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The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by drjesusphd »

dirktheman wrote: post #50
alan_cx wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"But threatening to shoot up a school, in the light of recent events... really? " Yes, absolutely, really. If you are in playground type ranting slanging match, you go of the most extreme things to say, which could cause shock in the recipient. Right now, things like school shootings are the current shock fodder, and well in peoples minds. So people will use that subject. Same with pedophiles and terrorists. And of c…

I'd say it depends on the occasion. For instance, when Louis C.K. says something similar while performing a comedy show, it's absolutely clear that he's not actually going to shoot up a school. It's meant to shock his audience. When you're posting these things on the internet to people you probably don't even know in person (so they have no way to know wether you're joking or not), things can get hairy quickly. I'm s…

> I'd say it depends on the occasion.

But the "occasion" was not allowed as evidence (context of the posts).

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by wisienkas »

I Think it is frightening how illogical and incompetent USA work for justice, instead they ruin lives of innocent people, even robbing them of the freedom to speak. They just turned down their own culture once again, like all the censure they apparently love.

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by vezzy-fnord »

kevingadd wrote: post #19
StavrosK wrote: post #12

Is he charged with anything? I only saw a reference to a "terrorist threat", what kind of fucked up country is one that gets you ten years in jail for joking about committing a crime? Don't you actually have to commit the crime to go to prison, usually?

Outside the internet, death threats are serious business and usually a crime, regardless of whether you have the actual intent or ability to kill someone. Likewise there's that tired old example of yelling fire in a crowded theater (though i don't think that applies here)

Likewise there's that tired old example of yelling fire in a crowded theater

What most people misunderstand about that is that it is okay to yell fire in a crowded theater, provided that a fire actually exists.

Doesn't really apply here, but I've met plenty of people who interpret it literally as "Don't yell fire under any circumstances at all."

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by bitexploder »

zacinbusiness wrote: post #13
billyjobob wrote: post #9

Wow, I didn't realise US police were that bad. After reading this I don't think I could ever feel safe enough to visit the US. Sounds like you'd have a better chance of getting justice in an African dictatorship where at least the dont-rape-me bribe would be affordable. Tourists really should be warned about this, because it's not the image the US tourist boards present to us at all.

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia - fear these places.

I have lived in Georgia all of my life. It is fine. Cases like these are outliers and can happen anywhere. Look at what happened in Illinois when someone recorded a cop with a helmet cam. These types of generalizations have no place on HN.

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by mcv »

billyjobob wrote: post #9

Wow, I didn't realise US police were that bad. After reading this I don't think I could ever feel safe enough to visit the US. Sounds like you'd have a better chance of getting justice in an African dictatorship where at least the dont-rape-me bribe would be affordable. Tourists really should be warned about this, because it's not the image the US tourist boards present to us at all.

> Wow, I didn't realise US police were that bad.

You didn't? Stories about attrocious behaviour by US police, and the sorry state of the US prison system, not to mention the fact that the US locks up more people than any other country in the world, have received a lot of attention here and elsewhere.

To me, the worst one was the prison that bribed a judge to convict more children.

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by batbomb »

zacinbusiness wrote: post #13
billyjobob wrote: post #9

Wow, I didn't realise US police were that bad. After reading this I don't think I could ever feel safe enough to visit the US. Sounds like you'd have a better chance of getting justice in an African dictatorship where at least the dont-rape-me bribe would be affordable. Tourists really should be warned about this, because it's not the image the US tourist boards present to us at all.

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia - fear these places.

Oh fuck off, you obviously haven't been to half of these states, especially considering you dumped New Mexico into a list with Mississippi. How that would ever make sense is beyond me.

What would you even be fearing? Burritos and Barbeque?

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by minimize_me »

gyepi wrote: post #133
beachstartup wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they aren't typical but they aren't uncommon. you could say the same thing about europe, though. especially in the 20th century, but there's time yet for the 21st to catch up!

I am afraid you don't know what you're talking about. Genocide is not common in Africa. It's happened, but it's not common.

But didn't you see that movie about the guy with the hotel?

Re: The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

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Post by dm2 »

beachstartup wrote: post #116
rmc wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get it, I thought the USA was a massive litigation centre and you could sue people for millions left right and centre? Are you saying that you can't sue people like that?

i'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but suing people takes time and money, something most people don't have a lot of.

Many lawyers will work for a contingency fee if they feel you have a strong case.
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