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Art_from_Ark

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9. She-- it was a girl

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 07:24 AM

Apr 2014

I did lots of stupid things at 14, and not because I was bored, but because that's just how kids can be at that age. I would never have thought about making an actual threat to an airline company, but I wonder what kinds of really stupid things I might have been tempted to do as a joke if I had had the same kind of exposure to "tweets" and other kinds of virtual reality that today's kids have.

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Dutch police arrest teen over threatening tweet to American Airlines [View all] alp227 Apr 2014 OP

The US case of Justin Carter who made a joke on facebook... PoliticAverse Apr 2014 #1

I blocked the FBI just in case... Bosonic Apr 2014 #2

A joke in very poor taste davidpdx Apr 2014 #3

14-year-olds do stupid things Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #6

I have to wonder if he was using the standard "I was bored defense" davidpdx Apr 2014 #7

She-- it was a girl Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #9

Well we did have telephones davidpdx Apr 2014 #10

Well with all the taunting tweets, she was acting like a twit... Historic NY Apr 2014 #4

I'm amused that she thought her whiteness would Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #17

Dozens of teenagers are now tweeting bomb jokes to American Airlines Bosonic Apr 2014 #5

One person does it and suddenly everyone else thinks they have to do the same exact thing davidpdx Apr 2014 #11

More pointless paranoia from the bullies ... Nihil Apr 2014 #8

Any threat should be taken seriously davidpdx Apr 2014 #12

"Any threat"? A sense of perspective would help. Nihil Apr 2014 #13

Had American Airlines done nothing and it had been a real threat what do you think would davidpdx Apr 2014 #14

US Airports have zero tolerance for those types of jokes too LibertyLover Apr 2014 #16

Years ago TuxedoKat Apr 2014 #19

Thanks for sharing that davidpdx Apr 2014 #20

I recently flew AA to Europe tavernier Apr 2014 #15

You probably would have been fine if you stuck with that penultimate Apr 2014 #18