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Ok so this guy is a racist cunt and I have no sympathy, but I can't help but think that people say racist stuff on sickipedia/youtube/etc everyday with no consequences. But when people threaten to blow up an airport or make racist jokes on Twitter they get prosecuted for it.
Thoughts/Opinions?

Alt. Oh fuck it, Lunch?
( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:16, 99 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Stop stealing my schtik

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:17, Reply)

When you stop stealing Gonz's

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:24, Reply)

I am going to blow up your airport for stealing psychomps stick

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:20, Reply)

I put it in a non stick pan too

( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:21, Reply)

i didn't even know that was possible

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:21, Reply)

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.
Miley Cyrus
( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:22, Reply)

i don't believe in miley cyrus

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:25, Reply)

Then stop your constant Googling of her nips

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:50, Reply)

Does this mean berk is a free agent for the next 56 days?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:20, Reply)

He might have stupid views but he's not that stupid.

(berk, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:00, Reply)

The police wont arrest you unless people make a complaint.
For crimes like this you need to have someone who is "offended" by it and complains about it for it to become a police matter.
No one gives a shit about sickipedia and anyone with any sense ignores all comments on youtube.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:22, Reply)

So if no-one is offended its not considered a crime?
Fucking stupid. I offend people all the time.
( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:26, Reply)

I find this very offensive

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:27, Reply)

could go down as a public order offence, depends what's said

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:28, Reply)

Well if you dig a hole in the middle of nowhere and climb in
mock Diana, deny the holocaust, be racist homophobic etc, what's the problem?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:28, Reply)

But people do get offended by the shit on sickipedia
but reporting jrg23 or whoever isn't going to do shit.
( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:33, Reply)

someone does some good stand up about being "offended" and how it really doesn't matter

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:26, Reply)

Steve Hughes

( Peej, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:33, Reply)

Steve Hughs live at the apollo

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:34, Reply)

It's not really very good. I remember seeing it and all he does is build up a nice straw man argument.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:35, Reply)

i meant it's funny, not that it's the end of all arguments with reagrds to offence etc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:36, Reply)

It's not really funny though, it's a bunch of "jokes" that have been used repeatedly by people with a better sense of comic timing than him.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:54, Reply)

oh no your opinion differs to mine
*deletes acount and kills self*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:25, Reply)

so what you're saying is
someone does some good stand up about being "offended" and how it really doesn't matter, and it wasn't Steve Hughes.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:28, Reply)

why is it worse to be be rude about someone due to theiur race rather than their weight/height or other physical attribute?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:39, Reply)

It's cuz they is blak innit?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:50, Reply)

Good point, that
The Monday after Muamba's heart attack Battered said that it would have been hilarious if he'd died, and that's probably not even in the top ten of offensive statements for that week.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:23, Reply)

I would have lolled heartily if that had happened, not because he's black, but because he's a footballer

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:25, Reply)

I think that might have been his issue
All the same, if someone here had taken umbrage with such a statement and made a complaint, or linked to it on their FB etc, I don't think our protestations that "but b3ta is just like that, it's not SERIOUS" would have done him many favours.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:30, Reply)

Battered is a cunt
i think it would be hilarious if he died
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:27, Reply)

I think his point was that the papers wasn't WAH WAH WAHing as much as he was over his father in law's death.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:47, Reply)

.... but then two or three moments later, it would be hesterical if Bono died and it didn't make the papers.
Something like that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:48, Reply)

I imagine they would have been had he carked it on live TV though

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:48, Reply)

Should have set up a video, like Osama.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:51, Reply)

I told a coworker that some code had Muamba'd
Because it ran for 40 minutes and then fell over.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:19, Reply)

Don't be a dick and use twitter
simple
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:24, Reply)

what about that walken4GOP twat? he has been tweeting in support!
and going on about sheboons and their disgusting "niglets" stinking up the usa and how he is glad whitney is dead so that she can no longer have the same surname as his beloved city... he can't understand why the whole of the uk seems to be sending him hate-filled tweets, and thinks that we are all gay...

i think he should be made to wear a t-shirt with his top ten tweets on it. and then made to walk around various cities in it. that'd do.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:26, Reply)

First Amendment, innit?
The retards hide behind that.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:28, Reply)

I like the way you've adapted the Die Hard With A Vengeance tactic for the digital age

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:32, Reply)

And why not?
It's a fucking excellent film.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:39, Reply)

Definitely better than the second one

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)

Best of the lot

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)

Ooooh, so close
It is an excellent film but it's not as good as the first. But then, very little is.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:42, Reply)

Ah, what would you know?
You probably fancy Alan Rickman more than I do.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:45, Reply)

This is more or less why the first one is better
" symbol here but it keeps deleting for some reason) Jeremy Irons

I'm basing this on their roles as the Gruber brothers alone, but say what you will about Le Rickman, he wasn't in Dungeons & Dragons
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:46, Reply)

He was, however, in Truly Madly Deeply

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:51, Reply)

I cannot comment on that film as I haven't seen it
Although I am assured that it's shite. Which is why I haven't seen it.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:56, Reply)

Yes, but Irons was in the Lion King, and The Colour Of Magic.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:45, Reply)

He's american, isn't he? Different laws over there.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)

The guys clearly tried to be funny, then backpedalled as soon as he realised it wasn't funny.
Bit of a nothing really, but ah well, who gives a fuck?

