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Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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If the facts on the web site are correct, than this is really something that needs more attention. One hand you have people looking to hurt this country which must be stopped, but then on the other you have stories like this. It seems this would be a story that I think it would be good if it were picked up on by larger media to either help ley this boy go, or bring up the true facts of this case.

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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Wow, this is disgusting. Is this kid really being held without bail because he posted rap lyrics on Facebook? I feel like we're not hearing the full story here, but either way given his age and the fact they supposedly found nothing to support the claims they're holding him on, this is atrocious and I hope this story comes to light, so it can play out fairly in the public eye under fair scrutiny.

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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If the facts on the web site are correct, than this is really something that needs more attention. One hand you have people looking to hurt this country which must be stopped, but then on the other you have stories like this. It seems this would be a story that I think it would be good if it were picked up on by larger media to either help ley this boy go, or bring up the true facts of this case.

Too bad it just got flagged to death. HN seems to be getting worse for burying anything that anyone might disagree with lately

EDIT: Seems to have come back from the dead... :)

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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Wow, this is disgusting. Is this kid really being held without bail because he posted rap lyrics on Facebook? I feel like we're not hearing the full story here, but either way given his age and the fact they supposedly found nothing to support the claims they're holding him on, this is atrocious and I hope this story comes to light, so it can play out fairly in the public eye under fair scrutiny.

From what I initially read about it, he also posted a video to youtube verbalizing the rap lyrics.

Freedom of speech and freedom of the press will be obliterated under the boot of the fake war on terror. You've got both sides of the political aisle working 24/7 on it.

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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post #5

If the facts on the web site are correct, than this is really something that needs more attention. One hand you have people looking to hurt this country which must be stopped, but then on the other you have stories like this. It seems this would be a story that I think it would be good if it were picked up on by larger media to either help ley this boy go, or bring up the true facts of this case.

Too bad it just got flagged to death. HN seems to be getting worse for burying anything that anyone might disagree with lately EDIT: Seems to have come back from the dead... :)

"Anything that anyone might disagree with," are you kidding?

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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post #7
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad it just got flagged to death. HN seems to be getting worse for burying anything that anyone might disagree with lately EDIT: Seems to have come back from the dead... :)

"Anything that anyone might disagree with," are you kidding?

Fair enough, that was harsh. But it does annoy me when people treat the flag button as a downvote button.

Re: Teenager facing terrorism charges for something he posted on Facebook

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post #5

If the facts on the web site are correct, than this is really something that needs more attention. One hand you have people looking to hurt this country which must be stopped, but then on the other you have stories like this. It seems this would be a story that I think it would be good if it were picked up on by larger media to either help ley this boy go, or bring up the true facts of this case.

Too bad it just got flagged to death. HN seems to be getting worse for burying anything that anyone might disagree with lately EDIT: Seems to have come back from the dead... :)

The title is written as if unlawful statements are somehow made legal when posted on Facebook. The site then goes on to make a big deal about that: "all for something he posted on Facebook".

Of course statements made on Facebook can be criminal. Threats against another are not neutralized because they happen online. Neither is a criminal conspiracy. So the article blithely pretending that this alone should make us outraged is frankly insulting.

The statements in question don't appear to be criminal, but the submitter should link to something that doesn't start out trying to convince us of this with meaningless tripe.

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