Don't support surveillance of online communications, and certainly can't support the harshness of this sentence, but the rules are really quite simple, kids. I'll be telling my son this years before he goes online. Don't joke about:

a) Shooting up schools (police knock on your door).

b) Shooting up presidents (FBI knock on your door).

c) Shooting up yourself (firemen knock down your door).

If the law recognized the mafia's rights to set rules and regulations, that analogy might hold water.

Recognised*


And though officially they don't, its easily arranged

never start a fight but make sure you finish it.

Recognized is correct as well. You forgot the apostrophe in "it's", however.

Edit: and no, I am not saying that the Mafia should be able to kneecap people who "snitch". In fact, I am saying that neither the Mafia nor the military nor the police should be allowed to. Unfortunately, most people seem to disagree with those last two.

I cant believe you just waved that around in public

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3625/helenlovejoy.jpg

Why not there seems to be 2 schools of thought.
The one I listed or Turn the other cheek.
Parents appear to use one or the other.

Why not there seems to be 2 schools of thought.
The one I listed or Turn the other cheek.
Parents appear to use one or the other.

A German doesn't even see a quarter of the internet as their country will censor even on copyright issues. It's draconian there on copyright and ideas about hate crimes).

You're not in the UK and Germany? Because those countries have even stricter online laws than the US. Couple kids in the UK are in jail for "hate crimes" as it is, too. In Germany mention things about ******, or even be a Holocaust denier, and you will face jail time (researchers there are jailed if they don't follow the political line about WWII). In the US you may get hounded for the views, but you are free to still express them.

This is an absolute joke of a court case.

EVE online better watch out because alot of us are always posting similar sh*t in local or somewhere. Apparently sarcasm is dead to the world now.

What's your verdict on sarcasm in EVE people?

EDIT: If you don't want to watch the youtube vid, links to the news article are in the description. I just find AlphaOmegaSin's reaction brilliant, and it pretty much mirrors my own view on the topic.

Then there's school three: turn the other cheek, then in one fluid motion, wheel around into a sucker punch. ;)

A follow-up post is in order. Spoke with the police liason officer with the Governors office. Very polite and helpful. Learned that bail is set very high. This is curious and maybe a red flag.

The case is being handled by the District Attorney of Comal County TX. Called them. They can not comment on the case.

Their phone number is : 830-221-1300.

I just expressed by concern as a parent of a teenager.

News story
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Damn, Texas too...he's screwed.

BTW non-'muricans Texas is by far the worst place to get locked up for anything. They like to give the chair to people just to smell the burning flesh.

You are correct, and that is both a blessing and a curse. All I can do is speak out in hopes of lightening the curse aspect. I feel the way I do, because I have been where that guy is right now, just without the jail aspect. Some people don't know how to take sadistic humor, and that has caused me more than one problem. Do some people dislike me for the things I say? I'm sure they do. Does that really affect me? Not at all. However, as soon as I have police kicking in my door over a joke that put no one in direct harm's way (unlike where the smartass pointed out the "fire" in an airport example earlier, as that causes panic, and panicked people are much like panicked cattle), then something has gone very wrong in someone mind, and it isn't my own.

And how often don't we see some news about a shooting at a school by a displeased student or former student who often have mentioned it on some forum before actually doing it? I'm certain parents are quite pleased the police didn't just dismiss this as he probably doesn't mean it.

Then there's school three: turn the other cheek, then in one fluid motion, wheel around into a sucker punch. ;)

And how often don't we see some news about a shooting at a school by a displeased student or former student who often have mentioned it on some forum before actually doing it? I'm certain parents are quite pleased the police didn't just dismiss this as he probably doesn't mean it.

Believe it or not that falls under "Never start a fight but finish it"

Yeah, they don't even care if the "offender" has the mental capacity of a preschooler.

I remember being told a fun fact a while back, it's relevant so I'll share.

3 Largest Corrections Systems in the World
1) China
2) Russia
3) Texas (not counting the rest of Murica)

This is an absolute joke of a court case.

EVE online better watch out because alot of us are always posting similar sh*t in local or somewhere. Apparently sarcasm is dead to the world now.

What's your verdict on sarcasm in EVE people?

EDIT: If you don't want to watch the youtube vid, links to the news article are in the description. I just find AlphaOmegaSin's reaction brilliant, and it pretty much mirrors my own view on the topic.

It is in USA i presume ??

They have private prison industry, prisoner = profit , working as intended.

Yeah, they don't even care if the "offender" has the mental capacity of a preschooler.

I remember being told a fun fact a while back, it's relevant so I'll share.

3 Largest Corrections Systems in the World
1) China
2) Russia
3) Texas (not counting the rest of Murica)

It is in USA i presume ??

They have private prison industry, prisoner = profit , working as intended.

This is why I'm very careful of what I say online, ever since that lady got in trouble because she made some other girl kill herself on facebook. This stuff still happening is just natural selection at this point

This is why I'm very careful of what I say online, ever since that lady got in trouble because she made some other girl kill herself on facebook. This stuff still happening is just natural selection at this point

Correct me if I am wrong, but she didn't even tell the girl to kill herself right?

She just said a bunch of mean **** that caused the girl to kill herself right?

If that is the case, I'm surprised more people aren't walking on eggshells (or if they are, I'm curious how bad it'd be if they weren't)