Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1119 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1119 Clue: getting snapped by a towel in the shower hurts too, but I don't know anyone who got arrested and injured in a police takedown over it.

Give it some time.....]]> Re: Re: Re: I don't want to live on this planet anymore. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1102 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1102 Re: Re: I don't want to live on this planet anymore. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1087 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1087 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1074 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1074 > been hit with a water balloon.

I have. Many times. It's fun.

> Hint: they hurt. A LOT.

Man up, Sally.]]> respect authority for the sake of authority...... circlejerk of the stupid submissive http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1059 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1059 People who willfully bow down to, and make excuses to be submissive to "authority" for authoritarians sake, disgust me too.
"disorderly conduct" my ass.
The school authorities conduct ?????
The security guards conduct ?????
The police officers conduct ?????


To serve the people
or
To serve the circlejerk of authority serving authority for authorities sake

/\.... pick one ...../\


Also implying kids having a water balloon fight is not proper conduct for kids.

Next up : Baby tazered for shitting in diaper. Charged with "Disorderly Conduct"]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1043 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:58:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1043
I have many times and they don't. At all. Spitballs hurt worse and are more dangerous.]]> Re: "no crime too small" IS A CRIME. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1019 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1019 Re: "no crime too small" IS A CRIME. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1014 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1014 > NOT agreeing to the "fun" -- unless you want
> a CRIMINAL record.

My god, you're an utter twat.]]> Re: "no crime too small" IS A CRIME. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1012 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1012 Re: Water Blasts are nice, but... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c721 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c721
In the UK you are not allowed to fly within 50 metres of someone else's house.]]> Re: How the mighty have fallen. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c994 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c994
Others say the downfall of America can be traced back to when the Mars company introduced the blue M&M.]]> Re: "no crime too small" IS A CRIME. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c988 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:56:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c988
This has nothing to do with the definition of assualt and battery.

"adults don't wish to run a risk"

There isn't any risk.]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c260 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:55:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c260 https://medium.com/meta/503b9c22080b

If you wouldn
]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c967 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c967
Are you seriously freaking serious? What the christ are you made out of? 100% lithium, sodium, and potassium?

The *ONLY* way water balloons can hurt is if you leave them in the freezer for 2 hours before throwing.

Yes, I *HAVE* been hit with water balloons. An uncountable multitude of them over my 50 years on the planet. Not one of them has EVER hurt, even when I was hit in the face, ears, throat, and nads. Soaked? sure. Pain? gimmeafrackingbreak.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c963 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c963 > coming up the steps and caught her in the face.

> I have to support the school administrators and
> the school district because this [water balloon fight]
> amounts to an assault.

It's ironic that what you did to the girl was actually more of a criminal assault than a couple of kids engaging in horselplay with water balloons. And yet you only got suspended for it. These kids now have criminal arrest records.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c940 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c940 > water balloon. Hint: they hurt. A LOT. Yes that's assault.

So is an arrest and criminal record warranted? Is violence by police warranted?

How about just a suspension?

Clue: getting snapped by a towel in the shower hurts too, but I don't know anyone who got arrested and injured in a police takedown over it.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c936 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c936 Re: Copyright http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c242 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c242 https://www.scrollkit.com/s/Cy0mzoK]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c927 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c927
Moreover, why should a punishment change simply because someone else committed some other crime. A punishment should fit the crime. How can that change because of something else? Why are we re-defining what fits the crime? It's the same crime. Who cares what someone else did. Why is that related? Same crime? No. Same person? No. Why is there an impact? That boggles my mind. Something terrible happens and some people lose the ability to be reasonable.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c222 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c222 /S]]>