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    GamblerSpirit
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    Texas is nuts! A teen jailed for months/facing 8 yrs for a joke on a videogame!

    wtf

    http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/27/te...ed-for-months/

    Same place that supposedly allows johns to shoot escorts if they don't provide a satisfactory service within your home.

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    Wow!! That's something that shouldn't even be a second thought to the authorities.

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    He's almost 19, so he's a man. And as an adult he is playing video games, so that alone is worth two months in the slammer. You can't say you're gonna shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still beating hearts. That's sick and honestly, he deserves 8 months in prison to think about his life and why he would even say such a thing.

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    F'ing ridiculous. I've clearly lost myself in a few video games because you're so caught up in the moment... and you're just being sarcastic as fuk... I've said things I would never even do.... 100% jokingly... sh#$ we've all done it. Now this kid is in jail? Fuk this world. If this is the entire story... and nothing hidden... kid doesn't deserve jail time. Unless his record shows he's a "possible cause"

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    If the kid has a bad day and happens to act on his urges, the same retards will be saying "why didnt they arrest him beforehand, the signs were there". Can't have your cake and eat it too folks. In the light of all the school shootings, he shouldnt be saying stupid shit.

    I'm all for freedom of speech but there comes a point when what you say can impede on the freedom and security of others. Got what he deserved.
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    MagicDiceFlow gets it.

    If this guy would have went to a kindergarten and slaughtered 20 more kids next week everyone would have said "see...Texas...they love their gun rights so much they thought a guy who literally said what he would do was not a threat...ban all guns"

    Can't blame Texas for what this ADULT did himself. Always blame blame blame...thats why these 19 year olds are how they are these days...no responsibility or accountability.

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    Firstly, he's "facing" 8 years, could end up w/ a minimal time when it's all said and done.

    Secondly, anyone who would make a stupid "joke" like and still plays video games not named "Madden" or "Tiger Woods" or "FIFA", SHOULD be given the full 8 years. Questionable character as it is.

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    Anyone who defends this should just move to China.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Gonzo View Post
    Anyone who defends this should just move to China.
    Land of the free

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    Land of the free does not include the freedom to threaten the lives of children and eat their still beating hearts.

    Move to Canada, I hear they're much more "free" than America

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagicDiceFlow View Post
    If the kid has a bad day and happens to act on his urges, the same retards will be saying "why didnt they arrest him beforehand, the signs were there". Can't have your cake and eat it too folks. In the light of all the school shootings, he shouldnt be saying stupid shit.

    I'm all for freedom of speech but there comes a point when what you say can impede on the freedom and security of others. Got what he deserved.
    You couldn't tell the guy was being sarcastic in how he wrote what he wrote??

    He's stupid for saying it, but it doesn't warrant jail time. Evaluate him and let him go.

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    Costs about $80/day of taxpayer dollars to keep an inmate.
    Texas wants to throw away money, I guess.

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    8 years? There is no way he gets 8 years

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Kraken View Post
    Land of the free does not include the freedom to
    threaten the lives of children and eat their still beating hearts.

    Move to Canada, I hear they're much more "free" than America
    r u really this stupid? who did he threaten? talk to me when you understand what the first amendment says.

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    I'm still in disbelief by this. How many times have you played a game in which the guy on the other end (screen) has said some idiotic sh#$ to you? I'm sure this happens almost everyday! You mean we need to set up a server and download all the data (typing back and forth now?) It's unreal. Kid gets 8 years for losing himself in a video game! That's what video games are for... to lose your reality for a second... But he never did anything wrong... IN REALITY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Kraken View Post
    He's almost 19, so he's a man. And as an adult he is playing video games, so that alone is worth two months in the slammer. You can't say you're gonna shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still beating hearts. That's sick and honestly, he deserves 8 months in prison to think about his life and why he would even say such a thing.
    guys talking about people who play video games and lives on a gambling forum....unreal

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    He was provoked by being called insane. So he said something insane, in a way he is acting. And as the poster above mentioned its a video game which adds to the escapism.
    Its not enough to say these are the guys real life "urges". If there were more evidence, then yeah - but this is a bit extreme imo.

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    on a side note, its not just texas...its happening across the country...http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...water/2475427/

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    u Americas are hilarious. soon you'll have more people in prison than out of prison. I watched the movie, the purge yesterday.... I honestly could see that happening in real life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NrmlCurvSurfr View Post
    on a side note, its not just texas...its happening across the country...http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...water/2475427/
    I read about that, too. America is the land of the braindead if you approve of the police state we're transitioning to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robzilla View Post
    u Americas are hilarious. soon you'll have more people in prison than out of prison. I watched the movie, the purge yesterday.... I honestly could see that happening in real life.
    What were your thoughts on the movie? I thought the ending sucked but i liked the underlying themes/tones such as classism and how it's similar to racism today. I liked how the family stood up for what they believe in, and the fact remains that at the end of the day you still have to judge yourself and your actions and not just go with the flow aka the society "norms".

