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Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:31 pm
by Gob
Jade Goody website 'troll' from Manchester jailed
An "internet troll" who posted obscene messages on Facebook sites set up in memory of dead people has been jailed.
Colm Coss, of Ardwick, Manchester, posted on a memorial page for Big Brother star Jade Goody and a tribute site to John Paul Massey, a Liverpool boy mauled to death by a dog.
The 36-year-old "preyed on bereaved families" for his "own pleasure", Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
He was jailed for 18 weeks for sending "malicious communications".
The posts included comments claiming he had had sex with the victims' dead bodies, the court heard.
He was charged under the Communications Act 2003, for sending malicious communications that were grossly offensive.
Unemployed Coss was only caught when he sent residents on his street photos of himself saying he was an internet "troll".
One of the residents passed the photos to police who interviewed him before he eventually admitted to posting abusive messages.
The term "troll" was described in court as someone who creates new identities on Facebook accounts and then posts numerous offensive comments to upset or provoke a reaction from others.
Chairwoman of the bench Pauline Salisbury said: "You preyed on bereaved families who were suffering trauma and anxiety.
"We know you gained pleasure and you aren't sorry for what you did."
The defence raised possible mental health issues but they were dismissed by the bench.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... print=true
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:43 am
by Lord Jim
Of course they haven't explained how......
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:33 am
by Crackpot
apropos considering you've posted this in every forum
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:54 pm
by tyro
Did anyone hear if they finally put a stake into the heart (if there is one) of that farce known as The World Series?
“World”, indeed.
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:51 pm
by dales
MLB teams have players from all over the world.
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:00 pm
by Crackpot
He's just pissed that the Jays havn't been doing well. (or perhaps it was the exodus of the Expos?)
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:31 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
I could be wrong, but I believe it was called "The World Series" before any other countries had any kind of organized baseball.
Hey, I would be open to the Japanese and/or the dominican republic (or whomever) coming and playing the World Series winning team. And no, they cannot have their countrymen back for the game.
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:50 pm
by tyro
Actually, I heard that the Japanese are very fond of baseball (if you understand their culture, you should see that as some sort of omen) and that they have some very good teams.
None of which are named “The Giants”. But a good name designed to strike fear into the hearts of any opposing team would be “The Radioactive Rising Suns’ of Guns”
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:16 pm
by dales
Tokyo Giants
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:28 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
oh the colors are so familiar.
now where have I seen them
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:57 pm
by Joe Guy
oldr_n_wsr wrote:oh the colors are so familiar.
now where have I seen them
Oklahoma State?
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:13 pm
by No Greater Fool
tyro wrote:
None of which are named “The Giants”. But a good name designed to strike fear into the hearts of any opposing team would be “The Radioactive Rising Suns’ of Guns”
The Yomiuri Giants will be disappointed to hear this.
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:02 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Any Japanese team named the "Godzillas"?
How about Mothra's or Rodans?
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:58 pm
by loCAtek
tyro wrote:... a good name designed to strike fear into the hearts of any opposing team would be “The Radioactive Rising Suns’ of Guns”
They shortened it to;
The Isotopes of Albuquerque, NM (which is scary in a lotta ways-
their mascot is a mutated dog.*)
GO 'TOPES!
*
Orbit
We serve no crow before its time
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:00 am
by tyro
I suppose that in some perverse way, the Japanese would have to have a baseball team named the Giants.
Before I step out on another limb, do they have one called “The Red Skins”?
Re: Troll jailed
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:06 pm
by No Greater Fool
No, but they do have the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.