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  1. Ticklish Fish

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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    Ugh. It reminds me of all the other stupid zero tolerance policies.

    This is just utterly ridiculous. Is it appropriate for police to show up and maybe question him? Sure. Although it was clearly sarcastic - if in bad taste - on the extremist end of things showing up to question him could be argued to be appropriate. However, once he's been determined to NOT be a threat and to have been speaking with sarcasm then it's time to move on to more legitimate issues.

    ...not press charges and threaten to throw him in jail for eight years.

    Hopefully a prosecutor throws out the case, and the kid and his family sue the fuck out of the police department for defamation of character and assault against his right to Free Speech. This is just such a waste of public resources and time that the Chief of Police there should be fired for criminal stupidity and mismanagement.
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    some comment said that it's also a great lesson for the kid to learn to not joke everything and take some matters seriously lol

    but omg, people so paranoid now >_>

    how come those people tweeting about killing gays aren't arrested
     
    #3 Ticklish Fish, Jun 28, 2013
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    ^Find someone in that Texas community doing it, and call the police and see how they respond. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:


    I have no words...
     
    #4 The username, Jun 28, 2013
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    This sort of thing (and zero tolerance rules) are what happens when you have people who have no capacity to understand nuance or make reasonable judgment calls making laws or policies.
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    While anyone who's ever been on the Internet should be able to read the bleeding sarcasm in that post, why the hell would you even joke about shooting up a school and eating hearts?

    There are some things that are exempt from being used in sarcastic comments, and I think that topic falls under that category.

    I suppose you could say both parties are in the wrong. It's just stupid all around, tbh.
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    He shouldn't have made the comment to begin with, but...

    HELLO?! ANYBODY LISTENING? Have you ever heard of the FIRST AMENDMENT?!

    Perhaps you haven't. I'll be courteous and link it below:
    U.S. Constitution - Amendment 1 - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net

    Here's a little bit more on it:
    First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    And here it is in the Government archives of the Bill of Rights:
    Bill of Rights Transcript Text

    There. Now you know the decision is unconstitutional.

    Oh, wait.. You're Texas. You have your own rules.

    I'm sorry.
     
    #7 Jinkies, Jun 28, 2013
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    I don't think a shooting something to joke about, but no one should be arrested for a stupid joke.
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    If people are going to be put in prison for being a smart ass, then I better watch out because I'm on my way to death row. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    Okay it was a stupid thing to joke about but really this is going too far .


    That is brutal, 8 years for a facebook comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The US likes banging her citizens up far to easily, I wouldn't last 8 days in a US prison
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    He shouldn't even be in jail in the first place. His arrest was against the first amendment. This follows nothing in the Free Speech clause that isn't protected.

    But nooo, Texas has to go against the constitution, yet again.:bang:
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    All I read was League of Legends player, and then I totally understood why the comment was so terrible.
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    I vote on Facebook and Twitter
    #sarcasm
    This would stop the stupidity of jailing people for jokes
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    "What is happening in this country! Westbro Baptist Church can say and do pretty much whatever they want and a kid (yes 18 is still a kid to me) makes a sarcastic comment and he is in jail. I am sick as to what is happening to the former great USA."

    *cough* those WBC
     
    #15 Ticklish Fish, Jun 29, 2013
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    That is so dumb. Why would he get arrested for that? The world we live in *sighs*
     
    #16 Ethan132, Jun 29, 2013
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    because of school shootings and public scares and public paranoid and dumb politicians

    you never see those politicians talking about killing gays get arrested?
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    seriously guys? >_>

    apparently school shooting threat is more serious than anti gay genocide threats.

    those homophobic speakers could be locked up by now..
     
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    Re: Teen Justin Carter Jailed In Texas After Making Sarcastic Threat In Facebook Comm

    it doesn't matter. This was his fault. He deserves what he gets.
     
    #20 MerBear, Jul 6, 2013
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