The FACEBOOK Thread

[Speedball]

god I hate that ****... I play Castle Age, and I make sure I don't publish this stuff because I know how frustrating it is for others.

[bullets]

Hoe Wars are better. You prowl the bus terminals looking for susceptible girls to hook out. You beat up Johns who harass your girls and try and steal girls from other pimps. :up:


I need to add this to my profile.

[The Chairman]

**** Farmville. I don't give a **** about how many black sheep you've found.

[Dew k. Mosi]

frankly if you don't like the notifications, you can just hit the hide button. I like it because it is fun and simple, something to do while I am on a phone meeting or during commercials, just like mafia wars, though I hate when someone at a level 295 hits my properties when I am only level 92. Dirty bastards

[Speedball]

frankly if you don't like the notifications, you can just hit the hide button. I like it because it is fun and simple, something to do while I am on a phone meeting or during commercials, just like mafia wars, though I hate when someone at a level 295 hits my properties when I am only level 92. Dirty bastards

Dew... is there a choice to publish this stuff like in other games?

[SuperFerret]

There might be, but that's not my problem. None of my friends have complained about it, and if they did, they could block the updates.

[Majik1387]

frankly if you don't like the notifications, you can just hit the hide button. I like it because it is fun and simple, something to do while I am on a phone meeting or during commercials, just like mafia wars, though I hate when someone at a level 295 hits my properties when I am only level 92. Dirty bastards
Yeah, I used to like Mafia Wars, but FarmVille won.
Level 26 farmer here about to be level 27.:word:

[spideyboy_1111]

i tried farmville.. didn't like it, but i like farm buddy, yoville, and vampire wars...

theres also fun games like a typing game and a brain academy game... both of those are alot of fun

[The Guard]

So, I'm playing Yoville, and walking around with no pants on asking for spare change.

[AndThePickles]

A.) Kids don't stay up 24/7, kids do sleep
B.) Kids do go to school and are often not at home
C.) It takes like 3 minutes to play FarmVille / Vampire Wars / Mafia Wars etc...

There's plenty of opportunity to play these games and not neglect your family.


I was under the impression that this thread was mainly in jest.

[Avangarde]

This will never compare to the greatness that was Harvest Moon on the Nintendo.

[Hound55]

I actually enjoy Mafia Wars. Cause I like to pretend I can go around and bust people's knee caps for cash, and it's perfectly acceptable, and even encouraged.
Pretend..?

[Bad Supe's Girl]

Uhhh, but you can block those applications and never get notices from them again.
So why the major rant about something that takes 2 seconds to change? :huh:

[Majic Walrus]

Uhhh, but you can block those applications and never get notices from them again.
So why the major rant about something that takes 2 seconds to change? :huh:

Poops and smiles.

[Go Web Go!]

Uhhh, but you can block those applications and never get notices from them again.
So why the major rant about something that takes 2 seconds to change? :huh:

Uhh, I did change my settings so that I no longer receive notifications - and I mentioned that. The "rant" is more about how annoying I found the game itself and how ridiculous I found it that some people are desperate enough to play the game that they would text me out of nowhere to ask me if I can sign on to their account to play the game for them.

This was in my feed earlier, by the way. Same person.

Great the Farmville website is going thru maintenance.... Does that mean all my crops are going to die???

:dry:

[Bad Supe's Girl]

:funny: those silly farmville peoples...

I did Farmtown a little bit and it was so boring so I pass on those games.

[Majik1387]

This will never compare to the greatness that was Harvest Moon on the Nintendo.
This is true, but it's as close as it's gonna get.

[enterthemadness]

I know a good majority of you probably have a Facebook account. Most of you probably also have that annoying friend that constantly changes their status or plays those annoying games like Mafia Wars, or in this case FARMVILLE, that show up in your news feed and takes up a good chunk of your home page.

"Yay! I can buy a barn now!"

*****, I don't care. You're in your 40's. Don't you have grown-up **** to do?

I had another friend who sent out updates a few times a day, begging for someone to give her a goat. Whatever that means. Point is...*****! You're a single parent with 2 kids under the age of 3! There shouldn't be enough time in the day for a damn goat!

It took me long enough, but I blocked any notifications of these games. No more clutter on my homepage and no more pent up rage...until today.

I get a text message from a girl who I used to be pretty close to. Rarely ever talk at this point, but still friends.

"Hey, can you get on Facebook from work?"

I explain that I can. I'm expecting a "Sign on so we can chat" kinda message, but no, not quite. This is what I get:

"Ah, ok. Just asking. I need someone to check my farm on Farmville. I think my strawberries may have died."

:dry:

This is coming from a 25 year old female. Really? I mean REALLY?! It's that serious?

My response: **** you and your damn farm! :cmad:

Fin.

:o Friend me on myspace so um, you can join me in Mafia Wars.

Also, your response to her text was awesome.

[Dew k. Mosi]

Dew... is there a choice to publish this stuff like in other games?

yeah, and I don't publish most of my notifications unless they can benefit my friends by giving them a bonus, or if I need help

[SpideyInATree]

I know a good majority of you probably have a Facebook account. Most of you probably also have that annoying friend that constantly changes their status or plays those annoying games like Mafia Wars, or in this case FARMVILLE, that show up in your news feed and takes up a good chunk of your home page.

"Yay! I can buy a barn now!"

*****, I don't care. You're in your 40's. Don't you have grown-up **** to do?

I had another friend who sent out updates a few times a day, begging for someone to give her a goat. Whatever that means. Point is...*****! You're a single parent with 2 kids under the age of 3! There shouldn't be enough time in the day for a damn goat!

It took me long enough, but I blocked any notifications of these games. No more clutter on my homepage and no more pent up rage...until today.

I get a text message from a girl who I used to be pretty close to. Rarely ever talk at this point, but still friends.

"Hey, can you get on Facebook from work?"

I explain that I can. I'm expecting a "Sign on so we can chat" kinda message, but no, not quite. This is what I get:

"Ah, ok. Just asking. I need someone to check my farm on Farmville. I think my strawberries may have died."

