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That makes a certain amount of sense. The fact that people were searching for comments on Muamba, does mean he broadcast to a wider audience, but I guess that also means he would have been facing a lesser sentence if he'd mis-spelt his name, or in fact used a derogatory term instead of his name.

Yes, well put. That is exactly what it is. Collymore receiving abuse, George Michael receiving abuse, even us via various other supporters, doesn't get the coverage, but the crime is the same, Shirley. It just seems to me like every ELSE has blown this up to the point of the fella getting 56...

Don't be a bellend is certainly a good mantra we could all do with saying over and over again in life, and when posting on social network sites. :laugh: As for your example, your injuries would clear up a lot quicker than this guy will get past the shame, embarrassment, prison record, loss of...

True, and credit to the legal system for it. I guess the facts of the case are pretty irrefutable. The police don't need to gather evidence, they just print off the guys Twitter comments, and take it to court.

I don't disagree. I just don't know where it starts and stops, where are the boundaries, and who has set them? If we had flagged up homophobic abuse on a Liverpool message board around teh time of the Cup tie, would someone be serving time for it? Could people on here get in trouble for...

Not sure I've seen a custodial term elsewhere, and for this to be the first, then 56 days seems a lot. The guy who pleaded guilty in the Collymore case got 240hrs Community Service, and had to pay £150 of legal costs.

Are we ok with individual judges making such an example though. As I say I'm not defending him, but I bet social network sites are full of this sort of stuff, in fact didn't George Michael say something about getting homophobic comments on Twitter when he was seriously ill with pneumonia? I...

Wowzers! While it's pretty vile what he has done, what makes this such a heavy sentence compared to any other racist, or homophobic comments made on message boards, or social network sites? Would someone posting homophobic comments about us get 56 days in prison? Not defending what he's...