Here's where you get into that tricky logic loop. Under most state laws nowadays, it's possible to prosecute minors as adults in many cases, including this one. YET they took pictures of themselves AS minors. So in that case, doesn't the fact they're being prosecuted AS adults mean that no crime actually took place? If they were taking pictures of other teenages, then yes, it would be a criminal act, no question. But if they're taking pictures of themselves, then it shouldn't count.
It's like arresting the corpse of someone who committed suicide on second degree murder charges.
Why not go after the oil industry (and Bush by proxy)? I'm pretty sure their economists are just as good (or in this case, bad) as any others.
Realestate bubble about to burst? Check.
Businesses laying off people in the tens of thousands? Check.
Irresponsible failed oil baron wannabe in charge who writes blank checks for his buddies? Check.
I know, lets raise diesel and gas prices to around $5! That'll work!
One of my favorite conspiracy theories (my own, your own may vary) is that the reason they've been building all those megastructures in Dubai, is because like Michael Jackson and Halliburton, all the other ethical criminals are going to cash out and move there.
I'm sorry to say they're probably proving me right. And I'm tired of being right most of the time.
I'd have done it, but the javascript is borked as far as IE is concerned, and gives me a "undefined" is null or not an object error. That happens despite clearing the cache, resetting IE to default, etc.
Yeah yeah, "use another browser" is all very well and good, but what if I *want* to use it? It's my risk, my choice, my right, and IMO, IE is closer to adhering to web standards than most browsers. It's kind of draconian to try forcing users to switch to other browsers by borking your own website, just as the old days of "This website is best viewed on Netscape" disclaimers of the 90s.
Anyway, this is off topic, and mainly a gripe about being locked out of the tag process, I don't know if that problem applies to anyone else. I'll understand if I get modded down.
You think that's weird? I also like to drive store staff insane by activating all their audio toys at the same time, sometimes with up to 10 singing reindeer going all at once.
It's my little bit of revenge for their putting up Xmas sales before Halloween even comes around nowadays. Because when I think Halloween, I think "Zombie Baby Jesus", with a little Jason Voorhees in the nativity scene.
Yeah, imagine that head shouting "Exterminate!", and it just loses it's edge. And at least now the Daleks can hover around, what can the head do? Get involved in a messy football match is all it can do.
But I jest, I for one welcome our new talking head overlords (same as the old ones).
More like 42 years, if you count the animated series' syndication, TOS syndication, the movies, the movies' syndication, THEN TNG, TOS, DS9, the subsequent syndication of all three, then the TNG movies and their syndication, etc etc etc.
Then The Star Trek Experience, Mister Spock's Wocky-Os cereal (not really, but it gets silly after this long), the video games, the cons, the books, the action figures and toys, only to all be silenced by the forces of Bakula, captain of Enterprise, destroyer of worlds and the space/time continuum.
At least back in the day when only 1/2 of America had basic cable, and everyone else had to use rabbit ears to tune in to broadcast TV, you had a 50/50 chance of not having to see ANYTHING Star Trek related. Ahhhh, the good old days. When you could cut your Star Trek intake with repeats of Night Court and Small Wonder, which in turn would make you look FORWARD to Star Trek.
Hey you kids! Get off my bridge!
And they wonder why people can't associate with a floating old folks home in space anymore.
Actually the movie in question was The Crawling Eye. And it was the first movie watched by J&TB when MST3K made its way into Cable TV.
Attack of The The Eye Creatures (not a typo, look at the movie title card) was in the latter half of season 4, MST3K's heyday.
I still miss Turkey Day to this date, I didn't have cable TV (back in the late 80s/early 90s, it was difficult to get new service if you didn't own your home, and even if you DID have cable, there was only a 20% chance they carried The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central), so I was only able to watch an episode of it while visiting a friends house. Being able to download everything helped immensely.
Cheech and Chong did the same thing in "It Came From Hollywood!" as well, specifically to The Giant Mantis (Look out, it's the attack of the 50 foot chicken wing!) and Reefer Madness.
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Here's where you get into that tricky logic loop. Under most state laws nowadays, it's possible to prosecute minors as adults in many cases, including this one. YET they took pictures of themselves AS minors. So in that case, doesn't the fact they're being prosecuted AS adults mean that no crime actually took place? If they were taking pictures of other teenages, then yes, it would be a criminal act, no question. But if they're taking pictures of themselves, then it shouldn't count.
It's like arresting the corpse of someone who committed suicide on second degree murder charges.
Give 'em time, we'll be seeing suicide booths in the next 100 years.
That's easy, got a "Mission Accomplished" banner lying around?
Why not go after the oil industry (and Bush by proxy)? I'm pretty sure their economists are just as good (or in this case, bad) as any others.
Realestate bubble about to burst? Check.
Businesses laying off people in the tens of thousands? Check.
Irresponsible failed oil baron wannabe in charge who writes blank checks for his buddies? Check.
