Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on Twitter

Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by BeefWellington on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:09PM (#30869689)

> This is dystopian. Apparently they are trying to send a teenager to jail because of a single tweet:

In most (all?) places 19 year olds are viewed as adults.

Being jailed for a single tweet on its own is dystopian, there's no need to appeal to feelings about this being done to children.

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Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by cato_the_elder on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:16PM (#30869763)

> In most (all?) places 19 year olds are viewed as adults.

Well, you are correct one sense. But the guy is quite young, and the article itself refers to him as a teenager.

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Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by welcome_dragon on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:48PM (#30870172)

I mean a nineteen year old _is_ a teenager by definition

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Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by selbyk on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:57PM (#30871583)

And also an adult in most places, by legal definition. The two aren't mutually exclusive

(to the parent comment, but responding here since my point is an extension of yours)

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Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by system2 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:48PM (#30870878)

I have a 19 year old nephew. He still acts like he is 10 in some cases. I can't see him as adult nor his decisions in life looks like an adult. 19 is so young and still mentally child in many cases.

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