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Wow! Don't joke online!

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Friday, July 12, 2013 1:43 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Teen jailed for Facebook 'joke' is released

http://us.cnn.com/2013/07/12/tech/social-media/facebook-jailed-teen/?i
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Justin Carter, 19, had spent five months in prison for posting, during an argument about a video game, what he said was a sarcastic comment about how he was going to "shoot up a kindergarten."

"I just think it got taken out of context, and it's been blown out of proportion," Carter told Kate Bolduan on "New Day," CNN's morning show. The brief interview marked Carter's first public comments since he was jailed in February.

Carter's case has received widespread media attention and alarmed free-speech activists. His arrest came amid heightened concerns over school violence since December's mass shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

In February, Carter and a friend were arguing on Facebook with someone else over the online video game "League of Legends." His father told CNN that other gamer called Justin crazy and his son responded with sarcasm.
Teen: Comments 'taken out of context'
Mom: 'Facebook threat' was sarcastic

According to court documents, Justin wrote, "I'm f***ed in the head alright. I think I'ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them."

Jack Carter said his son followed the claim with "LOL" and "J/K" -- indicating that the comment wasn't serious.

"Any clear reading and full reading of the context of that statement would make it obvious that this was just a sarcastic joke," Chad Van Brunt, one of Carter's attorneys, told CNN on Friday. "If we get to trial ... it's just going to be abundantly clear, if it's not already."



What hubby said- If they want to get rid of you, all they have to do is call you a terrorist, whether you are or not. So true! The War on Terror replaces the War on (Some) Drugs as the universal detention tool.

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:45 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Hope he learned his lesson.


But yeah, that was ridiculous. 5 months for a 19 year old for a post on FB , seems a bit much.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:52 AM

AGENTROUKA


Seems more than ridiculous. That's downright wrong.

He wasn't harassing anyone, he made it plain that he was joking. If he made that joke in person somewhere, would he have been arrested, as well? Is bad taste now a punishable crime? Apparently.

The only lesson to be learned here is that insane paranoia trumps reason.

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 1:19 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Did he make it clear that he was joking, OR was he laughing at the idea ?

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According to court documents, Justin wrote, "I'm f***ed in the head alright. I think I'ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them."

Jack Carter said his son followed the claim with "LOL" and "J/K" -- indicating that the comment wasn't serious.




The court documents show what he wrote, but then his FATHER said he followed that with " lol " and " j/k". Shouldn't those be in the same court documents, if indeed he did post those as well ?

Could be just a bit of confusion by the reporter, but I can see how one might misread his remarks if the " kidding " aspect wasn't posted directly afterwards.


Either way, that's a bit graphic and screwed up to post, ever, and so shortly after such a tragedy.


Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:13 AM

SHINYGOODGUY


An obvious overreaction, but seriously who would joke about such a thing.
Now say you're going to drown a bunch of right wing, neo-conservatives.....then you're saying something...........

laughing out loud, seriously guys, just joking............come on, that's funny!


BIG GRIN!!!


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Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:57 AM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I wonder who reported it. Was it a school snitch trying to get a classmate in trouble? Facebook? NSA trolling for contextual phrases? And who was the nimrod that carried it forward? Jeeze louise - if they can do that b/c of an overabundance of stupidity, can you imagine what they could do to a person if they really tried?

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