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lots of gamers make sick sarcastic jokes, but one guy is facing 8 years for his comment
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So as I said before no mainstream reporting. Also no comments from the Public Prosecutor, Sheriffs Office independent witnesses etc.
No credibility in this report at all.
On one hand it's nice to see internet jackholes getting punished for sounding off on the internet without thought of consequence...but on the other...waaaaay too harsh. Scare the shit out of him sure, but don't ruin his life.
First you complain about school shootings happening. Now you're arresting people for saying things. Then there's an uproar when you theoretically PREVENT a school shooting.
You know the difference between America and civilized countries? You want to know why the police arrested someone? We don't fucking sells guns everywhere that's why.
Having said that I am going to conclude that your country is in rapid decline due to a lack of interest in science and knowledge.
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Freedom of speech is all well in good, but people should be more concscientious of the stupid shit they say on the interwebs..
Hopefully he doesn't do any time and learns enough from this, but I can see it going either way really.
PM before you report at least or you could just block.
There is absolutely nothing about this that doesn't scream hoax.
Folks, this isn't real.
local station cbs news http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/austin-dad-says-terroristic-threat-joke-9530.shtml If you look for mainstream media to be posting relevant real news you have had your head in the sand for last 5 years
Here's the giveaway that this is almost certainly fake:
"But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter’s Austin address..."
That's a quote from the source story. So, someone hop on LoL real quick, and the first person who says something in a game, look up their address for me, based on their League of Legends in-game name. Because that's possible, right?
im thinking the same thing.8 years for talking? come on..
People have threatened to kill others all the time and never been thrown in jail for it.
Let me se if I understand this right:
Putting a limit to what size the clips of your assault rifles can have is an intollerable infringement on your personal freedom, while putting teenagers behind bars for cracking a joke on the internet is perfectly acceptable.
I have to concur with this assessment. The UK covering an American story, about a Texas (out of all places...that cliche alone) teen, playing a video game who was ratted out by a Canadian? And arrested for 4 months already? No other behavior patterns mentioned either? Or American media outlets covering it.
And what a mom to be able to take a user name of an American (supposedly) gamer, track down his parents' real name and address (cause I'm sure he doesn't own the house), locate a school nearby and contact the American authorities with something as flimsy as a online transcript from a video game to make a move. All the while being a Canadian citizen? I dunno, she must be a super hacker to get all that done AND convince both Riot Games and the Texas authorities to get this teen.
Hell if all it took was foreigners to rat out another countries citizens, why would there be a need to fire even a single bullet to win a war? Like I said...something's not adding up here.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
It probably is ( fake ). The no mainstream news coverage is often the dead give away but it's an interesting topic that hits home for any internet user so no harm in discussing what they should do about this type of thing.
It's not like anything we ever talk about really changes anything anyway :P
"He recently celebrated his 19th birthday behind bars."
19 birthdays since March? Jail is the best place ever!
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Okay, yeah, if this is fake, it's fake. But what if it wasn't? Look, I agree, locking the kid up for a couple of months and threatening a lengthy jail sentence is pretty harsh, but as others have said, at least the authorities reacted before it could turn into another news story about a mass shooting at a school.
It's easy to Monday morning quarterback these things after the fact, but when even the slightest chance that inaction could lead to serious consequences is there, the authorities have to react.
Now, what I think they should have done is what the Secret Service does when someone appears to make threatening comments about the president or other senior member of government. They scare the everloving fuck out of the person by paying a visit and having a little chat. They should have sent a car with a detective and a couple of uniformed officers and did a little community policing at the dining table.
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No one will ever get sentenced to jail for saying something in a videogame.
For one, the kid who threatened the other person wouldn't know where he lives, so he wouldn't be able to carry out the threats.
And second, if it did come before a judge, he would tell the prosecutor to grow a pair, and the kid to learn some frakking manners. (maybe not in those words)
However, it is not unheard of that threatening people on facebook gets punished, even here in scandinavia, because it would be fairly simple to track people down and carry out the threats should you want to, so they are seen as if you had done it face to face, but with evidence of you doing it.
But I think most people have gotten fined, and maybe probation if prior history of violence.
Never heard of anyone serving time for it.
According to several newssites, he made the comments on his facebook page after playing LoL It was about LoL, not ingame.
http://www.kvue.com/news/Father-of-19-year-old-charged-with-Terroristic-Threat-says-son-was-only-joking-212856951.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/teenager-justin-carter-facebook-comment-jail_n_3512025.html
http://www.change.org/petitions/release-justin-carter-and-change-the-investigative-criteria-for-terroristic-threat-laws
If it's a hoax it is a viral one.
Well what he did was about as smart as shouting bomb at an airport... .. .
Now i think that at the very most he will be fined and maybe some community service, something i think will build some character. But on the flip-side i think they should take things like this serious. The fever troglodytes we have in the system the better.
People need to learn what you should do in public and what not... and yes the internet is slowly becoming a public space.
This have been a good conversation
Alright.
Well, if one major site publishes something and they blow up the story, alot of smaller ones will just follow suit.
But as I said, if it was on Facebook, then it's likely he will gets punished, but even if America is a bit crazy at times, I don't think he will see the inside of a jail for what he has done.
The MsM doesn't cover a lot of news stories and if that's where you get your news you are getting just what they want you to know. There are lots of great news sources on the net. Your time would be better spent getting your news there than watching the MsM. Be warned though...things are much worse in this country than most realize.
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It's pretty clear by now, don't you think?
6 years behind bars because his joke wasn't funny. That ought to teach him.
Consequences
Exactly what we need on the interwebs.
If you say something IRL you need to stand behind your words, why should internet be any different from this?
People are usually wishing that their enemies in LoL would die of cancer.
Haven't heard anyone use that phrase IRL over a small meaningless competition.
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