Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter

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Posted by timothy on Monday January 18, 2010 @05:42AM from the credibility-gap-looms dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A British man was arrested under anti-terrorism legislation for making a bomb joke on Twitter. Paul Chambers, 26, was arrested under the provisions of the Terrorism Act (2006). His crime? Frustrated at grounded flights over inclement weather, he made a joke bomb threat on the social networking site Twitter."

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Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

by fotoguzzi ( 230256 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @05:43AM (#30805870)

We don't want to get slashdot in trouble.

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Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

by RotateLeftByte ( 797477 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @05:54AM (#30805918)

Naturally, it was 'The Spanish Inquisition' whom nobody expects....

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Re:Gah (Score:2, Funny)

by draco664 ( 960985 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @06:15AM (#30806038)

Just be sure not to send a note to all the Catholic MPs beforehand. No good deed goes unpunished.

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Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @06:23AM (#30806070)

I'll come in again.

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Why do British police go about in threes? (Score:4, Funny)

by Nicolas MONNET ( 4727 ) writes: <nicoaltiva@gm a i l.com> on Monday January 18, 2010 @06:37AM (#30806126) Journal

Stolen from the comments in the Independent: Why do British police go about in threes? One can read, one can write, the other keeps an eye on the 2 dangerous subversive intellectuals.
Seems appropriate. Although I would say that French police aren't any better, they just go about in pairs.

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Re:VERY slow response (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @06:47AM (#30806196)

Yeah, but he declared that the bomb would go off in a week and a half time, so the police put him on the low-priority list

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Re:I have a solution (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @06:49AM (#30806202)

All it needs is a couple million people in every country posting every day the same identical message on every board in the planet.
Good luck arresting them all.
First post?

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Re:Gah (Score:5, Funny)

by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @07:00AM (#30806252) Homepage Journal

You could always ask him [slashdot.org].

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There's a bomb in this message. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @07:26AM (#30806360)

This message will explode in 30 seconds!

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Re:I'm not convinced the police was wrong here (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @07:32AM (#30806402)

He's from the UK and has a mum, not a mom.

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Re:Living in fear (Score:4, Funny)

by L4t3r4lu5 ( 1216702 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @07:42AM (#30806450)

Well done on inflating the situation.

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Re:I'm not convinced the police was wrong here (Score:1, Funny)

by MrHanky ( 141717 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @07:46AM (#30806488) Homepage Journal

No, it sounds unmistakably like a joke, and the fact that you and three Slashdot moderators think otherwise is simply an indication of the high occurence of autism on this site.

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Re:Typical.. (Score:5, Funny)

by dakameleon ( 1126377 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @08:29AM (#30806670)

I'm s clod, you insensitive plod*!
*(british slang [wikipedia.org])

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Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @08:43AM (#30806756)

Don't antropomorphize airports. They don't usually tell it to your face but they really don't like it.

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Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand? (Score:3, Funny)

by JustOK ( 667959 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @08:44AM (#30806768) Journal

So, you're saying the Chinese are behind all this?

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Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

by MrNaz ( 730548 ) * writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @08:56AM (#30806880) Homepage

Depends on the airport. I was once told by an airport to get lost. When I refused to comply, it made my luggage do what it couldn't make me do.

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Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @09:50AM (#30807298)

I don't know how these guys [youtube.com] stayed out of jail.

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Hooray! (Score:4, Funny)

by Greyfox ( 87712 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @10:45AM (#30807802) Homepage Journal

The terrorists have finally succeeded in making it possible to arrest someone for being an idiot! Maybe there's a silver lining to this cloud....

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Bash.org reference (Score:3, Funny)

by da5idnetlimit.com ( 410908 ) writes: on Monday January 18, 2010 @11:02AM (#30808006) Journal

#88575 +(9158)- [X]
I should bomb something ...and it's off the cuff remarks like that that are the reason I don't log chats
Just in case the FBI ever needs anything on me
I'm sure they can just get it from someone who DOES log chats.
*** FBI has joined #gamecubecafe
We saw it anyway.
*** FBI has quit IRC (Quit: )
http://www.bash.org/?88575 [bash.org]

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Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Gah (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:1, Funny)

Why do British police go about in threes? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:VERY slow response (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I have a solution (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Gah (Score:5, Funny)

There's a bomb in this message. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:I'm not convinced the police was wrong here (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Living in fear (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I'm not convinced the police was wrong here (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Typical.. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Nobody in here make any cracks (Score:1, Funny)

Hooray! (Score:4, Funny)

Bash.org reference (Score:3, Funny)

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