為什麼英國少年會因為在 Twitter 上辱罵跳水選手戴利而被捕？

01-08

You let your dad down i hope you know that.
I"m sorry mate i just wanted you to win cause its the olympics I"m just annoyed we didn"t win I"m sorry tom accept my apology.

I"m going to find you and I"m going to drown you in the pool ...

以上為部分 Tweet 內容，來源：http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33747_162-57483272/teen-arrested-for-malicious-tweets-about-british-olympic-diver-tom-daley-and-his-late-father/

根據報道，警方發言人並沒有確認逮捕這名網民的細節。但其被逮捕並不冤枉，因為推文中「I"m going to find you and I"m going to drown you in the pool」已構成人身威脅，有可能觸犯《侵害人身犯罪法》（Offences Against the Person Act，http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/contents）：

Threats to kill

A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out, to kill that other or a third person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

威脅傷害甚至殺死他人，已經遠遠超過了言論自由的界限，所以這一事件和通常所說「因言獲罪」完全不同。

Clear and present danger

I"m going to (present) drown you in the pool (danger)

我真的不想給再科普第N遍這個概念了。

btw，雖然這是美國的法律，但是西方國家基本都是這個樣子。

別的不說，這陣子你就說你要去杭州估計就有人會盯上你了。