Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Badfellow View Post
To some extent I agree with Derby on this one. Where is the line drawn with this and who is in charge in drawing the line? Some idiot posts an awful text and within 2 days he has lost his job,banned 'm from the Golf Club,banned no doubt from Hillsborough and arrested by the Police. I'm not too sure whether these institutions are as 'disgusted' as they say they are rather than it becomes a virtue signalling, image covering line of dominos that every has to join in on. If your house is burgled and ransacked the Police would do well to get out to you within a fortnight,the sympathy shown to you by society would be barely noticeable and if,by some miracle,the culprit was caught,that person would be banned from nowhere,his wife and kids would bare no abuse and the media wouldn't give a damn. Who is more evil? The idiot at Hillsborough who types words or the person who violates your personal space,steals your belongings and destroys your possessions?
Well in this case it was the bloke's employer who drew the line. That's their prerogative- they employ the bloke - paying him every month or week - and he's behaved in a fashion that they presumably consider to be inconsistent with their values and damaging to their reputation. If the bloke considers the line to have been drawn in the place, he can go to an Employment Tribunal.

The same applies to the involvement of the police (if they are); the case will be assessed by the CPS and then by a court if he's prosecuted and they will decide where the line should be drawn.

Raging is right. If you're going to make public comnents over the Internet then you bear responsibility for them and have to live with any consequences that flow from them.