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Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter

Posted by timothy on from the credibility-gap-looms dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A British man was arrested under anti-terrorism legislation for making a bomb joke on Twitter. Paul Chambers, 26, was arrested under the provisions of the Terrorism Act (2006). His crime? Frustrated at grounded flights over inclement weather, he made a joke bomb threat on the social networking site Twitter."

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  1. Nobody in here make any cracks by fotoguzzi · · Score: 5, Funny

    We don't want to get slashdot in trouble.

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    1. Re:Nobody in here make any cracks by RotateLeftByte · · Score: 4, Funny

      Naturally, it was 'The Spanish Inquisition' whom nobody expects....

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    2. Re:Nobody in here make any cracks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't antropomorphize airports. They don't usually tell it to your face but they really don't like it.

    3. Re:Nobody in here make any cracks by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Depends on the airport. I was once told by an airport to get lost. When I refused to comply, it made my luggage do what it couldn't make me do.

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  2. Why do British police go about in threes? by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stolen from the comments in the Independent: Why do British police go about in threes? One can read, one can write, the other keeps an eye on the 2 dangerous subversive intellectuals.

    Seems appropriate. Although I would say that French police aren't any better, they just go about in pairs.

  3. Re:Gah by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could always ask him.

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  4. Re:Living in fear by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well done on inflating the situation.

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  5. Re:Typical.. by dakameleon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm s clod, you insensitive plod*!

    *(british slang)

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  6. Hooray! by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    The terrorists have finally succeeded in making it possible to arrest someone for being an idiot! Maybe there's a silver lining to this cloud....

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