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  • Nick Skyline
    Retired from VSRGs
    • Sep 2012
    • 530
    #1

    Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

    I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ide-watch.html

    I know this is a little late, but what in the name of all that is fucking holy is wrong with the world I live in with all of you people? This man was jailed for a joke he made while playing League of Legends one day, that was mis-interpreted by one player as a terrorist-level threat...who then tracked down where he lived and reported him to the cops.

    I've read about stupid things happening on the internet, and how they took the cake and ate it. As of this writing, there is officially no cake left in the world because whoever reported this guy to the authorities ate it all.

    Carter's been behind bars for five months now, and his father seems to be very worried about him:

    Originally posted by Jack Carter
    He's very depressed, very scared, and ... concerned that he's not going to get out...He's pretty much lost all hope.

    Without getting into the really nasty details, he's had concussions, black eyes, moved four times from base for his own protection.

    He's been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he's depressed. All of this is extremely traumatic to this kid. This is a horrible experience.

    These people are serious. They really want my son to go away to jail for a sarcastic comment that he made.

    Justin was the kind of kid who didn't read the newspaper. He didn't watch television. He wasn't aware of current events. These kids, they don't realize what they're doing. They don't understand the implications. They don't understand public space.
    I just found out about this...not even one hour ago. I've heard of people that get called out for being a troll, a buzz-kill, a scrub, elitist, etc. Then there's taking something that someone said while playing a video game way too goddamn seriously. This is taking something that someone said while playing a video game way too goddamn seriously.

    http://www.change.org/petitions/rele...cebook-comment // Here is a petition; go ahead and sign it.
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    • rayword45
      Local Teenage Wastebasket
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Feb 2007
      • 3212
      #2
      Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

      Shouldn't the police also have arrested the guy for stalking? I swear there is a law about that but I forget it.
      The above post has a 50% chance of being useless. Potentially. Maybe.

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        • Charu
          Snivy! Dohoho!
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Mar 2006
          • 6161
          #3
          Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

          Oh yeah, so how DID the trial go for that guy? That article says there was to be a trial the beginning of this month.


          Originally posted by JohnRedWolf87
          Charu the red-nosed Snivy
          Had a very shiny nose
          And if you ever saw it
          You could even say it glows

          All of the other Snivies
          Used to laugh and call him names
          They never let poor Charu
          Join in any Snivy games

          (Click the arrow to see the rest)


          Originally posted by Vendetta21
          All in all I would say that Charu not only won this game, his play made me reconsider how I play it.

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            • Ohaider
              FFR Veteran
              • Jun 2012
              • 2893
              #4
              Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

              Welp this is ritard

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                • Tarrik
                  D7 Elite Keymasher
                  • May 2007
                  • 2240
                  #5
                  Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                  Heard about this a little while back. It's alright to troll once in awhile, have a go at your team mates and joke around and stuff, but his comment was a fairly serious one. I mean, who honestly jokes about that sort of shit? I support the fact he shouldn't be in jail, but damn he should have said something a little less..threatening.

                  And as for the fucker who tracked him down .. That's just sad. Someone needs a new hobby.

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                    • Izzy
                      Snek
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 9195
                      #6
                      Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                      Honestly, what the fuck. How can something like this even matter? How was it legal to invade his privacy in the first place to track him down?

                      Although this is probably just someone charging him, doubt they will win such a lawsuit.

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                        • Nick Skyline
                          Retired from VSRGs
                          • Sep 2012
                          • 530
                          #7
                          Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                          Originally posted by rayword45
                          Shouldn't the police also have arrested the guy for stalking? I swear there is a law about that but I forget it.
                          From what I understand, that comment he made on Facebook was the ONLY thing that got him arrested. And he went straight to jail.

                          The general response to that was "jk", "lol" typical internet fare, But some dumbass decided to take it far too seriously, even going past the point of requesting that Carter be banned from Facebook for a while. Said dumbass tracked down where he lived, and reported that information to the police, who then had him arrested and jailed. There was no courtroom trial from what I remember.

