Steel2Velvet Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hooray for justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Anyone who takes what is posted at 4chan must be an absolute moron. What next? The Onion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 That was his defense. "I didn't mean to be taken seriously." It is the old freedom of speech argument; does it give you the right to yell, "Fire!" in a crowded theatre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 This wasn't a crowded theatre. It was a website filled to the brim with inane posts. Would you take anything printed in The Onion or any other social satire as truth and/or something that should be taken seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Apparently the security details at those stadiums full of people took it seriously. Were they wrong to do so? What if it had been a sincere threat that was carried out, but ignored because it "sounded bogus?" The security forces would have been put on trial. I always told my kids while they were growing up, "Freedom is not free. It's cost is self-government." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 The kid's an ass and deserves a little "quiet time". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Apparently the security details at those stadiums full of people took it seriously. Were they wrong to do so? What if it had been a sincere threat that was carried out, but ignored because it "sounded bogus?" The security forces would have been put on trial. I always told my kids while they were growing up, "Freedom is not free. It's cost is self-government." The US isn't any safer now that one more member of a website - dedicated to 100% stupidity - is in jail. This was a waste of resources; common sense has to step in at one point. Security detail combing stores for "suspicious large purchases of materials" is one thing. Wasting money to process this kid to jail for making a post at a website intended for such a purpose is about as stupid as the poster himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 okay look: - you do not make jokes about things like that - but it's 4chan - who takes 4chan seriously? - however, the US cannot ignore these things - and it shouldn't - but really... JAIL? for a posting on a satirical website? I kinda see both sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Damn. You levitated for a moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 you know the funny thing is that some guy who did that school shooting in like switzerland or whatever posted on 4chan before he did it but anyway people who dont know 4chan or at least sa shouldnt be on the internet or try to view the situation so simply 4chan is half people trolling other people and the other half is retards who are just going with the flow and believe me that kind of post wouldnt seem that out of place on there which makes me wonder why they singled it out wow he used "epic win" okay he deserved it why is he getting in trouble from something he did in 2006 or is this just a really old article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 The time lag in crime/verdict is probably due to court maneuvering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Or; It could be the stuff on top of chicken shite. Hopefully, everyone knows what that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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