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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by dzhiurgis on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:34PM (#16141779)
He didn’t mean the outcome (murder), terrorize is probably better word than a prank tho.

What I meant is that “oh I didn’t mean it” going to be interpretted differently.

Edit: if you downvote me thinking that I somehow support prank swatters - you are wrong. Otherwise you fail to see the paradox of intended vs unintended outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea (as I understand it's interpreted very different in the US).

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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by newfoundglory on Sunday January 14, 2018 @01:14AM (#16143048)
I expect that the downvotes are because you are arguing that “he didn’t mean murder” is equivalent to “he didn’t mean harm”.
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