Why on Earth do these twitter tw*ts send out threats to athletes who don't win?

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As far as I know, nobody threatened anyone. The government of this country threaten people of this country in various ways almost every month. They get to act with impunity.

Tom said,
"Winning a medal would make all the struggles that I've had worthwhile.
"It's been my dream since a very young age to compete at an Olympics.
"I'm doing it for myself and my dad. It was both our dreams from a very young age.
"I always wanted to do it and dad was so supportive of everything.
"It would make it extra special to do it for him."

Mr Twitter said,
"You let your dad down i hope you know that."

Tom tweeplied,
"After giving it my all...you get idiot's sending me this..."

You decide.

Is our police state suppressing our freedom of speech?

Police arrest teenager over Tom Daley Twitter message
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19059088

If Tom had had any sense he would have replied that he didn’t put a foot wrong and that it was all Peter Waterfield’s fault but he’s too much of a gentleman for that. I’d love to know why the aptly named Twitter and Facebook get so much free advertising on the BBC. People are always being pulled up about mentioning the name of companies yet these two companies receive free advertising morning to night. Tweetstories are the sure sign of lazy, lazy, lazy journalism.