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Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle
sv_libertarian writes 'A panicked person in Kirkland, WA called local police on Wednesday, claiming they saw someone walking down the street with an AK-47. It was actually a Bungie employee carrying an overgrown model of a Halo sniper rifle, which resembles an AK-47 as much as a Volkswagen resembles a Formula 1 racer.'
Halo 3: ODST is set to launch on September 22nd, and fans got some new details and early looks at the game during PAX.
I'm don't want to suggest that gates should be punished for his reprehensible behavior, but I'm sitting here wondering why Harvard is allowing their good name to continue to be tarnished by his ongoing employment as a professor
Because if they fired him they would be accused of being racist?
Actually, my first conclusion was the same as yours. Until I read the police report, that is.
You did read the report, right?
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Shouting and being a dick in public can be illegal enough to get arrested, if you go too far. You can argue if it's constitutional as a freedom of speech, but in our legal system that's usually left up to the courts to decide. I'm not saying it's right, just saying that you can be arrested with little to no recourse for your time and troubles for doing so.