was a huge amount of speculation about a prominent Tory being involved in pedophilia and sexual abuse of kids at a care home? Then in the middle of that feverish speculation Mrs Bercow decided to tweet..

And British people believe everything they read on the internet, so this was enough to make people decide he's a pedophile, right?

[giblets]

(double post because computer scientists are too stupid to make forum software that works properly)

[Sava]

And British people believe everything they read on the internet, so this was enough to make people decide he's a pedophile, right?

They do have an unusually high number of people who deny climate change.

[kentonio]

And British people believe everything they read on the internet, so this was enough to make people decide he's a pedophile, right?

Given that she's the wife of another prominent Tory and could safely be assumed to have inside knowledge, yes that's more than enough to make a lot of people decide that.

Anyone who thinks that tweet is libel is a moron.

So you think it's fine to imply that someone has committed a string of horrific and sickening crimes as long as you don't actually spell that out? Yet another reason why I'm happy there's an ocean separating our countries.

[kentonio]

They do have an unusually high number of people who deny climate change.

Very true, an entire 1 percentage point higher than the US no less.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate...ion_by_country

[Sava]

So you think it's fine to imply that someone has committed a string of horrific and sickening crimes as long as you don't actually spell that out? Yet another reason why I'm happy there's an ocean separating our countries.

Yes. Implications aren't crimes. If she tweating "Lord FancyPants rapes deaf kids", then maybe. But even then, she has no credibility on the matter. Her statement is merely her opinion. And people shouldn't be punished for having opinions. Only repressive nations do that.

And believe me, I wish I could put a rocket under your inbred island scum nation and shoot it into the sun. An ocean isn't enough separation.

[Sava]

Given that she's the wife of another prominent Tory and could safely be assumed to have inside knowledge, yes that's more than enough to make a lot of people decide that.

So you want to punish people because of your assumptions?

Wow. That's ****ing stupid.

[Asher]

(double post because computer scientists are too stupid to make forum software that works properly)

Real computer scientists don't code for the web.

[giblets]

Given that she's the wife of another prominent Tory and could safely be assumed to have inside knowledge, yes that's more than enough to make a lot of people decide that.



So you think it's fine to imply that someone has committed a string of horrific and sickening crimes as long as you don't actually spell that out? Yet another reason why I'm happy there's an ocean separating our countries.

People have openly called Ben Kenobi a pedophile on these forums. If he wasn't a pedophile would this be considered libel?

[kentonio]

Yes. Implications aren't crimes. If she tweating "Lord FancyPants rapes deaf kids", then maybe. But even then, she has no credibility on the matter. Her statement is merely her opinion. And people shouldn't be punished for having opinions. Only repressive nations do that.

Including your own you mean? Except in yours you don't fine them, you kidnap them and ship them off to be tortured in secret bases around the world before imprisoning them without charge for a decade?

And believe me, I wish I could put a rocket under your inbred island scum nation and shoot it into the sun. An ocean isn't enough separation.

I'm sure the whole nation will be deeply wounded.

[kentonio]

People have openly called Ben Kenobi a pedophile on these forums. If he wasn't a pedophile would this be considered libel?

Yes of course it is. Unless they could convince a court that as he is not known here by his real name that he retains anonymity. That would actually be quite difficult given that he's used his real name here before.

[Sava]

Including your own you mean? Except in yours you don't fine them, you kidnap them and ship them off to be tortured in secret bases around the world before imprisoning them without charge for a decade?

... yeah... with help from you

And if the positions were reversed, the UK would probably be even worse with regards to human rights abuses. You're just butthurt that you aren't a superpower capable of inflicting that much worldwide repression.

[giblets]

Yes of course it is. Unless they could convince a court that as he is not known here by his real name that he retains anonymity. That would actually be quite difficult given that he's used his real name here before.

British people must have really thin skins...