Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed for months Read more

i am mixed on this. wile i agree a 8 year sentence is to harsh but i do think he couldve said something else

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/27/texas-teen-makes-violent-joke-during-video-game-is-jailed-for-months/

Is this another one of those 'make an example' cases? Like that one woman sent to jail for years for uploading an album? If I had a dollar for every violent joke I've heard/read through the internet...

I guess I should have be sentenced to death, then.

All the times I've joked about violence and ending lives.... good times, good times...

Oh yeah, Im real messed up in the head, Im going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts, and the next two lines were lol and jkarticle

Is this another one of those 'make an example' cases? Like that one woman sent to jail for years for uploading an album? If I had a dollar for every violent joke I've heard/read through the internet...

Jackboot343

[quote="article"]Oh yeah, Im real messed up in the head, Im going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts, and the next two lines were lol and jkcain006

This is absolutely absurd.  What the hell is wrong with the authorities dealing with this?  This happened in my town, too.  

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[quote="article"]Oh yeah, Im real messed up in the head, Im going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts, and the next two lines were lol and jkSolidSnake35

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[quote="article"]Oh yeah, Im real messed up in the head, Im going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts, and the next two lines were lol and jkcain006

i just wanna say sorry for the multiple threads but this one really needed to be made

pass the news along because everyone should see this

This got me to thinking:

Why isn't this guy behind bars?

I demand he be jailed!

I guess I should have be sentenced to death, then.

All the times I've joked about violence and ending lives.... good times, good times...

The__Kraken

american women are stupid and insecured , always accusing and sending men behind bars for any simple reason and they think like OMG !!! without thinking rationally.

Utterly ridiculous imho. It will not be long before you're not even entitled to hold an opinion, let alone voice it. Dystopian big-brother governments here we come...

I'm curious how he got caught. Does the 'my cat typed that' defense no longer hold up? What happened to anonymity? She was able to look up his address, how? Did he sign his name to the post? And what about the 'jk' defense? I thought you were allowed to say anything if you followed it with jk :?

you know now that i think of it the xbox one just got scarier. if you read this story and think back to the stuff xbox one has this is only going to get worse i say that because if it can happen here it can very easily happen next gen but times 100

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"] Other meaning of still.SolidSnake35

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="cain006"]What other meaning?ShadowJax04

so apparently this was on facebook

abc news

 Father of teen charged with terroristic threat says son was only joking

http://www.kvue.com/news/Father-of-19-year-old-charged-with-Terroristic-Threat-says-son-was-only-joking-212856951.html

Omg overreact? He even said lol and just kidding after. Lord.

Omg overreact? He even said lol and just kidding after. Lord.

Morphic

School locked down after receptionist misinterprets Fresh Prince of Bel-Air song as threat http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/02/school-locked-down-after-receptionist-misinterprets-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-song-as-threat/#ixzz2Xg83Bueb

Doesn't this fall under freedom of speech?

I hear alot of really horrible all the time on XBOX.

I've had death threats even, but it's just people being stupid, it's meaningless when somebody is just raging over CoD for example.

That's pretty harsh, but he is a dick anyway for making a "joke" like that. Who the hell thinks that would even be funny?

That's pretty harsh, but he is a dick anyway for making a "joke" like that. Who the hell thinks that would even be funny?

pawq4

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That's pretty harsh, but he is a dick anyway for making a "joke" like that. Who the hell thinks that would even be funny?

ThaneKrios28

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That's pretty harsh, but he is a dick anyway for making a "joke" like that. Who the hell thinks that would even be funny?

UltimateviL

a 8 year ban from online gaming and social media and a fine is a slap on the wrist and beats prison let alone federal if they do charge him with terroristic threats

In modern times, a terroristic statement is something many individuals will not tolerate because of the United States war against terror. The war started against self-proclaimed jihadist and it was only a matter of time before the intolerance of threats spread throughout the nation. I wonder what will be the areas which the intolerance will not act within. BranKetra

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]In modern times, a terroristic statement is something many individuals will not tolerate because of the United States war against terror. The war started against self-proclaimed jihadist and it was only a matter of time before the intolerance of threats spread throughout the nation. I wonder what will be the areas which the intolerance will not act within. ThaneKrios28

Authorities are becoming dumber by the minute. But I do think the "joke" was not funny at all. In fact, it was just a teenager saying something stupid. Pretty typical. Then again, this happened in Texas. 

For all of the people saying it was an overreaction, I guess you forgot about the story where a man bought a shotgun into a community college and shot two women shortly after announcing his plans on 4 chan.

The last thing the police wanted, as well as that woman wanted on her conscious, was for him to follow up on his post even if he put something there that claims it was a joke.

american women are stupid and insecured , always accusing and sending men behind bars for any simple reason and they think like OMG !!! without thinking rationally.

indzman

It was a Canadian woman that called the cops on him. 

Oh crap, one of my previous editorials had "don't say no, I will end you" in it.

See all ya in ~25-life!

The father's response shows he is even clueless. He stated that the kid doesn't read the newspaper. OK fine, but does the kid not watch the news? Maybe the kid should get off his XBox and watch the news on TV a bit more with his Dad to know about and that after the Sandy Hook shooting, authorities were not taking any chances and thus arrested him due to his comments, even if they were supposedly in jest.

It should def have been investigated....which I guess is being done.....if the Canadian woman alerted police....they did nothing...and he acted.....would you still think nothing should have been done in advance?LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]It should def have been investigated....which I guess is being done.....if the Canadian woman alerted police....they did nothing...and he acted.....would you still think nothing should have been done in advance?svenus97

The threat is the crime.

Isn't that against the country's whole "Freedom of Speech" thing?harashawn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harm_principle

While I agree it was in bad context and some form of punishment is ok, is 8 years necessary? Not only would I have to assume there is no previous criminal record, but unless there is any more evidence leading to believe he would/was going to do it, then 8 years is ridiculous and it's a burden on taxpayers money which should be going to those that actually commit REAL crimes IE: Rape, Murder, etc. I understand the need to be more alert to these things, but come on and use common sense!

Do any these people have common sense? Cleary not, the kid should sue those who responisble putting him behind bars treating him like a terriorst.