:dry:

This is coming from a 25 year old female. Really? I mean REALLY?! It's that serious?

My response: **** you and your damn farm! :cmad:

Fin.

I play Farmville. It's kind of fun and you can build your own little town. I don't bother people with constant updates. I just play it to pass the time at work sometimes.

You do realize that you can program your Facebook to hide that stuff, right?

[Dew k. Mosi]

Because my profile pic grossed them out.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2nhnex4.jpg

Seriously? How do you function this time of year if you can't handle a little gore?

[knowsbleed]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAaAAAH!!! :scared:

[Drakon]

So THAT's where I left that.

[Dew k. Mosi]

yeah, thanks, Drak, it made for a good snack.

[Crook]

That pic is inappropriate for the children viewing this board. :o

[Mister J]

Try posting a pic of you enjoying a kosher delicacy and ask them to come back.

[Dew k. Mosi]

How so? Which rule does it break? No nips, no buns, no peeners, no hoo hahs, no real blood, no bad words...

[Franklin Richards]

Have you seen Temple of Doom? That's the first PG-13 film ever! I think that pic fits the bill.


:doom: :doom: :doom:

[Darthphere]

You sure they didn't defriend you for other reasons?

[Aesop Rocks]

Sounds like you made someone cry them self to sleep Dew. Awesome. :up:

[Immortalfire]

Those jerks.

[Aesop Rocks]

5 mods in one thread?! Oh snap..snap.

[Shuley]

I've defriended my own family members on facebook..seriously.

[batsone]

So THAT's where I left that.
PURE COMIC GOLD:awesome::awesome:

[ComicChick]

there's worse things on facebook than dew eating a leg

[batsone]

Right, hell I uploaded a pic of my face

[enterthemadness]

Because my profile pic grossed them out.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2nhnex4.jpg

Seriously? How do you function this time of year if you can't handle a little gore?


I've deleted friends from myspace...girls that went to High School with me because they didn't want to talk to me on myspace. Ummm, then wtf add me? Or they quit talking to me.

[SuperFerret]

People are so against the undead on Facebook. My Brother isn't getting as many friends as I'd like him to.

[VenomVsSpidey]

Eye will FriEnD rEqUEsT YoUr brOtHeR mY FrIeNd (yea, did that on purpose)

[Aesop Rocks]

I've defriended my own family members on facebook..seriously.

Look at this badass over here.

[VenomVsSpidey]

Same here!

[Shuley]

Look at this badass over here.

where?

[Aesop Rocks]

There!

[bored]

Lol, I just saw your status about this. Zombies get no respect.

[bullets]

"Everyones a critic"

[LouFerignoDemon]

Defriended on Facebook? How will you go on in life? :(

I say track the person down, and throw your false leg into their lawn.

[Spider-Who?]

I love halloween and gore itself doesnt bother me. But I also have an issue with amputations. I'll commend you on the costume and all, but man, that's too realistic for my tastes.


*goes and cries in a very hot shower, saying "no...no...no" over and over again*

[Drakon]

I love Halloween and gore itself doesn't bother me. But I also have an issue with amputations. I'll commend you on the costume and all, but man, that's too realistic for my tastes.

:cmad::cmad::cmad::cmad::cmad:

[[A]]

Because my profile pic grossed them out.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2nhnex4.jpg

Seriously? How do you function this time of year if you can't handle a little gore?:funny: haha funny stuff. And it's such an obvious fake! Oh well..

Don't show these people the album Guerra Civil Canibal by Ratos de Porão though :hehe:

[Spider-Who?]

:cmad::cmad::cmad::cmad::cmad:

:huh:

what can i say, man? my grandpa (rip) had both his legs removed when i was a real little kid and it screwed me up big time.

[Drakon]

I'm an amputee, so I was just pulling your leg, if you'll pardon the pun.

[The Original Bamfer]

I defriend people all the time because of their profile pictures. I have standards, you know.

[LouFerignoDemon]

I defriend people all the time because of their profile pictures. I have standards, you know.

That's why you defriended me. :csad:

[The Original Bamfer]

That's why you defriended me. :csad:

Yeah, because I couldn't stop looking! :wow:

[Lunar_Wolf]

f'em, dew.

[SuperFerret]

:huh:

what can i say, man? my grandpa (rip) had both his legs removed when i was a real little kid and it screwed me up big time.

For some reason the (rip) made me read "my grandpa ripped his legs off when I was a real little kid".

[Dew k. Mosi]

For some reason the (rip) made me read "my grandpa ripped his legs off when I was a real little kid".

hahahaha, me too

[Steel Thunder]

How so? Which rule does it break? No nips, no buns, no peeners, no hoo hahs, no real blood, no bad words...

Ahhhh America, where you cant show a completely normal part of the human body, be it real or depicted, but a zombie eating a severed limb is ok.

:hehe:

[SWAT]

I've lost two Facebook "friends" Only know who one of them is... and I only have around 80 "friends"

[Bruce Banner]

I have 4 requests that I just don't feel like approving. One of them is my aunt. I just don't feel like having her pry in there.

[LouFerignoDemon]

hahahaha, me too


You like Jonathan Coulton, too? :awesome:

[Dew k. Mosi]

You like Jonathan Coulton, too? :awesome:

he's half my iPod

[LouFerignoDemon]

I thought I saw a Re: Your Brains reference earlier, I just didn't realize it was you. lol

I'm sure my car passengers are tired of The Future Now.

[Dew k. Mosi]

Oh I love that one. "I Crush Everything" is also brilliant. It sounds like any old love song until you listen to the lyrics

[LouFerignoDemon]

I liked the song, "Live," despite the fact it wasn't a song by JoCo, but a song made to be LIKE his.

[Dew k. Mosi]

I haven't heard that one, who sings it?

[LouFerignoDemon]

Paul and Storm

[NotAHenchwench]

There are a lot of people on my Facebook who were [are] scared of my profile pic, but they didn't de-friend me over it...

