Black Ops - Freedom of Speech and the Internet

Tell me what you guys think about this. How far should freedom of speech go?

Here is the link to the original article - http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/memorial_site_cyber_bully_sent_to_prison

Gameplay is today by Smcm_Dead_On (PSN Username). It is a game of search and destroy (snd) on nuketown on call of duty black ops. He is using the mp5k rapid fire and gets a pretty decent score at the end.

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[GYLYH]

joe, at school we can only get 1 piece of meat :( so someone in our school made a facebook page asking 4 more meat (it has 400 folowers in 1 day) so i went to the head of the school and told her right iin her face that she need's to give us more meat, cuz if she doesn't do it more and more people will start to go eat home or something alike so you will make less money, her reply: ow you little twat shut the fuck up you dont know what you are talking about so keep out of this

[MW2Joe]

@Majikman007j You are fearing governments putting people into jail for speaking against the government. This isn't the case here. Here is a man who was intentionally looking to hurt and abuse people behind a keyboard. Can we differentiate between mental abuse and physical abuse, is one worse than the other? Is mental abuse allowed? This isn't a government prosecuting someone for speaking out against them, it's the police protecting people arguably. Thanks for your answer :)

[505alicious]

Who gets to measure whether it is offensive or abusive? And how far can this go? When Im gaming with someone why cant I say "F your mother!" I shouldnt be jailed for 18 months for that... The internet is like walking on the sidewalk, you can remove comments that you dont necessarily like in most open forums. When you let the govt police how to interact on the internet you have thrown out the baby with the bathwater.

[Scottehs]

Freedom of Speech is a privilege and people abuse this and abuse is not allowed.

[MrCamzvlogz]

@srppbhvgxtiv i went on the website and internet fucked your mum

[APooOnAStick]

I don't believe freedom of speech is a full right, it's more of a privilege. And if people are going to abuse that privilege by writing sick, hurtful comments, they should lose the right to any communication methods, from Facebook and Twitter to Landline phone and Royal Mail post. That way, nobody has to suffer the inconsiderate, misguided thoughts of cruel people.

[SuperJoshisabeast]

Freedom of speech.. at least wat ik of it would not be used in proving this man innocent because he caused greiff to the parents disturbing the peace would go into place convicting him and in the end putting him behind bars. I agree with the procecuters

[blackhawkdown342]

First off, Im glad that this asshole got arrested, it proves that the you arent safe behind a computer screen. Second,Freedom of speech should have a limit. Im not extacly sure where the line should be drawn, but the sad thing is that this is even an issue. Freedoms are taken for granted and abused far too often. My guideline is as follows: if what you cant say what your gonna say to the involved people's face then dont say it.

[StarWarsUpdates]

He should be jailed. If he said things that aren't true it's libel. That is a crime, saying someone did something when they hadn't. Also, causing someone so much emotional stress to a point where they kill someone is manslaughter.

[TheNobleG]

he was just being a dick

[lagaja09]

I wish i had views like this guy. but i do montages :(

[I9I9Eternal]

Dude deserves it.