Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested

Re:Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested by gaius on Monday May 10, 2010 @11:26AM (#1334684)

Freedom of speech doesn't cover shouting FIRE! in a crowded theatre.

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Re:Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested by lutorm on Monday May 10, 2010 @01:27PM (#1335225)

But does it cover saying to your friend that if the show doesn't improve, you'll burn it down?

Remember that this was not a public announcement.

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Re:Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested by philwelch on Monday May 10, 2010 @03:58PM (#1335739)

I'd question that: it was a public tweet visible to anyone, wasn't it?

It was clearly a joke and I don't think the guy should be arrested either, but Twitter is as close to a public announcement as you can get.

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Re:Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested by catch23 on Monday May 10, 2010 @11:46AM (#1334745)

Well now there's a few thousand tweets about blowing up the airport -- are they going to arrest everyone?

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Re:Joke about blowing something up on Twitter, get arrested by Tichy on Monday May 10, 2010 @12:07PM (#1334825)

Why not? And then throw them into twison.

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