Dunfermline trouble (Racist issues?)

[tm4tj]

I see the racist has been charged............

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Teenager-charged-over-Tade-tweet-13012012.htm

[Scotty]

good. !!!

However, now that this has happened, please be aware that there are limits on what can be posted regarding this specific case ..... its fine to continue discussing this topic in general, and without being specific about this case, but anything posted which we feel crosses the line in terms of exposing the site to any potential legal issues will be removed (hidden from view).

[lukemackay]

I see the racist has been charged............

http://www.inverness...et-13012012.htm

its good to see stewart regan paid attention to this.

[Alex MacLeod]

I would re-iterate what Scotty says and also add this. Nobody, no matter how clever you may think you are, can hide behind usernames. If you post things on any forum or twitter or facebook or any other such media that can or may cause offence enough for it to be deemed law breaking you will be caught.

[lukemackay]

Nobody, no matter how clever you may think you are, can hide behind usernames.

no way thought mine was genious

Edited January 14, 2012 by lukemackay

[Alex MacLeod]

Nobody, no matter how clever you may think you are, can hide behind usernames.

no way thought mine was genious

I thought the same till I discovered that nearly everyone on this site could point me out in a crowd

[Renegade]

Yup. Just read through the whole TOS and Rules and no mention of racism whatsoever !!! Just vague references to following local laws.

...posted via iPhone...

If Twitter are quite happy to have Gary Glitter twittering away, kind of says something about their ethics when it comes to this type of stuff.

[kiltarlity]

Supposedly under US law Twitter can be sued for not allowing racist comments as it's illegal to infringe free speech... crazy I know !

[RiG]

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/295007-high-school-pupils-posted-racist-comments-about-their-teacher-on-facebook/#stv_clicktracker_source=posts_also_read

I know that isn't to do with football but there seems to be an awful lot of incidents in Fife involving racial abuse at the minute.

[PaderbornCaley]

http://news.stv.tv/s...posts_also_read

I know that isn't to do with football but there seems to be an awful lot of incidents in Fife involving racial abuse at the minute.

Interesting. Same school and 1 year older than the lad who tweeted to Tade (although I think the Tade offender has already left school). Possibly a culture of thinking it's cool / funny / smart to be racist? Speculation of course!

[RiG]

100 hours of community service for the racist scumbag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18116693