Huge Earthquake in Japan.

[Josh]

I swear some of you are idiots.

IF YOU OFFEND SOMEONE YOU CAN BE REPORTED FOR IT BY THE POLICE. It's basic knowledge. People are MASS COMPLAINING on Facebook about this problem hence Facebook has said "We're going to start involving the Police" in an attempt to curb it and put an end to it.

God it's stupidly simple logic folks. Sorry to be blunt but it is.

On the internet? For saying something like "Haha, The Japaneses are drowning!" the police are going to go to your house and arrest you for a day or two for joking around? Look at the forums: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/
Look how racist they are, Yet it's been up for like 5 years or so. They'll make fun of blacks, jews etc makes jokes about them, make fun of a black guy when he dies and yet they still haven't even been arrested. It's still freedom of speech, No one can stop you from saying something (Unless you know, You're in court or something).

If it's simple logic, please explain this.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

On the internet? For saying something like "Haha, The Japaneses are drowning!" the police are going to go to your house and arrest you for a day or two for joking around? Look at the forums: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/
Look how racist they are, Yet it's been up for like 5 years or so. They'll make fun of blacks, jews etc makes jokes about them, make fun of a black guy when he dies and yet they still haven't even been arrested. It's still freedom of speech, No one can stop you from saying something (Unless you know, You're in court or something).

If it's simple logic, please explain this.

The website Admins have not cared about it and allowed it.

Facebook admins are not.

S-I-M-P-L-E.

 

[Josh]

The website Admins have not cared about it and allowed it.

Facebook admins are not.

S-I-M-P-L-E.

Facebook or not, I'm just saying it's pretty sad and unfair to be reported to the police for freedom of speech.

 

[Mino]

Racism. It's against the law.

Two things:
No, it's really not.
A tsunami joke doesn't have to be racist.

 

[Mino]

The Sun Newspaper.
Yesterdays.

Plus the Tsunami jokes are. It's racism given their jokes taking the piss out of the japanese because of their hardships. Tell me now this wouldn't happen if there'd been a SWAMP of jokes coming from all 4 corners when New Orleans was hit.

I can't find the article on the Sun's website, but not all articles are posted online. Either way, this is in the UK, which obviously has different laws than my country.

Again, I'd say it's not necessarily racism. Even if it was, plenty of people in the UK have made racist jokes on Facebook without repercussions. Is there a law that only kicks in and says, "You can make racial jokes, but not if the race you're targeting has been hit with disaster."? I doubt it.

There were plenty of jokes made about the hurricane in New Orleans, believe me. No one is ever reported for making an off-color joke, though.

Also, tell me, did you purposefully choose the word "SWAMP"? If you did, that's pretty clever given New Orleans is practically a swamp.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

I can't find the article on the Sun's website, but not all articles are posted online. Either way, this is in the UK, which obviously has different laws than my country.

Again, I'd say it's not necessarily racism. Even if it was, plenty of people in the UK have made racist jokes on Facebook without repercussions. Is there a law that only kicks in and says, "You can make racial jokes, but not if the race you're targeting has been hit with disaster."? I doubt it.

There were plenty of jokes made about the hurricane in New Orleans, believe me. No one is ever reported for making an off-color joke, though.

Also, tell me, did you purposefully choose the word "SWAMP"? If you did, that's pretty clever given New Orleans is practically a swamp.

Y'know...I didn't originally. Upon reading back through I spotted it and tittered.

 

[Mino]

Your family has just died, or maybe your friends in a huge natural disaster. You look online to see these jokes.

Now tell me you wouldn't be offended.

Of course you'd be offended, that's not the question. That doesn't mean it's causing the person physical harm. Plus, they could find plenty of incredibly racist websites any time of the year, tsunami or not. I've often said this, but you don't really have an inalienable right to not be offended, especially when you're choosing to go to a place that may offend you, or be friends with people who make pretty ****ed-up jokes.

 

[Mino]

I swear some of you are idiots.

IF YOU OFFEND SOMEONE YOU CAN BE REPORTED FOR IT BY THE POLICE. It's basic knowledge. People are MASS COMPLAINING on Facebook about this problem hence Facebook has said "We're going to start involving the Police" in an attempt to curb it and put an end to it.

God it's stupidly simple logic folks. Sorry to be blunt but it is.

