I've seen at least one warning from West Midlands police today on Twitter over comments from Birmingham fans about Petrov. Unbelievable. Just leaving aside the disgusting nature of the tweets for a second, how stupid would you have to be after some bloke just got jailed for 56 days?
20 years ago, it would still have been a big story, everyone would have watched and sympathised, been shocked, and hoped he recovered fully.
In 2012 Britain, if you didn't tweet 'PrayforMuamba', wear a T-shirt, take flowers to the Reebok, and stay glued to Sky Sports News 24/7 for the latest...
Well, I doubt this will ever happen again, but I agree with bushy on this one re the proportionate response aspect (if not the burning poppy rant).
This WILL make people think how they behave on Twitter etc for in some cases the first time, and that is a good thing because social media is in...
I'd say the thread starter got it about right. Bloke gets drunk, tweets racist stuff, gets jailed, probably thrown out of university and in all likelihood binned by his regular rugby club. I think that counts as a 'troll warning'.