A man who suggested a black soccer player should get the "Baboon d'Or" has been jailed for eight weeks.
Unless there's a lot more to this story, it's possibly the most absurd jail sentence in history. It's not inciting violence or racism, and it's not hate speech - it's a poor attempt at a funny put-down.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/footba...er-on-facebook
The defence that autocorrect changed it from buffoon to baboon doesn't stack up - I've tried it in a few programs, and all of them recognise buffoon, so I don't doubt it was intentional. I also don't doubt it was primarily driven by being pissed off at his own team's player.
At least we now know where the line on hate speech is drawn.
Unless there's a lot more to this story, it's possibly the most absurd jail sentence in history. It's not inciting violence or racism, and it's not hate speech - it's a poor attempt at a funny put-down.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/footba...er-on-facebook
The defence that autocorrect changed it from buffoon to baboon doesn't stack up - I've tried it in a few programs, and all of them recognise buffoon, so I don't doubt it was intentional. I also don't doubt it was primarily driven by being pissed off at his own team's player.
At least we now know where the line on hate speech is drawn.
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