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Re:Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against swatte... by jakelazaroff on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:25AM (#18308922)
There is a casual relationship between swatting someone and them dying. What's the crime for ordering a hit on someone? This is exactly equivalent.
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Re:Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against swatte... by _Schizotypy on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:29AM (#18308962)
The hitman always gets off scot-free, right? Because someone else told them to do it
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Re:Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against swatte... by jakelazaroff on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:32AM (#18309001)
That is not what I'm at all. I'm only responding to the GGP's characterization of the swatter as "just making a phone call".
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Re:Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against swatte... by threatofrain on Friday October 26, 2018 @10:41AM (#18309625)
Who is the hit man here in this metaphor...
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