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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by stcredzero on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:17PM (#16031714)
I think you probably underestimate how common SWAT-ing is. I have relatives with no unusual connections to the grimier communities on the Internet who have been SWAT-ed after disputes in video games.

Perhaps I need to look into that more. However, also note that not all instances of SWAT-ing are equal. How often do they result in fatalities? I'm sure that Sturm und Drang novel readings resulted in quite a few more family arguments and morose journal entries than resulted in suicides. Maybe I should rephrase that to fatal SWAT-ings.

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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by sundaeofshock on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:09PM (#16032668)
How do you even rank SWATing incidents and on what continuum? That’s the same as suggesting not all incidents of having a loaded gun pointed at someone are created equal. SWATing is the moral equivalent of that loaded gun. Just because no one has died before does not matter.
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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by stcredzero on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:22PM (#16032737)
SWATing is the moral equivalent of that loaded gun.

No disagreement here.

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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by ryanlol on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:28PM (#16031766)
>How often do they result in fatalities?

This seems to be the first publicized incident. Pets have had worse luck in the past though.

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