Chilly Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.as...71-282C9F52838C This brings up a bunch of issues. They are comparing this to "yelling fire in a crowded theater". Sadly, they probably will not realize that this is not the same culture and not the same thing. They don't even understand the tubes, let alone message boards.
Tod Flanders Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 It's not the same as yelling "fire" in a crowded theater as that creates an environment of imminent danger however it could be considered equivalent as calling in a false alarm to the fire station. I know they they didn't call in bomb threats to authorities but it is also a long standing precedent that threatening speech is not protected speech.
Chilly Posted October 20, 2006 Author Posted October 20, 2006 it was posted on thef--ksociety.com, right below the stretchy vagina debate. How the hell is this taken as honest-to-goodness threatening speech?
Tod Flanders Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 it was posted on thef--ksociety.com, right below the stretchy vagina debate. How the hell is this taken as honest-to-goodness threatening speech? 811396[/snapback] They took it as such and time and money was wasted investgating this and I believe it was their stated goal to see who could create the biggest panic.
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