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Originally Posted by Pierre
I agree, it was in very poor taste, but getting the police involved is going too far.
The thought police will be on their way before you know it.
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I suppose it's part and parcel of them getting tougher on this sort of thing.
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Seems to be typical of todays snowflake society: The total overreaction to what is in reality a minor event but blown up out of all proportion by the press and politicians for their own ends and the police going along with the nonsense.
Meanwhile the rising tide of knife crime, murders, burglaries etc continues unabated.
No doubt the keyboard warriors are already formulating their death threats to those involved blind to the irony of their actions.  |
I can see where your coming from, but a zero tolerance to internet bullying etc could well prevent the perpetrators going on to do things in person.
I do believe that, as austerity took hold, some things weren't dealt with and we are now reaping the result of this.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Not the outcome they expected.
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Absolutely, maybe some good can come out of this though and it will encourage more people to think twice before uploading anything objectionable on the internet.