[[A]]

A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page.

Rodney Bradford was held for 12 days on suspicion of robbing two people on Oct. 17 in the Brooklyn public housing complex where he lives.

Bradford and witnesses insisted he was innocent. They said he was at his father's Harlem apartment when the crime occurred.

A playful message was posted on Bradford's Facebook page one minute before the robbery. In it, he asked his girlfriend where his pancakes were.

Prosecutors dropped the charges after Facebook verified the words had been typed from a computer at his father's building.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-eR_MjjIA8zu64-YqCTyXoL_B5QD9BTVUKG0

[POWdER-man]

Hmm....couldn't his father or someone else used his account to post this message? Easy way to get an alibi.

[[A]]

Good call.

[Dope Nose]

Hmm....couldn't his father or someone else used his account to post this message? Easy way to get an alibi.

depends on whether or not the robbery was planned.

[Aesop Rocks]

It's all part of the plan

[AlteredEgo]

Hmm....couldn't his father or someone else used his account to post this message? Easy way to get an alibi.word, that's a dumb reason to exonerate someone.

[Paroxysm]

not really, we don't know all the details of the case, the message probably corroborated with his story...

and i doubt it was planned.

[AlteredEgo]

while it's true that we dont know all the details of the case, i just dont think it's a good idea to use facebook as a deal-breaker. especially when you don't necessarily have to be the person behind the monitor to be posting.

that being said, this is kinda like the opposite scenario of the robber who broke in to someone's house, stole their ****, and logged in to facebook while they were in the person's house.

[terry78]

That would be a hell of a lot of trouble to go through for a robbery though. My gut tells me he actually was at the comp. "Where are my pancakes" seems awfully specific.

[katie_girl09]

^Thank you. And anyway, isn't it innocent until proven guilty?

[Majic Walrus]

This is true, innocent until proven guilty. I don't really like that Facebook made anyone drop charges because like mentioned it isn't good evidence, but that certainly is evidence regardless of whether it's good or not. I suspect that they probably had a pretty poor case against him to begin with.

[AlteredEgo]

yeah, i agree, innocent until proven guilty. and the whole thing about the pancakes, yeah, it's pretty specific. At least it wasn't something like, "John Doe is... Not robbing any houses right now." I think it sounds legit. but i'm just playing devil's advocate and saying that letting someone go based on a Facebook update sounds bunk to me. :o at least based on the status update alone. but like Paroxysm said, there were probably other factors.

[[A]]

Innocent until proven guilty :hehe:

People stopped caring about that like, 60 years ago

[Wolfwood]

Hmm....couldn't his father or someone else used his account to post this message? Easy way to get an alibi.

That seems overly complex for a kid who was just going to rob a housing complex.

[SuperFerret]

Guys, gals, we're missing the most important thing here, namely, the whereabouts of his pancakes.

[Wolfwood]

That is true, I hope after this horrible ordeal his girl got him pancakes, if not then he better dump her ass.

[NewYorkSpider]

I remember the guy who logged onto his Facebook while robbing a house. That's how they caught him.

[Firm]

ROFL! GODDAMN look what my friend wrote on his facebook :supershocked:

I've had my GF for 2 years now (practically lives with me) - small white, petite thang, cooks for me, always been good to me.

I go away on holiday for a week, come back and something just doesn't seem right. I asked my Father if he had seen anything happen with my GF and he acts clueless.

So fast forward to 3 weeks later... I'm coming home from work when BAM clear as day, right in my Kitchen I catch my Father red handed with his meat in my GF.
I was pi**ed, told him to get his meat out of GF and GTFO, needless to say my GF got turned off. I just couldn't get over it and that night kicked my GF to the curb.

Now it's been 2 weeks since the incident and that I've been without my GF and about 10 minutes ago my Father had the audacity to ask my how my GF has been, when he's the **** reason we ain't together no more.
Should I get off the computer and start swinging at him?
OR
Pack my stuff and be on my way.

BTW that's the pic of my GF

































































http://www.foodline.com/images/george-foreman-grill.jpg

[B]

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2310/217309943.jpg

[MessiahDecoy123]

ROFL! GODDAMN look what my friend wrote on his facebook :supershocked:

I've had my GF for 2 years now (practically lives with me) - small white, petite thang, cooks for me, always been good to me.

I go away on holiday for a week, come back and something just doesn't seem right. I asked my Father if he had seen anything happen with my GF and he acts clueless.

So fast forward to 3 weeks later... I'm coming home from work when BAM clear as day, right in my Kitchen I catch my Father red handed with his meat in my GF.
I was pi**ed, told him to get his meat out of GF and GTFO, needless to say my GF got turned off. I just couldn't get over it and that night kicked my GF to the curb.

Now it's been 2 weeks since the incident and that I've been without my GF and about 10 minutes ago my Father had the audacity to ask my how my GF has been, when he's the **** reason we ain't together no more.
Should I get off the computer and start swinging at him?
OR
Pack my stuff and be on my way.

BTW that's the pic of my GF

http://wiw.org/%7Ejess/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/robincave21.gif

[Lunar_Wolf]

Hhahahahahahaha....*wipes tear*

[DarkReflections]

http://wiw.org/%7Ejess/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/robincave21.gif

I am so saving this picture. :lmao:

[Figs]

Firm, how old are you and your ex?

[JP]

I LOLed. . .

[Hotwire]

My GF ran off on me with a former roommate. I went out of town on business, and when I got home, both the roommate and GF were gone. I was pissed!

True story.

[Firm]

Wow, people hating on this thread.

I'm 17.

[Lunar_Wolf]

Wow, people hating on this thread.

I'm 17.

Just hate them back....WITH YOUR FIST!

[YoungE808]

Lol I thought the opening post was great.

[Majic Walrus]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever had the misfortune of reading...

[Firm]

I'm sorry it had to take place in my thread.
I saw it on another forum and personally found it quite amusing, yet funny.

[Majic Walrus]

Amusing and yet funny? Wow....