Alt: BBQ pork.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:29, Reply)

do we know exactly what was said?
exactly what WAS said?
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:30, Reply)

agree with the hypocrasy of not charging everyone but he's a moron and probably said something less jokey and more hateful than usual
I need a sandwich / lunch suggestion:
( lucosade is counting down the minutes until, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:30, Reply)

have both
hope this helps
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:35, Reply)

I'd love to give a fuck about this story.
I just can't though, sorry.

xxxxx
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:33, Reply)

Anyone who takes to Twitter and makes a controversial/hateful/idiotic statement deserves everything they get
It should be fucking obvious that such things will be retweeted and quite possibly taken out of context. You're sticking your head on the block just by logging on.

Plus it's shit.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:33, Reply)

#dancingqueens

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)

I am deeply offended by this thread.
*gazzes mods*
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:34, Reply)

First sign of madness

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:36, Reply)

Is Suggs walking up your driveway.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:03, Reply)

This is a significant state blow against our fundamental rights to freedom of speech

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:35, Reply)

You're a significant blow against our fundamental right to freedom of speach.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:37, Reply)

GO GET 'EM RORY!

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:38, Reply)

+ THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND YER! C'MON!

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:12, Reply)

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:31, Reply)

What a waste of tax money
56 days in prison? Why didn't they just give him community service so he could do some good in the community. He's clearly not a danger to society.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:48, Reply)

Incentivises the rest of Twitter to shut the fuck up though
and I for one am all for that
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)

I see horrificly racist comments every day on facebook, from the EDL lot.
I'd love to see them all pulled up on it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:50, Reply)

I thought that lot only hated muslims.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:51, Reply)

Yeah', hating muslims counts as racist, despite the whole "islam isn't a race" thing.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:53, Reply)

really? surely it would be religious intolerance and bigotry.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:56, Reply)

I mean, if you hated all muslims that couldn't be racist at all.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:58, Reply)

Yeah, see how many of them can tell the difference between Asian catholics, Hindus, Budists and Muslims

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:58, Reply)

frankly, I think the real question is will Gonz be in my The Wanted tribute band?

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:03, Reply)

Not until you commit to recreating Feeling Strangly Fine by Semisonic.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:06, Reply)

It seems like the thin end of the wedge.
Before you know it we'll be doing closing time or secret smile.

While I have nothing against semisonic, they're just not The Wanted.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:12, Reply)

Both, I want the whole album, no song shall go unplayed.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:13, Reply)

How about we form two tribute bands then.
One for semisonic and one for The Wanted?
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)

Semmysonnic and The Wouldn't Say No If You're Offering?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:31, Reply)

I like Wanted More and floppysonic.
If we had our own band we'd be the bearded jew.
Cause Gonz has a beard and I'm circumcised.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)

That's really the subtext of this whole thread, I feel.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:07, Reply)

I think the subtext of the subtext though is that nobody likes Battered.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:10, Reply)

I don't not like battered.
I don't really like him though either.
I'm fairly neutral on battered.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:14, Reply)

i wished he was dead

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:50, Reply)

I'm going for my operation now, BYE BYE

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:14, Reply)

DON'T DIE GONZ!!!!!!

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)

Good luck!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)

Have fun!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:16, Reply)

Best wishes on your head bris

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:32, Reply)

aw man i wish i still had my operation :(

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:36, Reply)

I think it's well funny.
"What you in for mate?"
"....Twitter"

Geezer's gonna get eaten alive. Good.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:37, Reply)

Like Chompy said above, it requires an "offended" party
If people started to lodge formal complaints against sickipedia, or against racist posts by youtube users, the offending parties probably wouldn't last very long. By contrast, on here, there's a tacit understanding that it's all very tongue-in-cheek and we're here to share the coarser end of our sense of humour: we're all offensive and nobody gets offended. I'd like to think if the guy in question had turned up and posted the same stuff here, it wouldn't be long before he was either flamed off the board or belted with a mod's ban hammer.

I do wonder whether he's been sent down because the remarks were about such a widely publicised story. I can't help but suspect the sentence wouldn't have been as harsh if he'd been pulled up for making similarly nasty remarks about a comparatively unknown youtube video.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:49, Reply)

tl:dr
fuck off you shit cunt
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:50, Reply)

*squeals to mods*
Hang on, weren't you tipped to become the mod here...?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:51, Reply)

i actually am Off Topic mod, i'm jsut very lenient and fair

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:52, Reply)

Nice scooter

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:54, Reply)

cheers man, its a JD Bugg

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:55, Reply)

folks on b3ta don't get offended? LOL!

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 13:56, Reply)

Granted, "nobody" was a bit of a generous generalisation...

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 14:06, Reply)

I imagine you're right with this last point
but that only makes him a bigger fucking idiot, if he had the faintest idea of how Twitter works he must have known he'd get RT'd all over the shop. He probably has a case to complain that he's been made an example of because of the profile of the abused, but he probably would have done well to just not racially abuse a critically ill man.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 14:00, Reply)