I didn't know that I'm an idiot for not knowing a law that doesn't exist, exists. :\ Again "you don't have an inalienable right to not be offended". But, thanks for that lesson in nonexistent law.

My right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution, and I'm certain some similar mechanism applies for UK citizens. No one is going to get in trouble with the law for making insensitive or even racist jokes. True Facebook probably has the right to terminate or suspend the profiles of these people, but I don't believe for a second that the police will prosecute anyone for these jokes.

 

[Mino]

The website Admins have not cared about it and allowed it.

Facebook admins are not.

S-I-M-P-L-E.

Exactly. But the police are not the guardians of good taste. This is not a legal matter.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Exactly. But the police are not the guardians of good taste. This is not a legal matter.

If, say, one of these people broke into a Japanese family's house and beat them to a bloody pulp, then yes, it would be a legal matter. It would be assault & battery, and maybe some other things. However, slander is not against the law. Yea, I know, it sucks, but it's true.

 

[Mino]

If, say, one of these people broke into a Japanese family's house and beat them to a bloody pulp, then yes, it would be a legal matter. It would be assault & battery, and maybe some other things. However, slander is not against the law. Yea, I know, it sucks, but it's true.

These jokes don't qualify as slander, but yeah.

 

[Josh]

Racism isn't really against the law, Making fun of blacks, Asians etc calling them the N word or the C word isn't illegal but it would be illegal if you say "Don't sit next to me you ____" and then beat the crap out of them or like the old days where they made separate toilets for different races so they wouldn't catch the blackness. So there's two types of racism, One making fun of different races and one that includes discrimination.

I know that you love the Japanese people and want to live in Japan, But come on.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

Racism isn't really against the law, Making fun of blacks, Asians etc calling them the N word or the C word isn't illegal but it would be illegal if you say "Don't sit next to me you ____" and then beat the crap out of them or like the old days where they made separate toilets for different races so they wouldn't catch the blackness. So there's two types of racism, One making fun of different races and one that includes discrimination.

I know that you love the Japanese people and want to live in Japan, But come on.

Wtf. Of course you can be done for saying that ****. It's STILL discrimination. If you went out now and said it Police could arrest you (counting on the context).

 

[Josh]

Wtf. Of course you can be done for saying that ****. It's STILL discrimination. If you went out now and said it Police could arrest you (counting on the context).

I thought you were talking about racism on facebook? Racism online is much different than in real life, trust me. The police wouldn't arrest you for being racist online, There's millions of racist crap online anyway, I'd understand that maybe they would irl but no one would talk about Japan nastily offline near police offers so really, I doubt no one would get arrested for cussing Japan.

 

[Mino]

Wtf. Of course you can be done for saying that ****. It's STILL discrimination. If you went out now and said it Police could arrest you (counting on the context).

Really? Again, that may be true in the UK, but I can assure you no one in the US is going to be arrested for saying something racist to someone else. If they are harassing them despite being asked to stop, maybe.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Really? Again, that may be true in the UK, but I can assure you no one in the US is going to be arrested for saying something racist to someone else. If they are harassing them despite being asked to stop, maybe.

But then it's harassment. Aeri, in America, Racism isn't an illegal action. It is not against the law. It is, however, morally wrong, but the government doesn't always judge based on morals. I'm not saying that as an attack towards the current office, I'm just saying that most of the time, it's from a legal standpoint.

 

[Nic]

I swear some of you are idiots.

IF YOU OFFEND SOMEONE YOU CAN BE REPORTED FOR IT BY THE POLICE. It's basic knowledge. People are MASS COMPLAINING on Facebook about this problem hence Facebook has said "We're going to start involving the Police" in an attempt to curb it and put an end to it.

God it's stupidly simple logic folks. Sorry to be blunt but it is.

You can't stop racism though, everybody is racist in one shape or another.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

You can't stop racism though, everybody is racist in one shape or another.

I guess..

Just kinda annoys me that Americans are the main group (or at least the main group I have seen) to do these jokes when Japan was one of the first countries to help with New Orleans.

 

[Mino]

I guess..

Just kinda annoys me that Americans are the main group (or at least the main group I have seen) to do these jokes when Japan was one of the first countries to help with New Orleans.

Sampling bias.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

Sampling bias.

Like I did just say. I've only REALLY seen it from Americans. I've seen english people sure. But mostly americans. (Plus media reports more americans)