[RKO]

That Robin pic made the thread tbfh.

[katie_girl09]

I'm sorry it had to take place in my thread.
I saw it on another forum and personally found it quite amusing, yet funny.

Amusing and yet funny? Wow....
We all get what you meant, Firm. It's just that some people are huge sourpusses.

[Honey Vibe]

I was hoping the thread title was just tongue-in-cheek :wow:

[Majic Walrus]

We all get what you meant, Firm. It's just that some people are huge sourpusses.

What did it mean?

[katie_girl09]

Presumably, he meant to but "strange but funny" or "amusing and funny".

[Majic Walrus]

Right, so what he said was not what he meant to say. What he meant to say is unclear too. ;)

[katie_girl09]

You are headache inducing.

[bgates87]

Ohhhhhh, I get it. GF = George Foreman (grill), not Girl Friend. :whatever:

[Oddzball]

You just explain to daddy why your share of his inheritance just got bigger... Sheesh! Get a new goil pal and move on!

[Honey Vibe]

Ohhhhhh, I get it. GF = George Foreman (grill), not Girl Friend. :whatever:
"How's she doing? Didn't harm'er none, did I son??" [/later]

[JustABill]

Sweet fancy ketchup!

[SuperFerret]

Ohhhhhh, I get it. GF = George Foreman (grill), not Girl Friend. :whatever:

:dry:

Seriously?

[Wolfwood]

Ohhhhhh, I get it. GF = George Foreman (grill), not Girl Friend. :whatever:

Holy ****, I didn't get that GF was George Foreman. I must be freaking tired. >_>

[SuperFerret]

Somebody seriously deserves to be slapped for this.

[RKO]

Let's put it to a vote.

[Sarge 2.0]

I'm sorry it had to take place in my thread.
I saw it on another forum and personally found it quite amusing, yet funny.
...

Really dude?

[Sarge 2.0]

Presumably, he meant to but "strange but funny" or "amusing and funny".
You do realize that "amusing and funny" is equally redundant and stupid as "amusing, yet funny", right?

[RKO]

Personally I feel frightened, yet scared.

[Mace Dolex]

My dad is a bit of player himself which is why I've never introduced my GF to him yet.

[katie_girl09]

You do realize that "amusing and funny" is equally redundant and stupid as "amusing, yet funny", right?
Read my other posts.

[TheDreamMaster]

:oI'm sorry it had to take place in my thread.
I saw it on another forum and personally found it quite amusing, yet funny.

:facepalm:

[WhatA.Tool]

only a tool would think this was funny ( see what I did there)

But in all seriousness, I seriously think that I thought this was true for a few moments, at a certain time. That this was really...real. :dry:

I thought the post was very...lolz

[bullets]

I'm buying it . My old roomate would get mad about me using his GF sometimes.

[Morg]

Police conducting Facebook drinking stings
By: Caryn Tamber

We know Facebook has helped police solve all sorts of crimes, from burglary to vandalism.

But did you know it’s also being used to fight a far more pernicious crime? No, not child sex abuse.

Underage drinking.

Apparently, a college student in Wisconsin accepted a Facebook friend request from a cute girl he didn’t know. Shortly thereafter, he got ticketed for underage drinking on the basis of a picture he’d posted of himself holding a beer–in his own home, no less.

True, it’s not smart to post pictures of yourself doing something illegal, even if it’s something pretty tame. (Some of the other kids caught in the same Facebook sting were ticketed based on photos someone else posted, though.) And if you do post those pictures, you shouldn’t accept friend requests from people you don’t know, even if they’re cute.

But for Pete’s sake–there has got to be something else these cops could be doing with their time.




http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_0ff40f7a-d4d1-11de-afb3-001cc4c002e0.html

Better watch your pics on facebooks :p

[Majic Walrus]

I'd say that the pictures found online only led to the kid getting in trouble. Like this:

Cop: Is that you holding a beer can? Were you drinking?

Kid: I had a couple.

Cop: Thanks for letting me know! You could've been holding the can for you dad! :)

Like that.

In any case I don't see anything wrong with someone getting in trouble because they posted a picture of illegal activity on the internet.

[Majic Walrus]

How?

[8Diagrams(WU)]

Isnt that entrapment? Its a fake account with a hot chick to trick the kid into accepting and revealing his info. I could be wrong though.

[John Locke]

Isnt that entrapment? Its a fake account with a hot chick to trick the kid into accepting and revealing his info. I could be wrong though.
No, entrapment is if the cop told the kid to put the photos on Facebook. This is more like an undercover thing.

[Hotwire]

I love it! Nothing makes me happier than stupid people getting busted for their own stupidity. If you don't want to get busted to illegal activity, perhaps you should not photograph or video yourself doing it?

[Ghostvirus]

Who needs to read 1984 anymore.

[katie_girl09]

If you are dumb enough to post pictures of yourself doing something illegal, you deserve to get busted. I don't care what it is. Same with YouTube videos. And who cares whether it was in his own home? Illegal activity is illegal activity. That means moot.

[CashforStash]

Wow, my friends better not be accepting any random girl friend requests now.......

[terry78]

Haha, I'm not a massive fan of using the net to judge people, but if you look like a douchebag in some pictures online, regardless of it just being one wild night, people are gonna view you in that way. That's just how it is. You interview for a job at some prestigious company and the HR people find that pic of you online doing body shots off a hooker, might not get the job. Public domain.

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

People have way too much access to our personal lives these days.

[AndThePickles]

This has already been occurring for quite some time with college sports teams. The lacrosse team at my university had to disable their accounts because they got in trouble with the coach for constant partying/drinking.

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Jobs / cops / coaches / authorities need to step away from people's Facebook accounts and stop prying into our personal lives.

[katie_girl09]

But... Isn't that what athletes *do*? :p

Jobs / cops / coaches / authorities need to step away from people's Facebook accounts and stop prying into our personal lives.
Or people could be smart and stop posting bad pictures of themselves. Or they have the option of just not using Facebook altogether. It's quite easy to live without it, actually. When you post stuff like that it pretty much becomes a public domain of sorts. It's different than if this was a picture in your house that they got access to.

