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Laser Painting Could Lead to 25-Year Prison Term
lowy writes "According to this USA Today article, a New Jersey man was charged under federal anti-terrorism laws with shining a laser beam at a jet flying over his home. The Feds arrested him after he flashed a police helicopter searching for the source of the beam. He now faces up to 25 years in prison under Patriot Act charges." It seems to be happening around the country, as our earlier post makes clear.
.Sonu, call kar de yar...please...
Slashdot is still one of the best places for techy news, however every other category seems to be going to crap.
Most everything listed is on fark about 4-12 hours earlier. When it finally gets on to slashdot, it's got a very FUD bias. This summary for example, fails to mention that the man being sentenced admitted he did this on purpose. 25 years seems fine to me.
I know this is to make things more interesting/sensational, but really: Isn't the audience of slashdot supposed to be those above average? Geeks. People who pride themselves on their minds... not drama, sensationalism, etc?
Or am I completely wrong, and the slashdot audience has become the lowest common denominator. If that's the case it makes sense to spew out FUD like this every day to get them riled up about their rights... even when there ISNT any danger to them?
What happened to real reporting?
My submission of this story one day earlier was rejected - I even included a link. The link, though, was to an AP story that happened to show up on the FoxNews.com web site, and I'd hate to think that URL had anything to do with why it was rejected. So, I gave up and added another comment to the already existing thread on this subject from the other day. I might add that the other thread wandered off into the "no one could actually hit the cockpit by hand!" area. I'll resist my "I told you so" and just follow the story.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Personally, I'm working to make enough to retire, then I'll leave and never come back.
Well, before you leave, you might check out Free State Project and Free State Wyoming. These are groups of people that have not given up all hope yet. You are probably right about _most_ of the people, though.
A dingo ate my sig...
I know, off topic, but I couldn't send a private message. Interesting nick. Tip of the hat to the world famous magician ?
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.