I know, lets raise diesel and gas prices to around $5! That'll work!
One of my favorite conspiracy theories (my own, your own may vary) is that the reason they've been building all those megastructures in Dubai, is because like Michael Jackson and Halliburton, all the other ethical criminals are going to cash out and move there.
I'm sorry to say they're probably proving me right. And I'm tired of being right most of the time.
Be happy you don't taste like prawns/shrimp then!
Next time it'll be a squid Sean Penn, and he'll kick your deep sea paparazzi ass, then you'll be sorry!
It's IE7, and javascript works on every other site I regularly visit, it's only borked on /.
Or Sgt. Folgers' crystals?
The Trek nerd in me wants to make jokes about Captain Kirk's Dilithium Crystals, but I'm exercising extreme restraint in this case. You're welcome.
Two Astronauts, One Cup?
(I tried tagging it with that using Firefox, it still didn't show up)
I'd have done it, but the javascript is borked as far as IE is concerned, and gives me a "undefined" is null or not an object error. That happens despite clearing the cache, resetting IE to default, etc.
Yeah yeah, "use another browser" is all very well and good, but what if I *want* to use it? It's my risk, my choice, my right, and IMO, IE is closer to adhering to web standards than most browsers. It's kind of draconian to try forcing users to switch to other browsers by borking your own website, just as the old days of "This website is best viewed on Netscape" disclaimers of the 90s.
Anyway, this is off topic, and mainly a gripe about being locked out of the tag process, I don't know if that problem applies to anyone else. I'll understand if I get modded down.
You think that's weird? I also like to drive store staff insane by activating all their audio toys at the same time, sometimes with up to 10 singing reindeer going all at once.
It's my little bit of revenge for their putting up Xmas sales before Halloween even comes around nowadays. Because when I think Halloween, I think "Zombie Baby Jesus", with a little Jason Voorhees in the nativity scene.
Yeah, where's the cassette slot on the thing? I always liked to slap a tape of death metal music in Teddy Ruxpins and watch 'em spaz around.
Yeah, imagine that head shouting "Exterminate!", and it just loses it's edge. And at least now the Daleks can hover around, what can the head do? Get involved in a messy football match is all it can do.
But I jest, I for one welcome our new talking head overlords (same as the old ones).
Did you say something? I was busy making out with my Marylin Monroebot.
And yes, I did take precautions against electro-gonhorrea (the noisy killer).
And yet, ironically, none of them come close to the level of Jim Henson's muppets in The Dark Crystal. Weird, eh?
Did Seven say "Resistance is futile, you will be litigated."?
More like a reanimated zombie than "alive". Like in Return of the Living Dead.
Wait... Zombies eat brains.
Sylar eats brains...
Hollywood is a brain eating zombie! Of course! It all makes perfect sense!
"Young" in the 1960s was considered as 30-40 (Why do you think those hippies were so jealous, with their "Don't trust anyone over 30!" line?).
And 100 years before that, you were as good as elderly at that age.
Yeah, but...
*jiggle jiggle jiggle*
Uhhhhh, what was the question?
They had to rip off the opening scenes from Treasure Planet somehow...
Or as William Shatner said, "Get a life!".
(Please don't mod me flamebait, I'm only saying what the EVIL Shatner said!)
More like 42 years, if you count the animated series' syndication, TOS syndication, the movies, the movies' syndication, THEN TNG, TOS, DS9, the subsequent syndication of all three, then the TNG movies and their syndication, etc etc etc.
Then The Star Trek Experience, Mister Spock's Wocky-Os cereal (not really, but it gets silly after this long), the video games, the cons, the books, the action figures and toys, only to all be silenced by the forces of Bakula, captain of Enterprise, destroyer of worlds and the space/time continuum.
At least back in the day when only 1/2 of America had basic cable, and everyone else had to use rabbit ears to tune in to broadcast TV, you had a 50/50 chance of not having to see ANYTHING Star Trek related. Ahhhh, the good old days. When you could cut your Star Trek intake with repeats of Night Court and Small Wonder, which in turn would make you look FORWARD to Star Trek.
Hey you kids! Get off my bridge!
And they wonder why people can't associate with a floating old folks home in space anymore.
Actually the movie in question was The Crawling Eye. And it was the first movie watched by J&TB when MST3K made its way into Cable TV.
Attack of The The Eye Creatures (not a typo, look at the movie title card) was in the latter half of season 4, MST3K's heyday.
I still miss Turkey Day to this date, I didn't have cable TV (back in the late 80s/early 90s, it was difficult to get new service if you didn't own your home, and even if you DID have cable, there was only a 20% chance they carried The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central), so I was only able to watch an episode of it while visiting a friends house. Being able to download everything helped immensely.
Cheech and Chong did the same thing in "It Came From Hollywood!" as well, specifically to The Giant Mantis (Look out, it's the attack of the 50 foot chicken wing!) and Reefer Madness.
That's funny, I coulda sworn it was Sarah Palin! *rimshot*