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  • South Carolina Says It's A Felony For Prisoners To Look At Facebook; Sends Many To Solitary Confinement

    ShadowCaptian ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2015 @ 10:59am

    Re: Re: Entrapment anyone?

    I wonder of the various regulations covering entrapment actions by Law Enforcement apply to prison officers. In my opinion, providing an inmate with an UN-FILTERED internet connection, and then tossing them in the slammer for using one of the MOST VISITED / POPULAR SITES in the world is bullseye entrapment.

    The worst part is, what if it's not the prisoner actually posting to facebook, but one of those many sites that integrate into the facebook API?

    "I'm sorry mr warden, but i was just playing "Super Burger Diner v2.0", and it posted automagically on my profile when i reached the "YouAreTheBurgerBaron" Level. How was i to know that my high score was the last 5 digits of a phone number?"

    The US Prison system is going mental even...

  • Veterans Administration Inspector General Demands Whistleblower Documents Submitted To Government Watchdog Group

    ShadowCaptian ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2014 @ 07:01pm

    Re: Shoot the Protesters

    The difference here is that the US has yet to send in the troops and shoot people protesting.


    Considering that many LEO services are now more heavily armed than the PLA Army was in 1989, why bother the troops? It will be a strictly POLICE action...

  • Crazy Idea Of The Month: Allowing Patents On Mathematics

    ShadowCaptian ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 08:18pm

    Re: Re:

    Wasn't that the machine that sent people electricity bills back in the time before Ankh-Morpork even had electricity :-P

    He should stick to making superbly entertaining and mildly explosive laden cuckoo clocks....