subject: The Twitter trial is the real bad joke [print this page] The Twitter trial is the real bad joke The Twitter trial is the real bad joke
Everyone who tweets has, in due course, tweeted things that were not well received. Often links are boring, commentary lacks the proper ironic mindset, or jokes are simply not funny enough. While these failed tweets are frequently embarrassing, they are in no way life destroying. Accept of course, for Paul Chambers.
In a tweet Chambers joked about blowing up Robin Hood airport unless it reopened so he could fly and visit his girlfriend. During a routine internet search by airport staff the tweet was discovered and dismissed as a non-credible. For whatever reason the tweet was given to law enforcement officials anyway.
The authorities searched his residence and pc before putting him in jail for around 7 hours. The government is prosecuting Chambers using a law created in to protect female telephonists at the post office in the 1930s, because they were unable to find legal justification to use bomb threat legislation .
Chambers lost his legal battle in legal move IBB solicitors considers regrettable, and appealed it to the court of Jacqueline Davies. Judge Davies (the appeals judge) must be extremely literal, as she upheld the original decision and added on additional legal fees . Be sure to remember when thinking of the fines that Chambers lost his job over the incident.
Chambers has received substantial support amongst those who comprehend sub-text. The broadcaster Stephen Fry, for example, has offered to pay any amount Mr Chambers is fined.
The Twitter trial is the true joke. It managed to simultaneously crush a man's life and put free speech on the interent on trial also. The Chambers/Twitter joke trial is far more menacing to a free society than the original tweet. IBB solicitors advises all to be careful what you tweet.