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    Quote Originally Posted by robzilla View Post
    u Americas are hilarious. soon you'll have more people in prison than out of prison. I watched the movie, the purge yesterday.... I honestly could see that happening in real life.
    thats great, I was thinking we were heading more towards the movie "Idiocracy"...one of us will surely be correct

    Edit: corrected spelling because it was too ironic...
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    Is the punishment excessive? .....Probably, but it could have been much worse in other countries. He'll probably end up serving only 6 months which is enough time to reflect on what he said. Keep in mind, the state of Texas has been through some horrific school shootings with the worst being the 1966 University of Texas Massacre when a 25 yr old man climbed the observation deck and killed 17 and wounded 31 people in a 96 minute sniper style killing spree.

    Was this a bit of overreacting from officials giving this 19 yr old jail time? .....Probably, but again, better safe than sorry. Every action begins with a thought and no one knows if this guy was serious or not. Only he knows and by using "lol" and "jk" doesnt discount the effect of what he said.

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    How exactly did this guy get caught? I have read some crazy shit over the years of people threatening other people via gamechats and this is the first case I have heard about someone getting pinched. Did he get recorded saying this?

    Christ Almighty, Mike Tyson publicly threatened to eat Lennox Lewis' children once.


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    Never mind. I see he typed it out. What a nimrod. But 8 years? C'mon man.

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    this day and age, you can't joke around about school shootings like decades past...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghenghis Kahn View Post
    this day and age, you can't joke around about school shootings like decades past...
    Yeah, I guess that they are trying to make an example of this guy. Meanwhile Twitter is blowing up with black people threatening to kill whites and Hispanics if Zimmerman is found not guilty.

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    Allow me to put the State of Texas in perspective for you people...

    Between George W Bush and Rick Perry, there has been a FUKKING DOPE in the Governors office for EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

    EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS!!!

    That's all you need to know about Texas.

    Get it?

    Got it?

    GOOD!

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    How did the lady from Canada get the kids address? How did she know he lived close to an elementary school? She's a boss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose View Post
    Allow me to put the State of Texas in perspective for you people...

    Between George W Bush and Rick Perry, there has been a FUKKING DOPE in the Governors office for EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

    EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS!!!

    That's all you need to know about Texas.

    Get it?

    Got it?

    GOOD!
    wrong thread..
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    Update

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechcons...up-behind-bars

    Poor kid being fukked up in jail

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    Yeah, I guess that they are trying to make an example of this guy. Meanwhile Twitter is blowing up with black people threatening to kill whites and Hispanics if Zimmerman is found not guilty.
    And nutsacks like Rifleman post pics of black people hanging from a tree, saying it should happen again soon.
    Sick world, nothing new.

    As much as it was dumb and uncalled for, 8 years is a freaking joke. How many times has anyone said things that were clearly not meant serious at all? If you want to make an example of him, let him do community work for a few months and teach him why he has to do this. But putting him behind bars.... Nah, come on man.... Too much is too much...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose View Post
    Allow me to put the State of Texas in perspective for you people...

    Between George W Bush and Rick Perry, there has been a FUKKING DOPE in the Governors office for EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

    EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS!!!

    That's all you need to know about Texas.

    Get it?

    Got it?

    GOOD!
    Rick Perry (Governor of Texas)/President Bush (governor of Texas and a 2 term president of the United States) and some worthless liberal democrat is calling them "fukking dopes"? GoldenGoose, you're not qualified to shine either of their shoes. President Bush and Governor Perry are WINNERS and you are what you are. If they are "fukking dopes", what does that make you?

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    Yes, what he did was really stupid and he should at the most get community service to learn a lesson. However, anyone who thinks this kid should receive time in prison is a complete moron. This kid has been in hell long enough, end the bullshitt. What is happening to this kid is criminal. Oh, Kraken in case you are not aware of it there are millions of 19 year olds playing video games. Set the kid free, this is a huge injustice and whoever the judge and prosecutor is should be fired.

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    kid is gonna sue the fuk out of texas once this over, and hes gonna win

    gonna pull a FAT payday

    dealing with a hellish situation now, but after he gets the payday, will never have to work again for the rest of his life

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