Teen Banned From US For Barracking Obama(news.sky.com)

2 pointsby primeMover2010vor 16 Jahren4 comments

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Teen Banned From US For Barracking Obama

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Luke-Angel-Teenager-Banned-from-America-For-Life-For-Sending-Abusive-Email-To-Barack-Obama/Article/201009215726177?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15726177_Luke_Angel:_Teenager_Banned_from_America_For_Life_For_Sending_Abusive_Email_To_Barack_Obama_

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wccrawfordvor 16 Jahren

Good. There should be consequences for stupid actions. Threatening the leader of a country is not something to do lightly.

brazzyvor 16 Jahren

There should also be a limit on such consequences. Teenagers do dumb shit all the time, and this is never going to change. There is no conceivable advantage for anyone in making someone suffer "consequences" for dumb teenager shit long after they've grown up into a perfectly intelligent, responsible adult. It's bad enough that some have to suffer the consequences of one stupid mistake for the rest of their lives (I personally know a guy who's paraplegic due to jumping into a lake at the wrong place at age 17) without artificially adding more such opportunities.

Having the guy banned from travelling to the USA while Obama is in office sounds about fair though.

gnaarvor 16 Jahren

"You're a prick" is not a threat. If we can limit it to proportional consequences, I'd agree with you. Do you think calling someone a prick merits a ban from a country? (let alone a country that holds freedom of speech as a fundamental principle).

nuggienvor 16 Jahren

there was probably more in that email?