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Linking Dangerously

Posted by michael on from the linking-la-vida-loca dept.

indole writes "Some /.'ers might remember the story of Sherman Austin, a Californina native who created the "anarchy" website raisethefist.com. Besides posting links to bomb-making instructions, the site caught the ire of the FBI for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. Well, approximately 18 months later Sherman Austin, now age 20, has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison. According to Austin, 'he took a plea bargain because he feared his case was eligible for a terrorism enhancement, which could have added 20 years to his sentence.' Doubleplusungood."

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  1. The best J-Lo line ever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's turkey time. Gobble, gobble!

    1. Re:The best J-Lo line ever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      mod parent, it's accurate!

  2. LOUD SUCKING SOUND EMANATING FROM BUFFALO, NY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DAILY REMINDER: Hillary Clinton doesn't just stand idly by...she actively works to offshore American High-Tech!

  3. Oh i thought this had something by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    to do with Amazon and their patenting of everything.

  4. uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so what exactly did he do wrong again?

  5. blah dkds adfsk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    testing testing slash slashcode testing

  6. I am hot for Hillary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I don't care. She's a sexy lady.

    I wish I could be her sex slave.

  7. Oh I am? by mschoolbus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought they fixed this version of GCC already... Damn!

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    Hey Rob Malda, I hear you like to have gay sex with children, wanna fuck?

  9. Re:Immigrants and jobs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Immigrants create jobs; immigration creates jobs. Also, almost any study on the subject will tell you that first-generation immigrants are employed and own their own businesses at a higher rate than people who just happened to be born in the country.

  10. Re:George Bush Jr does not exist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, stupid. If you'd stop running case-sensitive regexps on your computer terminal for one minute and enter the real world, you'd know that said real world doesn't care if you call a Bill Will or a Dick Rick. Or is that too hard for you to parse, machine boy? Grow a fucking neural network.

  11. this shouldn't surprise anyone by Sivaram_Velauthapill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This shouldn't surprise anyone... at the rate that USA is going, I guess I don't need to wait for the collapse of capitalism. Tyranny will take it down long before that...

    The US govt has always treated anarchists very badly. You probably don't know this but the modern incarnation of May day was influenced by the execution of some anarchists. This person is just the recent victim...

    I'm just wondering who is going to be next. Let's see which activist gets thrown in jail for 5 years next :(:(:(

    --
    Sivaram Velauthapillai
    Seeking the meaning of life... @slashdot of all places ;)