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This is an insane event. The world is going downhill when things like this start happening. So much for "freedom of speech" - more like "you are free to say anything you want to in public, except for anything that sounds remotely violent or threatening, in which case you will be arrested without delay" ; if you make a joke in bad taste on a social network, some idiot will snitch on you and you'll be arrested without delay - arrest first and ask questions never. What if a gamer is talking to another gamer about a violent video game?
"Hey, are you playing GTAIII again?"
"Yeah man, just killed three streetwalkers in record time
the cops will never find their bodies."
---> Instant arrest, apparently.
The saddest part about this, is that this event does not go both ways: as much as I would like to, I doubt I could call up the cops and tell them to arrest PewDiePie, a let's player, whose humor often involves rape and murder in some form or other. Also, what about people who actually commit crimes? People like George Zimmerman and Caysie Anthony are evidently considered to be fine, upstanding citizens.
And this is not a USA-thing. Sure, horrid events like these happen in the States, but they also happen elsewhere. There are plenty of European countries where people are wrongfully arrested on suspicion of making terroristic threats, and there are plenty of sickos who aren't arrested when they actually DO make threats towards others. Earth is upside down.
Of course, I do not find Justin's joke particularly humorous, and arguably he should have been more internet-savvy, but is that reason for him to be arrested, let alone jailed? Think of all the actual criminals the police could be arresting and jailing instead of this poor kid - criminals are currently roaming around scot-free.
"Hey, are you playing GTAIII again?"
"Yeah man, just killed three streetwalkers in record time
the cops will never find their bodies."---> Instant arrest, apparently.
The saddest part about this, is that this event does not go both ways: as much as I would like to, I doubt I could call up the cops and tell them to arrest PewDiePie, a let's player, whose humor often involves rape and murder in some form or other. Also, what about people who actually commit crimes? People like George Zimmerman and Caysie Anthony are evidently considered to be fine, upstanding citizens.
And this is not a USA-thing. Sure, horrid events like these happen in the States, but they also happen elsewhere. There are plenty of European countries where people are wrongfully arrested on suspicion of making terroristic threats, and there are plenty of sickos who aren't arrested when they actually DO make threats towards others. Earth is upside down.
Of course, I do not find Justin's joke particularly humorous, and arguably he should have been more internet-savvy, but is that reason for him to be arrested, let alone jailed? Think of all the actual criminals the police could be arresting and jailing instead of this poor kid - criminals are currently roaming around scot-free.
