FabSwingers.com forum: Offensive Tweets

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So there's yet another person that has had historical offensive tweets come to light. Is it right to punish people, sometimes a decade or more on from when they made these comments? These people were often young at the time. As someone who has worked with disadvantaged children for nearly 20 years, I have heard some truly terrible things from the mouths of teenagers. I live in a small town and see at least 3 of my ex-students on a weekly basis just going about, doing their thing. I have enough ammunition on each one to get them fired instantly but, they've changed, they've come good, they've grown up. How can people move on if they're constantly being shamed about their past?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Worryingly they are often punished over things that aren’t actually criminal.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

https://m.fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/1164223

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Hard.shoulder of the M1

My biggest concern is you can’t see or delete your own tweet history beyond a certain point.

So 1) I can’t manage my own online presence and 2) someone has been datamining with the intent of shitstirring.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well get to a point were a celebrity will be blacklisted due to something there grandparent put online, it does feel like were going down a drain of cancel culture that we cant get out off

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"https://m.fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/1164223"

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By *achnrandyCouple
over a year ago

Ascot

I feel like the only person saying this, I know he was young, we all did stupid stuff, we all said stupid stuff however, every programme on radio and tv is about racism or sexism and how to stop it. Ban him from international cricket for life, an example to all and the next. Easy to say sorry but ban him. He will make it in his game through county play but at some point someone has to be drawn out and used as an example... I sound like hanging judge Jefferies, I just feel all this shuffling about is getting the cause of equality anywhere at the moment.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

When are schools going to teach kids words such as libel, slander and most important, editing.

The whole world wants to be a writer, but nobody wants to be an editor.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"When are schools going to teach kids words such as libel, slander and most important, editing.

The whole world wants to be a writer, but nobody wants to be an editor.

Very true

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

I’ve always told my kids anything sent by text, email, social media can be saved & resurrected years later.

J x

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"When are schools going to teach kids words such as libel, slander and most important, editing.

The whole world wants to be a writer, but nobody wants to be an editor.

Very true"

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I’ve always told my kids anything sent by text, email, social media can be saved & resurrected years later.

J x"

Show them the waybackwhenmachine aka the internet archive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm just glad I'm not growing up now. Finding yourself and who you fit in with was hard enough amongst 150 kids. Now it seems they need to do it on a ridiculous scale and they can't get away from it or escape. Not even in time.

On topic. If they are adults when these things got posted then I don't have a problem with a complete ban. If they were a child then they need to find out if the individual has grown out of those views and is a rounded member of society. Then act accordingly.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I'm just glad I'm not growing up now. Finding yourself and who you fit in with was hard enough amongst 150 kids. Now it seems they need to do it on a ridiculous scale and they can't get away from it or escape. Not even in time.

Things that are legal now may be made Illegal in the future. So what ever is said now that is acceptable may become a crime...imagine posting a picture of a medium rare steak at a barbecue, then getting a visit from the VEGAN police in the future.

That's just being flippant, but declaring yourself to be an atheist can be seen as crime in certain countries. With plane hijacking in Belarus, is anyone safe with fake forced landings like that?

This taken from the Independant.

The 13 countries where being an atheist is punishable by death

Around the world, a number of countries continue to criminalise atheists and humanists, with 13 having laws which enable them to impose the death penalty

Siobhan FentonWednesday 30 March 2016 19:26

It’s often said that the world is becoming an increasingly secular place. Just last week David Cameron sparked backlash when he used his Easter message to describe the UK as “a Christian country”. Critics pointed out that just 30 per cent of people in the UK describe themselves as religious, making Britain one of the least religious countries in the world. 53 per cent of people say they have no faith, while 13 per cent claim they are committed atheists.

However, despite the prevalance of atheism and humanism in the UK, many may be surprised to know that having no faith can be a life or death matter around the world. In thirteen countries, you can be sentenced to death for not having a faith:

1. Afghanistan

2. Iran

3. Malaysia

4. Maldives

5. Mauritania

6. Nigeria

7. Pakistan

8. Qatar

9. Saudi Arabia

10. Somalia

11. Sudan

12. United Arab Emirates

13. Yemen

In a number of other countries, the death penalty is not a formal punishment on statute books but atheists and humanists have been murdered by religious extremists on account of their beliefs.

In countries including India and Bangladesh, police have been accused of condoning these murders by failing to investigate them properly. At least three atheist bloggers have been hacked to death in Bangladesh after penning posts advocating that scientific proof should inform opinion above religious beliefs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If its the cricketer then surely an organisation as big as the England and Wales Cricket Board has social media etc policies. Amazed they've gone off to investigate. Surely first step is has it broken your guidelines and are players informed of your policies. Given that it's historic tweets which let's face it weren't great I would of thought being made to attend to training course would be the sensible option at this stage.

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