The Internet and real life

[rascal]

Am I the only one who for some reason sees and treats the internet as a form of escape from real life which should not actually conflict with real life? I ask this after reading about a bloke who got an 8 week prison sentence for making some obscene and racist remarks on Twitter. Now I'm a left wing guy and have no time for racists, sexists or homophobes, but realise that being punished for saying some brutal things online is actually extremely stupid. If he was to say that stuff on the street then yes, he was being a menace and should be dealt with appropriately. (not a prison sentence however)

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Sounds like some freaky porn dude.

 

[Member8]

internet is real life

 

[Brennan]

Am I the only one who for some reason sees and treats the internet as a form of escape from real life which should not actually conflict with real life? I ask this after reading about a bloke who got an 8 week prison sentence for making some obscene and racist remarks on Twitter. Now I'm a left wing guy and have no time for racists, sexists or homophobes, but realise that being punished for saying some brutal things online is actually extremely stupid. If he was to say that stuff on the street then yes, he was being a menace and should be dealt with appropriately. (not a prison sentence however)

Sincerely hope you're not being serious.

 

[Fuleco]

Didn't read too long.

But if your life was AI would it make a difference?

 

[rascal]

Sincerely hope you're not being serious.

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.c...ng-offensive/story-21074768-detail/story.html

It's ridiculous and a waste of resources. People need to realise that there's a difference between online behaviour and real life behaviour.

It's nothing more than the establishment trying to take control.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.c...ng-offensive/story-21074768-detail/story.html

It's ridiculous and a waste of resources. People need to realise that there's a difference between online behaviour and real life behaviour.

It's nothing more than the establishment trying to take control.

If he had made the same comments in a public environment then he'd have faced the same outcome, I don't see the difference

 

[MJ1]

The offence is still there regardless of how you look at it. It makes no difference whether it was said in person, on the phone, in a text or online. The Internet isn't a virtual world as what it once was. It has progressed to become in line with reality due to how much influence there is and due to how it's used in every day life.

If I read the comments online I would be equally offended as I would in person.

 

[MJ1]

What about these Internet trolls who set up pages about dead babies and mock missing kids? Should that be allowed to go because its on the Internet and not in public? No. The Internet is the only way to catch these monsters, you couldn't catch them effectively in the public

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

What about these Internet trolls who set up pages about dead babies and mock missing kids? Should that be allowed to go because its on the Internet and not in public? No. The Internet is the only way to catch these monsters, you couldn't catch them effectively in the public

Do a rap about it mate

 

[MJ1]

Do a rap about it mate

Considering its a sensitive issue I don't think it would be appropriate. If you feel strongly about it why don't you make a rap.

 

[steken1]

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.c...ng-offensive/story-21074768-detail/story.html

It's ridiculous and a waste of resources. People need to realise that there's a difference between online behaviour and real life behaviour.

It's nothing more than the establishment trying to take control.

To me the internets just another avenue of communication. No different to the telephone. If you rang someone up and threatened to kill them you'd rightly go to jail. Why should that be different because the message was sent a different way?

I try to be the same as I am in real life, a tit, and only once have I ever said/wrote something I'd never have said in public. I'm still embarrassed about it now, despite never meeting the people it was written to.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

I think the internet should be policed the same way any other medium is.

 

[Pat's Van]

I guess there is a slight difference in the medium of online communication contrasted with real life.

However in a world of rising social media and an ever increasing global society, who's to judge how far freedom of speech can actually go ? What parameters should be in place and who decides how to effectively police them ?

Also, I have my nuts out while I'm typing this.

 

[Bungle]

Hang on, people are being convicted based on internet posts?

*burns computer