Texas Teen Could Go to Prison for 8 Years because of Sarcastic Remark on League of Legends

[wigsplitter23]

Not sure if this has already been posted but I thought it was pretty messed up to make an example of this kid.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/27/t...-joke-during-video-game-is-jailed-for-months/

 

[knowledgebones72]

That's insane. Read the article, signed the petition.

What's worse is the YouTube comments saying that it was the right thing to do.

 

[trueprada]

to much politics and governmenting going on these days

 

[fresh out dabox]

that sucks, so much for the land of the free

 

[andretti]

Freedom of speech huh
No other way to deal with it ?

 

[jaysrcrak]

Dude TOTALLY deserves to go to jail.

 

[shotsrangout]

Dude TOTALLY deserves to go to jail.

nah.

 

[jordan23dotcom]

Freedom of speech huh
No other way to deal with it ?

You have the freedom to say whatever you want...... Afterwards is the problem

 

[joepac12]

Sheesh. This is pure foolishness. How the hell did lady go back and find that he said that. Smh

 

[solefood229]

Her sarcasm meter is broken, but don't joke about stuff like that now and days.

I had people giving me the side eye when I went into the store and bought a pressure cooker

 

[iYen]

He shoild go to prison just so he can have one of the funniest how i ended up in prison stories.

 

[clarkchaz1988]

I swear Texas is its own country.

 

[mugen81]

Derail thread for a moment but the dudes collection is sick
People always go for the easy target which is videogames but I do agree to an extent that some videogames play a role in violence displayed by young kids(but to even argue my point I feel people aren't parents anymore and truly have no involvement in their child's hobbies or development and television and movie violence is just as worst) but to get 8 years for a conversation between you and another person is quite insane
I am truly going to watch what I say on NT from now on lol

 

[blacklion23]

Dude TOTALLY deserves to go to jail.

nah.

I think I see what was did here. If so, point taken.

Why I don't think he deserves to go to jail, I also don't think the person that told was wrong for not being able judge if he was truly being sarcastic.

The post I quoted above serve as a small example. The OP was clearly being sarcastic with his post, which he indicated by capitalizing "TOTALLY". Yet the person that replied obliviously couldn't tell. We see this a lot on social networks. Where jokes or certain statements are sometimes taken seriously because one was not able judge the sarcasm in the statement.

 

[AEA18]

How can someone from Canada get him arrested in America?

Had to celebrate his birthday behind bars

 

[TheGodFresco]

Dude in the video taking that **** a little too personally lmaoo

 

[Coromanti]

The state getting too big and both sides to blame.

 

[frostythepoptart]

he said he was going to eat their beating hearts.

jesus christ, he may be an insensitive prick you may have to look over him and investigate but did should've never spent longer than 48 hours in jail.

sad world we live in.

the us police state. getting worse and worse, and all our fraud and criminal activities are being exposed each day.

 

[deleted]

Thought Police

 

[nychiphophippo]

**** the po-lice

If this is my last post don't forget about me brahs

 

[iYen]

**** the po-lice

If this is my last post don't forget about me brahs

We will forget.

 

[jordan23dotcom]

**** the po-lice

If this is my last post don't forget about me brahs

You were a nobody before the post, you'll be one after the post.....

 

[sage909]

**** the po-lice


If this is my last post don't forget about me brahs

We will forget.

lulz

 

[dt43]

Wonder if people will stop saying wild **** during online gaming sessions now..

 

[reallive301]

He shouldn't be in jail or have to go to jail. But seriously who the hell says "I’m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’.. even if you are joking that's still a sick *** thing to say.