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He was fined 385 quid. That's a slap on the wrist to say "don't waste our time with jokes about blowing up airports". And yeah these things are a side effect o
by orf 8y ago
He was fined 385 quid. That's a slap on the wrist to say "don't waste our time with jokes about blowing up airports".
And yeah these things are a side effect of common law which which is pretty subjective around things of bad taste. And, as your story shows, the courts worked it out.
- striking 8y agoHe had to pay nearly £1000 out of pocket, had lost his job, and then had to fight his conviction for a year and a half in three different appeals. For a tweet immediately considered not credible as a threat by the people to whom it was directed, read a week after it was sent. He wasn't just fined, this apparently caused him to not be able to receive work and gain a criminal record. Even the rest of the CPS didn't want to continue along with the case but the director of public prosecution pushed it (https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/jul/29/paul-chambers-twitter-joke-airport https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/jul/29/paul-chambers-tw...). The courts didn't work it out, he did, after receiving an outpouring of support (social and monetary) from British comedians. I don't understand your sentiment in the slightest.