NEWS: Teen Jailed for Flag Burning

Amaranth said:

You realise I now have an internationally approved mandate to hurt you?

Akrasia said:
If it wasn't for the crazy and Fascist anti flag burning laws, this kid would never have been in court and jail wasting thousands and thousands of dollers in tax payers money and screwing up this guy's life

Amaranth said:

That was what I was thinking. He gets drunk, burns a flag for reasons as yet unknown - it seems likely he was just being an ass, else I'd think he'd play the first ammendmant card and claim he was making a statement.

Even so, one night of drunk-getting, flag burning and the horrendous and entirely amoral crime of being a drunk teenager (you guys STILL have that?) shouldn't put him in jail for nine days. Give the kid some community service - two weeks cleaning out sewage should convince him to clean up his act.

[edited because I hate sentences that end with prepositions]

[Edited on Jul 16, 2005 4:42PM]

Akrasia said:
ok, this long list of heinous charges are completely bollox. Underage drinking is a normal everyday occurance, In most parts of the world it's perfectly legal to drink at 18, In Ireland, most people start drinking way younger than that.

It doesn't say if he lives at home or not, but if he does, then the charge that he stole the flag is ridiculous, and if his parents allowed that charge to go through, then they are a hundred times more idiotic then their son will ever be, and evading arrest, If you're drunk and a cop starts coming towards you, you're probably gonna run away, that's evading arrest.

If it wasn't for the crazy and Fascist anti flag burning laws, this kid would never have been in court and jail wasting thousands and thousands of dollers in tax payers money and screwing up this guy's life

Amaranth said:

This line made me snicker.

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bones_708 said:
Bullshit you can't drink till 21. That is the law. So you have a drunk ass kid starting fires and you think he only got arrested because of the flag. Running from the cops gets people hurt, on both sides, not to mention drunk kids sterting fires that could cause damage.

Amaranth said:
Lesson children: Picking fights with the police is a bad plan.

Amaranth said:
I still don't understand your country.

Dollbabyamy said:
and [he] has started drinking, something he's "not very good at."

Falling_Jon said:

I was going to write exactly that. Then I said to myself, "someone most assuredly has already gotten there." Lo, the first quote was such. And all was good.

jonasgrumby said:

Now, now, grammar is nothing to get violent about. I just figured misplaced prepositions would be a fun topic to comment on. But it's not a stance I'm anxious to be a martyr for.

Pelethites said:

In Ireland you have to be eighteen to drink, you'll note it does say that and the same applys in the UK. It was also mentioned in the home you can drink at any age, although said person stated it was from six but I'm pretty sure it's any age.

The kid did something stupid, everyone does stupid things and he just happened to get out of hand enough to have the police called. I wonder if it would even be worth discussing if he hadn't burned a flag.

666Irish said:
I think we should send him to the factory where all American Flags are made nowadays and make him sew new ones. And by that, I mean we should send him to China.

bones_708 said:

Prob not, but you could also ask if anyone would be supporting this kid if he didn't burn a flag.

ashmanonar said:

i think the kid is just a dumbass. with or without flag burning, he got drunk and made an ass of himself. i don't think that's worth 9 days in jail, but that's just me...