Sci-Fi Writer Peter Watts Convicted of Assault

SJrX writes "CBC news is reporting that Peter Watts has indeed been convicted of Assaulting border guards, (discussed here). He will be sentenced April 26th."

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[LostCluster]

He will be sentenced April 26th

The sentence will be sent to his editor May 5.
They'll have it proofread and the final edit will be done June 7.
Armed truck drivers will deliver the sentence to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Borders locations on an undisclosed date.
The sentence will go on sale August 11.

Please, no spoilers before the release date.

Whatt?

[angiasaa]

So when someone said "Watts the problem",
He said "I'm certainly not!"

That kind of attitude with the police can earn you a can of pepper-spray!
Also, that kind of attitude in court could certainly earn you some jail-time!

Would make a great headline

[ishmalius]

"Watts arrested for resistance"

Re:at he can keep being a writer in lockup.

[zippthorne]

On the prison baseball team, he will play second base.

Re:Ready 1...2...3... Rush to judgement.

[mfnickster]

There should be such a law. In fact, I think police officers should be required to be in counseling while in active, non-desk service. For their sake as well as our own: constantly experiencing the underbelly of society can turn anyone into an asshole.

Great idea! The government can pass another stimulus bill with more borrowed money to hire all the currently unemployed as counselors.

When the seedy underbelly infects the cops, the counselors will be there to listen. Then the counselors will get infected. They will return home to their wives, husbands, and kids as assholes. The kids will bring the assholishness to school. A huge effort will be undertaken to find a vaccine before it's too late, until the worst-case scenario comes to pass: the ENTIRE USA becomes a nation of assholes in just under 3 months.

Then Charlton Heston comes back from the grave to fight the asshole hordes from a boarded-up house and a 1970 Ford Mustang.

Re:Ready 1...2...3... Rush to judgement.

[mfnickster]

To the mod who marked my joke "Flamebait" : I see you have already been infected!