Thread:Comments:UK student jailed for 'racist' Twitter posts about footballer Fabrice Muamba/overreaction

every day, people call others stuff... the guy just made some stupid remarks online, then, tried to delete it. so, he's obviously not really into them. now, he'll go to jail and, perhaps, miss university or be expelled.

muamba himself was not really harm by the guy, and even if he would have been, the guy deleted his account, so, it wouldn't be for way too long. even so, if this was in real life, the guy could apologize.

people call each other stuff, may lose their jobs if it's their bosses, may spend a day in jail, may lose friends over it, or may apologize and leave it behind.

but, 60-day jail time and being expelled from uni is like way too much. yes, racism exists, it's a problem. but, it's in the form of abuse in africa that it really matters. calling someone a name may mean something, but, when you like don't even know him, it probably means nothing.

ruin a black guy's mood for a day, ruin your career and life forever? britain has been overreacting over nuisance forever now.

while huge corporations may really abuse black people, asians or any other MAJORITY groups in their home countries, some wanker's life will be ruined, cause he made fun of some BLACK sports guy who may be dying...

people call dead people names, or make offensive remarks all the time. punk music ridiculed the queen... but, at least, at that time, the queen had some common sense... noone wants to really see muamba dead, he's just some celebrity and shit happened to him on live coverage. the real racist is someone who calls for the black lad living next door to be killed or something.

get a grip and start distinguishing between the racist with the knife and the wanker who mocks people, like you distinguish between the jihad terrorist and the muslim living next door.

15 days in jail would have taught him to behave, no reason for any more punishment.

even if he was a huge fascist, on what authority is providing someone like that with an education the thing not to do? expelling someone from university over his beliefs or remarks is just absurd.