b3ta.com links
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » links » Link 834523 | Random

This is a link post A bit of common sense at last
Paul chambers overturns his conviction over Twitter joke.
 (SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 12:30, Reply)
This is a normal post The whole thing was fucking ridiculous from the start.
They could take just one day of people posting on here and lock us all up and throw away the key.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 12:35, Reply)
This is a normal post You'll be sharing the cell with Tabs
Bitch
 (I helped save b3ta! The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post
#whatacompletefuckingwasteoftimeandmoney pls RT
 (UTB, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post People forget that the reason this happened in the first place was that a member of the public reported it to Airport Security.
Someone with a grudge against this guy, perhaps? At that point it became a "bomb threat". So while it shouldn't have been pursued as far as it did they had a duty to take it seriously.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 14:15, Reply)
This is a normal post But it wasn't ever treated by the CPS as a 'bomb hoax'
That's the point.

There is a specific offense to cover 'bomb threats'. When they found there wasn't enough evidence to bring a prosecution under it, Paul Chambers was arrested and charged under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.

Their position was never that this was a bomb threat, but rather that it was a 'menacing' message based on a provision that had been in an earlier Communications Bill to stop people harrassing female telephone operators in the 1930s.

The problem isn't that time is spent investigating things that might be bomb threats, but that, when there isn't evidence to support that one has been made, the CPS attempt to find something else to charge people with.
 (I helped save b3ta! Natt, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post My "point" is that someone made a complaint, and that's what started it all.
It wasn't a case of the Airport or Police just deciding they should take action after reading the Twitter post (which is how it's generally reported in the Press). Like I said, it shouldn't have gone as far as it did re: the CPS etc, so I agree with you. But it would be interesting to find out who ratted on him in the first place.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 14:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I am outraged! My family and I were terrorized by this man!
It makes me so angry I'm going to blow up an anonymous internet tweeter!

Yours,

Luton Airport
 (Zachariah Pardon, pardon. J'AI UNE POUSSETTE, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 15:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Good thing it wasn't racist. That's unforgivable, not like threatening death.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 16:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed, you're allowed to threaten death so long as you motivated by something other than race, religion, sexuality or gender.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 17:05, Reply)
This is a normal post So am I allowed to blow up my black jewish mama doll?

(slarty, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 19:02, Reply)