[John Locke]

Jobs / cops / coaches / authorities need to step away from people's Facebook accounts and stop prying into our personal lives.
If you wanted your lives to be personal then you wouldn't put the pictures on the Internet.

[MessiahDecoy123]

It's illegal to pose with a beer can?

That's not proof you actually ingested any beer.

All the kid has to say is he was in another country when the pic was taken. A country where the drinking age is lower.

[terry78]

It's illegal to pose with a beer can?

That's not proof you actually ingested any beer.

That's kind of splitting hairs. You pose with one to put online, it's pretty safe to say you did some sipping.

[Metamorpho1977]

Facebook AKA our generations Gestapo

[MessiahDecoy123]

That's kind of splitting hairs. You pose with one to put online, it's pretty safe to say you did some sipping.

Some one could easily posed with an empty beer bottle to look cool. Doesn't mean they actually drank anything.

Teens do all kinds of posing in pics to look cool. Posing with a beer bottle just for kick is not out of the question.

If I legally smoke weed in Amsterdam and take pics, I can be arrested for posession of marijuana in the states?

[katie_girl09]

Some one could easily posed with an empty beer bottle to look cool. Doesn't mean they actually drank anything.

Teens do all kinds of posing in pics to look cool. Posing with a beer bottle just for kick is not out of the question.

This is probably what happened:
I'd say that the pictures found online only led to the kid getting in trouble. Like this:

Cop: Is that you holding a beer can? Were you drinking?

Kid: I had a couple.

Cop: Thanks for letting me know! You could've been holding the can for you dad! :)

[MessiahDecoy123]

If you wanted your lives to be personal then you wouldn't put the pictures on the Internet.
The article says others were busted in the pic even though they didn't post the picture. They simply had the misfortune of being in the picture that was posted.

[Hotwire]

People have way too much access to our personal lives these days.
And it is no one's fault but our own. If you choose to post every detail about yourself on a public website, then you have no right to complain when people view it. It's like walking down the street naked and then getting upset when people look at you.

With sites like Facebook and MySpace, you are inviting the general public to check out what goes on in your personal life.

[Paroxysm]

There are tons of facebook pictures of me drinking and blazing, this doesn't concern me at all, the drinking age is 19 in Canada and i'm 26.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Cops posing as hot chicks to bust people. Reminds me of a South Park episode.

"Freeze!"

And it is no one's fault but our own. If you choose to post every detail about yourself on a public website, then you have no right to complain when people view it. It's like walking down the street naked and then getting upset when people look at you.

With sites like Facebook and MySpace, you are inviting the general public to check out what goes on in your personal life.
People also have private pages at MySpace and Facebook for friends and family. Then here comes mr.nanny-law cop posing as a hot chick to beg for some riske pics.

Why lie about your identity? Why request pics that weren't posted?

It's not like a cop was just minding his own business picking his kids up from school them he notices a billboard of Jimmy downing a forty. The pictures were private until the cop lied about his/her identity and requested the pics.

[bgates87]

How dare they try to hold us responsible for our actions! It's a free country, right? Free from consequences?

[John Locke]

If you posted those pics for friends and family then why give them a some hot girl anyway. Why would you give those pics to a stranger?

[MessiahDecoy123]

If you posted those pics for friends and family then why give them a some hot girl anyway. Why would you give those pics to a stranger?
He probably wanted to get laid and figured he'd show his party animal side.

Why would that hot chick on myspace begging for party pics be a cop? Seems like a tasteless and predatory for a law person to get justice.

[MessiahDecoy123]

How dare they try to hold us responsible for our actions! It's a free country, right? Free from consequences?
Yeah cops should lie about being hot chicks and beg minors for unlawful pics.

That's a great use of tax payer money. Hopefully every hot chick on the internet will really be a cop searching for party pics of 20 year olds at keggers.

[Alex The Great]

Soooooo many kids in my school do underage drinking, heck so many kids are surprised I don't drink!

here's a tidbit from a few days ago...

Friend of mine *he's not really a friend per say...but you know*: So you've never had a drink of beer....ever?

Me: Nope!

Kid: Have your parents ever offered you a beer?

Me: :dry:


Bunch of drunks. I say go for it coppers!

[C. Lee]

People have way too much access to our personal lives these days.

If you post pics of you doing stupid stuff on the WORLD WIDE WEB....it's not too personal anymore.

[DarkReflections]

These cops must have too much time on their hands, if this is what they are doing with the states money.

[MessiahDecoy123]

How dare they try to hold us responsible for our actions! It's a free country, right? Free from consequences?
It's a gross and underhanded way to pursue justice.

Now it's not just creepy closeted old men that pose as hot chicks on the internet. It's law men too.

Fantastic. Just what we need.

[bgates87]

How many times are you going to reply to the same post? There's an "edit" button for that. And why are you being so defensive? Do you need to go delete some pictures?

[MessiahDecoy123]

If you post pics of you doing stupid stuff on the WORLD WIDE WEB....it's not too personal anymore.
He sent it to a hot chick that begged for a pic. It wasn't just sitting there on a public forum for the world to see.

[MessiahDecoy123]

How many times are you going to reply to the same post? There's an "edit" button for that. And why are you being so defensive? Do you need to go delete some pictures?
I responded to a post twice therefore I'm obviously guilty of a crime? :huh:

[bgates87]

I responded to a post twice therefore I'm obviously guilty of a crime? :huh:
Sure, that's what I said. Why don't you try reading it again? You're being DEFENSIVE. The level of anger and offense you've taken over this issue- demonstrated by your outspoken and exaggerated criticism of the actions of the law enforcement officers- implies that the issue affects you on a personal level.

[AndThePickles]

Why is everyone saying that the cop begged him for a picture? That didn't happen, he just saw pics that were already posted.

