Freedom of speech issues?

[rory_20_uk]

I read this article. As can be seen it's on the BBC which isn't known for its sense of humour or being sensationalist.

Has this chap really been banned for life for an email? It seems extremely heavy handed to put it mildly.

[Vladimir]

Heard about it this morning. I thought you people loved "Obomber."

[CountArach]

If he weren't 17 this would be a non-story.

[Louis VI the Fat]

See, and you people thought us .org moderators were brutal!



Also, let's all name the poster we think most likely to secretly send hate mail to politicians. Me, I name:
Beskar

[Beskar]

Also, let's all name the poster we think most likely to secretly send hate mail to politicians. Me, I name:
Beskar

Hah, I wouldn't go that far. It would be immature.

I might express displeasure though.

[InsaneApache]

See, and you people thought us .org moderators were brutal!



Also, let's all name the poster we think most likely to secretly send hate mail to politicians. Me, I name:
Beskar

I must qualify for a Prime Minister or two back.

I remember my dad saying that the American authorities dislike the British. Mind you that was after they wouldn't let him live in the States with his Yank Mrs.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I remember my dad saying that the American authorities dislike the British.

Oh now don't you worry now, dear! Britons still are and always will be right popular with any French authority!
If I would have a say in it you'll always receive 'special' treatment.

[rory_20_uk]

If he weren't 17 this would be a non-story.

So, banning anyone for life based on an email is normal behaviour in the USA?

[Beskar]

So, banning anyone for life based on an email is normal behaviour in the USA?

In America, threatening the President is a massive offense.

I know of some one when they were 13, they draw a picture of Bush jr getting killed, and the school found out and reported it, and he was taken away by the Secret Service and questioned.

[al Roumi]

See, and you people thought us .org moderators were brutal!

Also, let's all name the poster we think most likely to secretly send hate mail to politicians. Me, I name:
Beskar

In America, threatening the President is a massive offense.

I know of some one when they were 13, they draw a picture of Bush jr getting killed, and the school found out and reported it, and he was taken away by the Secret Service and questioned.

Did they tell him what a naughty boy he was?

[CountArach]

So, banning anyone for life based on an email is normal behaviour in the USA?

I don't live in the US, but I wouldn't find it that hard to believe.

[caravel]

Has this chap really been banned for life for an email? It seems extremely heavy handed to put it mildly.

I suppose he's lucky he wasn't extradited.

[Vladimir]

I suppose he's lucky he wasn't extradited.

17 is too young for rendition. Now 18...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Very sparse article as starting material.

there have been over 20 known attempts to kill sitting and former Presidents as well as Presidents-elect. Four attempts have resulted in sitting Presidents being killed: Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President), James A. Garfield (the 20th President), William McKinley (the 25th President) and John F. Kennedy (the 35th President). Two other Presidents were injured in attempted assassinations: then former President Theodore Roosevelt and then sitting President Ronald Reagan.

President Barack Obama has been the target of several assassination threats and alleged plots since first becoming a presidential candidate in 2007. Secret Service protection for Obama began after a death threat in 2007, when he was still serving as the junior Senator from Illinois and running for president.[36] Some commentators have suggested the unprecedented number of death threats against Obama are at least partially tied to racist imagery and words used by some of his critics to describe the president.[37] Among the most serious threats were an alleged plot by three men in Denver to shoot Obama during the 2008 Democratic National Convention,[36][38][39] and an alleged plot by two men in Tennessee to kill Obama as part of a planned murder spree targeting African Americans later the same year.[40][41]

What did the email say? A good bit of the article is quoting a "spokeswoman". He claims he doesn't remember exactly what he said. It seems like a fair guess that it was threatening and possibly racist

[Beskar]

There is another article which is in the weird news section which has some more information on, including some naughty words.

[Joooray]

There is another article which is in the weird news section which has some more information on, including some naughty words.

But if this really all because he called Obama a prick, I'd find a bit harsh.
Even if he was being racist and threatened to kill him, I still would be wondering if they have nothing else to do than banning people that had a few too many. But I at least would understand their concerns.