Stupid Comments, Stupid People.
The Daily Mail reported that an air passenger was arrested under the Terrorism Act and held in a police cell for seven hours after joking on Twitter he would blow an airport 'sky high' if his flight was delayed.
Paul Chambers, 26, posted the message after snowfall threatened to delay his plans to travel from Doncaster's Robin Hood airport to Ireland on January 15.
The finance supervisor wrote: 'C***! Robin Hood airport is closed.
'You've got a week and a bit to get your s*** together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high"
Police were alerted and Mr Chambers was arrested.
I cringe when people say it is today's world, it is how we can communicate and have the freedom to express. Social Networking should be changed to Stupis People Actions!
Communications has taken twenty steps backwards. People hiding behind comments which can only been seen as nonsensical and terroristic in nature. Hidden morons who have no social skills whatsoever and cause tragic circumstances. Hatred in print and all in the guise of social networking.
Civil liberties campaigner Tessa Mayes said: 'Making jokes about terrorism is considered a thought crime, mistakenly seen as a real act of harm or intention to commit harm.
'The police's actions seem laughable and suggest desperation in their efforts to combat terrorism, yet they have serious repercussions for all of us. In a democracy, our right to say what we please to each other should be non-negotiable, even on Twitter.'
Is this woman in her right mind? Threatening statements in these tragic times shows how far we have come in the denial of understanding of the moment. Lives are at risk!
Caution to all, Think Before You Speak in Whatever Form It May Be!