[C. Lee]

He sent it to a hot chick that begged for a pic. It wasn't just sitting there on a public forum for the world to see.

The article was posted in the first post...but here is the link again http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_0ff40f7a-d4d1-11de-afb3-001cc4c002e0.html now....read it, and tell me where exactly does it say the police BEGGED for the photos? It says the undercover cop asked to be FRIENDED.....when you become a FRIEND with someone on FACEBOOK you GIVE them access to your pictires you have posted there.

[C. Lee]

Why is everyone saying that the cop begged him for a picture? That didn't happen, he just saw pics that were already posted.

Because it is better to attack authority than to follow the rules.

Because who cares about facts when you can shout at someone instead.

Because reading the actual article that tells the story is too hard to do.

[SuperFerret]

:up:

As for it being a "gross and underhanded way to persue justice", that just makes it all the more awesome. :awesome: I guess some people still believe that the cop has to tell you he's a cop if you ask, right?

[MessiahDecoy123]

Because it is better to attack authority than to follow the rules.

Because who cares about facts when you can shout at someone instead.

Because reading the actual article that tells the story is too hard to do.
Because authority is always right and should never be questioned.

Because someone should be described as shouting when they never used exclamation points.

Because asking someone to be friended on Facebook cannot be equated with asking for pics. Even though it's basically the same thing.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Sure, that's what I said. Why don't you try reading it again? You're being DEFENSIVE. The level of anger and offense you've taken over this issue- demonstrated by your outspoken and exaggerated criticism of the actions of the law enforcement officers- implies that the issue affects you on a personal level.
What anger?

I'm no angrier or defensive than yourself.

Did a police man give you your first born child?

see? assumptions are fun.

[C. Lee]

Because authority is always right and should never be questioned.
Making uninformed accusations is not questioning authority.

Because someone should be described as shouting when they never used exclamation points.
There are many ways to shout. Posting the same thing a dozen times in sperate posts over 2 pages of a thread can be considered a form of shouting.

Because asking someone to be friended on Facebook cannot be equated with asking for pics. Even though it's basically the same thing.
Your disdain for authority is seriously clouding your common sense. If you do not have the slightest idea who is on the sending end of a request...do not accept it. That is rule #1 for using the net. There are hundreds of stories dailey about facebook, emails, etc that are scams, viruses, child molesters, etc......if he was STUPID enough to post pictures of him doing something illegal onto the net, and STUPID enough to let someone he doesn't know have access to it....he deserves to be arrested. It could have been a psychopath that picked him to kill. If this guy getting arrested makes another kid decide not to be STUPID and post pics of himself doing something illegal and giving complete strangers access to it, then it has been a success.

[Addendum]

If you wanted your lives to be personal then you wouldn't put the pictures on the Internet.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4102/siskel2.jpg

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm glad my tax payer money is going toward policemen posing as hot chicks on facebook to catch 19 year old college kids drinking.

What a great use of resources.

[SuperFerret]

Your disdain for authority is seriously clouding your common sense. If you do not have the slightest idea who is on the sending end of a request...do not accept it. That is rule #1 for using the net. There are hundreds of stories dailey about facebook, emails, etc that are scams, viruses, child molesters, etc......if he was STUPID enough to post pictures of him doing something illegal onto the net, and STUPID enough to let someone he doesn't know have access to it....he deserves to be arrested. It could have been a psychopath that picked him to kill. If this guy getting arrested makes another kid decide not to be STUPID and post pics of himself doing something illegal and giving complete strangers access to it, then it has been a success.

:up: :up:

[SuperFerret]

I'm glad my tax payer money is going toward policemen posing as hot chicks on facebook to catch 19 year old college kids drinking.

What a great use of resources.

Yeah, it'd be a better idea to just let teenagers be irresponsible and be a danger to themselves and others.

[C. Lee]

I'm glad my tax payer money is going toward policemen posing as hot chicks on facebook to catch 19 year old college kids drinking.

What a great use of resources.

Yeah...I hate it when the police try to keep people from breaking the law. If it is against the law for a 19 year old to drink alchohol....then he shouldn't be too surprised if he gets in trouble for doing it.....for everyone knows, a drunken 19 year old has never killed anyone while driving drunk.

[MessiahDecoy123]

There are many ways to shout. Posting the same thing a dozen times in sperate posts over 2 pages of a thread can be considered a form of shouting.
Repeating yourself is not shouting. but capitalizing every word in a phrase is. Which you did, not me.


Your disdain for authority is seriously clouding your common sense. If you do not have the slightest idea who is on the sending end of a request...do not accept it. That is rule #1 for using the net. There are hundreds of stories dailey about facebook, emails, etc that are scams, viruses, child molesters, etc......if he was STUPID enough to post pictures of him doing something illegal onto the net, and STUPID enough to let someone he doesn't know have access to it....he deserves to be arrested. It could have been a psychopath that picked him to kill. If this guy getting arrested makes another kid decide not to be STUPID and post pics of himself doing something illegal and giving complete strangers access to it, then it has been a success.
I have a disdain for misused authority which this is. You think it's stupid (notice I didn't shout) for a college kid to take friend request from a hot chick because it could've been a child molester? He was 19, not 10. It's not stupid for a college kid to friend a an attractive young lady who came across his page incedently. It happens all the time which is one of the reasons for social networks. Fear of child molestors and virus doesn't prevent people from hooking up with people on facebook. It happens all the time, so it's not stupid to try.

What's stupid is to use tax money to pay cops to pose as hotties on the internet to bust someone 14 months from drinking age. Isn't that money better used busting child rapists?

and no I didn't capitalize stupid three times to virtually shout.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Yeah, it'd be a better idea to just let teenagers be irresponsible and be a danger to themselves and others.
Oh no! Someone who is almost 20 is drinking! Better bust them instead of the thousands of sexual predators targeting children. :doh:

[SuperFerret]

OR we could get them both while they're on sites like Facebook.

And seriously, the legal drinking age should be raised. Binge drinking in colleges is proof enough that 21 isn't mature enough to drink responsibly.

