Today a man from Sunderland was arrested for an offensive tweet - it was a joke that paraphrased suggested that the bin lorry running over a bunch of people in Glasgow was the most trash it picked up in a day. Whilst off colour it certainly isn't something to get arrested over. It is simply overly politically correct and cotton wooling to start arresting and charging people over jokes. Britain has long had a sense of dark humour and great pride in all of its works. From Fawlty Towers' don't mention the war to The Life Of Brian's lampooning of religion. Even modern controversial comics like Franky Boyle and Jimmy Carr shock the nation but mostly amuse the nation with off colour quips and comments. Should some man in Sunderland be arrested but a comic be rewarded due to his fame? No it should always be fine. How can we grow and explore ideas and jokes as a society if we are so overly concerned with protecting everyone from being offended. It is a futile exercise given the wide range of opinions and belief systems and as such we should be protected when we make such quips and non extremist remarks. In your private life Cameron you've been known to enjoy your own off colour jokes - say nothing for leaving Burlesconi's company " before the whores turn up" so why not protect us with the same freedom of speech that you enjoy? The Communications Act rightly protects victims by enabling the prosecution of abuse online - but in some obvious and nationally lampooned cases it simply causes uproar.