                          Also, the police in Austin, TX seem to be taking all Facebook comments seriously. I say that because of the Sandy Hook crisis that had happened two months prior. And from what I know, this reminded them of that.

                          Originally posted by Charu
                          Oh yeah, so how DID the trial go for that guy? That article says there was to be a trial the beginning of this month.
                          It started on July 1st. I'll post a verdict whenever I get one.

                          Also, bail is a half million dollars and Carter's parents cannot afford to pay half of that. So a $50,000 donation goal was set up by a few people in an attempt to help him out.

                          Originally posted by Tarrik
                          as for the fucker who tracked him down .. That's just sad. Someone needs a new hobby.
                          Fucking watchdogs. How does that guy NOT get at least 3 years?
                          Last edited by Nick Skyline; 07-11-2013, 03:46 PM.
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                            • top
                              Banned
                              • Apr 2012
                              • 1907
                              #8
                              Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                              tarrik, it was a heated discussion and somebody called him crazy and messed up in the head, so he made a messed up joke. seems like perfectly sensible sarcasm.

                              sucks for him that people think fucking somebody's life up is a joke.

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                                • Izzy
                                  Snek
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 9195
                                  #9
                                  Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                  I'll make a note never to step foot into texas again.

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                                    • Charu
                                      Snivy! Dohoho!
                                      FFR Simfile Author
                                      • Mar 2006
                                      • 6161
                                      #10
                                      Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                      Okay, so I'm thinking about this and it just came to me.

                                      99% of all Internet Users should be put in jail because they have jokingly said they were going to kill things.

                                      Man... I don't even.

                                      We're all criminals guys!


                                      Originally posted by JohnRedWolf87
                                      Charu the red-nosed Snivy
                                      Had a very shiny nose
                                      And if you ever saw it
                                      You could even say it glows

                                      All of the other Snivies
                                      Used to laugh and call him names
                                      They never let poor Charu
                                      Join in any Snivy games

                                      (Click the arrow to see the rest)


                                      Originally posted by Vendetta21
                                      All in all I would say that Charu not only won this game, his play made me reconsider how I play it.

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                                        • DossarLX ODI
                                          Batch Manager
                                          Game Manager
                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                          • Mar 2008
                                          • 14999
                                          #11
                                          Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                          He's been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he's depressed. All of this is extremely traumatic to this kid. This is a horrible experience.
                                          This makes me want to puke

                                          Also not to mention that prison has the worst kind of people and there are plenty of shankings that go on in that hellhole
                                          Originally posted by hi19hi19
                                          oh boy, it's STIFF, I'll stretch before I sit down at the computer so not I'm not as STIFF next time I step a file

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                                            • Nick Skyline
                                              Retired from VSRGs
                                              • Sep 2012
                                              • 530
                                              #12
                                              Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                              Originally posted by Izzy
                                              I'll make a note never to step foot into texas again.
                                              Good for you!

                                              Originally posted by Charu
                                              99% of all Internet Users should be put in jail because they have jokingly said they were going to kill things.
                                              I'd be behind bars in 2009 if this was true.
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                                                • Jerry DB
                                                  FFR, lift, repeat
                                                  • Jan 2008
                                                  • 2071
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                                  you guys have no idea how much I hate the court system as it is...this helps fuel my hate and make me a better person somehow...I guess...grrr
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                                                    • Calcium Deposit
                                                      I am the liquor
                                                      FFR Music Producer
                                                      • May 2007
                                                      • 706
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                                      Saw this not too long ago on facebook, gf and I already signed the petition.

                                                      I wonder if there is going to be some sort of internet crusade to harass the living hell out of the canadian woman who got the kid in jail in the first place. I'd put on my sherlock holmes cap and pipe but the pipe is usually full of weed, NONETHELESS I'm sure it shouldn't be too hard to track this person down and give them a taste of their own medicine.

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                                                        • omega_grunt666
                                                          Nescio quid faciam
                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                          • 894
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Teenager jailed for sarcasm, faces up to 10 years in prison

                                                          This makes me so angry, I could just go out and shoot up a school full of kids. Lol, JK...

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