[Addendum]

Oh no! Someone who is almost 20 is drinking! Better bust them instead of the thousands of sexual predators targeting children. :doh:
No problem if they bust both

[MessiahDecoy123]

Yeah...I hate it when the police try to keep people from breaking the law. If it is against the law for a 19 year old to drink alchohol....then he shouldn't be too surprised if he gets in trouble for doing it.....for everyone knows, a drunken 19 year old has never killed anyone while driving drunk.
It's called having priorities. If someone is close to drinking age they shouldn't be a top priority for law enforcement.

Undercover bust should be reserved for pedophiles not a college kid drinking in his house. Yes, he was in his own house making drunbk driving less likely.

[MessiahDecoy123]

No problem if they bust both
The time the cop used to bust someone months from the drinking age he could've been used busting pedophiles.

That's time and money wasted.

[SuperFerret]

Illegal is illegal, and underage drinking is dangerous.

Am I on ignore or something?

[MessiahDecoy123]

OR we could get them both while they're on sites like Facebook.

And seriously, the legal drinking age should be raised. Binge drinking in colleges is proof enough that 21 isn't mature enough to drink responsibly.
The drinking age should be lowered. If an eighteen year old is old enough to die for this country they're old enough to have a brew.

[SuperFerret]

The drinking age should be lowered. If an eighteen year old is old enough to die for this country they're old enough to have a brew.

:whatever: Then give them a beer when they enlist.

[Morg]

Oh no! Someone who is almost 20 is drinking! Better bust them instead of the thousands of sexual predators targeting children. :doh:


Here some news, where I live we have over a dozen under 21 killed while drinking and one killed everyone(all 5) in the car while drunk

Total so far as I know is over 30+ teenagers/under 21 killed while DUI

[MessiahDecoy123]

Illegal is illegal, and underage drinking is dangerous.

Am I on ignore or something?
It's about having priorities.

Being months away from drinking age is no were near a public hazard as pedophiles on MySpace.

[MessiahDecoy123]

:whatever: Then give them a beer when they enlist.
or before they ship out. :up:

[SuperFerret]

But since they're there, why not bust kids for underage drinking?

[Addendum]

The time the cop used to bust someone months from the drinking age he could've been used busting pedophiles.

That's time and money wasted.

Dude, are you seriously trying to be a dumbass? Not all police forces are only Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney.

While a squad car is sitting off the side of the road clocking speeders, another is reporting to a report of domestic violence, another is monitoring a school, yet another is at a retail store taking a shoplifter away, some more are the first at a homicide scene getting things ready for the detectives that were assigned that case, while another homicide is being investigated, as is a burglary, and then there's the narcotics unit and the vice unit, and the SWAT guys.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Here some news, where I live we have over a dozen under 21 killed while drinking and one killed everyone(all 5) in the car while drunk

Total so far as I know is over 30+ teenagers/under 21 killed while DUI
People of all ages die of drunk driving.

Doesn't mean age is the main factor. Especially when it's only a matter of months.

[Morg]

People of all ages die of drunk driving.

Doesn't mean age is the main factor. Especially when it's only a matter of months.

:whatever:

Statistics on teenage drunk driving are frightening. Many resources compile stacks of data annually to help us understand how serious this problem has become. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of youth deaths, aged 15 to 20 years.

In the United States, 12.8% of all fatal traffic crashes were alcohol-related, and 40% of that number involved teens driving while drinking alcohol.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Dude, are you seriously trying to be a dumbass? Not all police forces are only Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney.

While a squad car is sitting off the side of the road clocking speeders, another is reporting to a report of domestic violence, another is monitoring a school, yet another is at a retail store taking a shoplifter away, some more are the first at a homicide scene getting things ready for the detectives that were assigned that case, while another homicide is being investigated, as is a burglary, and then there's the narcotics unit and the vice unit, and the SWAT guys.
Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

[MessiahDecoy123]

s:whatever:
Do you have a stat for high school kids versus college students account for fatalities?

There's a difference.

[SuperFerret]

Have you been to college? Most of the younger people there are exactly the same as dumbass high school kids. Exactly the same.

[Majic Walrus]

It's about having priorities.

Being months away from drinking age is no were near a public hazard as pedophiles on MySpace.

It's not as if pedophiles are posting picture of themselves doing something illegal in any case.

[Majic Walrus]

Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

An undercover operation? This was led by La Crosse police officer Al Iverson, who works in alcohol compliance and education. Alcohols only responsibility is to educate about and enforce the laws of alcohol.

It's not like they took someone off of a child molestation case to make him surf Facebook for teens drinking. These citations are not just done to piss teens off they're also showing them that if you drink underage or otherwise do not follow the rules when it comes to alcohol you will get cuaght and you will suffer the consequences.

I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Have you been to college? Most of the younger people there are exactly the same as dumbass high school kids. Exactly the same.
The average age of college freshmen is 19. High school students are typically younger than that.

[SuperFerret]

I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.

You overestimate the average dumbass.

[SuperFerret]

The average age of college freshmen is 19. High school students are typically younger than that.

Yes, I am aware of that. You seemed to have missed my point.

[MessiahDecoy123]

An undercover operation? This was led by La Crosse police officer Al Iverson, who works in alcohol compliance and education. Alcohols only responsibility is to educate about and enforce the laws of alcohol.

It's not like they took someone off of a child molestation case to make him surf Facebook for teens drinking. These citations are not just done to piss teens off they're also showing them that if you drink underage or otherwise do not follow the rules when it comes to alcohol you will get cuaght and you will suffer the consequences.
You don't know how many law enforcement resources they poured into busting 19 year olds on the internet.

Iverson's job is alcohol related but how many others are assigned to work with him. Are those resources better used elsewhere?


I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.
or stopped taking invites from hot chicks.

[Addendum]

Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

If one fails to grasp the concept that an officer checking for speeders on a street does not mean that a shoplifter from a retail store will not get caught, or that a homicide will go unsolved, or that a crack house will not have a sting, or that "pedos" are being caught the same time that some underage kid got nabbed for drinking via facebook, then the terminology is apt.

Just because you fail at multitasking doesn't mean that the police do as well.

[Suirou]

Yeah, it'd be a better idea to just let teenagers be irresponsible and be a danger to themselves and others.
They were drinking at their homes.

[SuperFerret]

And they can't be a danger to themselves or others at home?

[Aesop Rocks]

Hahahahahaha, my friends on Facebook seriously think 30 minutes in MSPaint won't get them in trouble for the pictures they post on Facebook.

[Majic Walrus]

You don't know how many law enforcement resources they poured into busting 19 year olds on the internet.

Iverson's job is alcohol related but how many others are assigned to work with him. Are those resources better used elsewhere?

or stopped taking invites from hot chicks.

All of the people that work with him are likely part of the same department. And while I don't know how many resources were spent in this kind of investigation... I do know that the article reported something like 8 people were cited. That sounds like a few hours work on Facebook and another couple hours giving out the citations.

Doesn't seem like it's that big a deal. I think you're making it a much larger issue because you obviously don't like cops and are trying to find an excuse to dislike them even more.

[MessiahDecoy123]

Doesn't seem like it's that big a deal. I think you're making it a much larger issue because you obviously don't like cops and are trying to find an excuse to dislike them even more.
Saying I disagree with the cop's actions because I don't like cops is like saying you agree with his action simply because you like cops.

I judge these things on a case by case basis.

[Hotwire]

It's called having priorities. If someone is close to drinking age they shouldn't be a top priority for law enforcement.

Undercover bust should be reserved for pedophiles not a college kid drinking in his house. Yes, he was in his own house making drunbk driving less likely.
I'm curious where you stand on the sting operations where an underage undercover cop goes in to buy alcohol. Then they arrest the clerk for selling it to a minor. Where are you on that one?

[Majic Walrus]

Saying I disagree with the cop's actions because I don't like cops is like saying you agree with his action simply because you like cops.

I judge these things on a case by case basis.

It just so happens that in every case the cops are wrong. You made the claim and you haven't provided a single substantial reason as to why this is bad. That's what I'm asking.

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm curious where you stand on the sting operations where an underage undercover cop goes in to buy alcohol. Then they arrest the clerk for selling it to a minor. Where are you on that one?
Well since one clerk can distribute alcohol to hundreds of minors then they're a greater danger to the community than a college kid drinking in his own house.

[MessiahDecoy123]

It just so happens that in every case the cops are wrong. You made the claim and you haven't provided a single substantial reason as to why this is bad. That's what I'm asking.
I've stated I believe it's a waste of resources.

[John Locke]

Well since one clerk can distribute alcohol to hundreds of minors then they're a greater danger to the community than a college kid drinking in his own house.
It wasn't a college kid, it was also his friends who most likely had somewhere else to go after they stopped drinking.

[Majic Walrus]

I've stated I believe it's a waste of resources.

Yes. But you haven't given any reason as to why this is the case beyond your personal feelings.

[Aesop Rocks]

It sucks Americans (UNITED STATES) are the only people to abuse Alcohol, hell, Germans, French, English kids all brink booze and stuff before we do and they're more responsible about it. Americans (UNITED STATES AND ONLY UNITED STATES) abuse and spoil alcohol and are careless with it. All because it's cool.

[katie_girl09]

^ :oldrazz:

[Hotwire]

Well since one clerk can distribute alcohol to hundreds of minors then they're a greater danger to the community than a college kid drinking in his own house.
You're right. We should ignore the underage drinker, well, if he's within two years of the drinking age. We should probably ignore the underage driver, too. You know, if he's only a couple of years from the legal driving age. Hmm, and while we're at it, let's ignore all other age regulations, you know, if the kid is "close" to the legal age.

[C. Lee]

Repeating yourself is not shouting. but capitalizing every word in a phrase is. Which you did, not me.Apparently you read someone else's post....because I didn't capitalize every word in any phrase. I capitalized a word several times to give it emphasis (such as some do by bolding it like this. I just happen to find the capitalizing of a word less time consuming than bolding). You also missed the point of my original post. I was not saying that you in particular (as you seem to think) was shouting in the literal and cyber space sense....but was using the word shout as a symbol when I said that some people "prefer to shout" meaning that they prefer to continuilly express thier displeasure with something as in "They were shouting thier dislike by saying the same thing over and over".

I have a disdain for misused authority which this is. You think it's stupid (notice I didn't shout) for a college kid to take friend request from a hot chick because it could've been a child molester? He was 19, not 10. It's not stupid for a college kid to friend a an attractive young lady who came across his page incedently. It happens all the time which is one of the reasons for social networks. Fear of child molestors and virus doesn't prevent people from hooking up with people on facebook. It happens all the time, so it's not stupid to try.And everyone knows that no one lies on the internet. Every hot chick that says she wants you on the net is a real live honest to goodness hot chick that wants you. There are no scams. There are no wierdos. There are no internet trolls that cause trouble for others just because they think it is funny and know thier chances of getting in trouble is almost non existant because of the aninimity of the net. So yes....I think it is stupid for anyone just accept a friend request from someone they do not know...especially if they don't check into it first or have things posted on thier account that can get them in trouble if found in the wrong hands.

Employers now scan thier employees facebook and other such sites for things they say about thier work. The news has a story every week of someone being fired for saying something or posting a pic that was stupid to do. There are many accounts of insurance companies denying claims or revoking previously paid claims and seeking restitution from people who have posted things that prove they are not telling the truth. There are many accounts of people being arrested because they post on sites about crimes they have committed.

What's stupid is to use tax money to pay cops to pose as hotties on the internet to bust someone 14 months from drinking age. Isn't that money better used busting child rapists?Who's to say that wasn't thier intent in the first place? The police use internet stings to catch all kinds of criminals. They could have very easily been looking for a rapist....but when someone pops up doing something else illegal, they busted him. That IS what we pay our tax dollars for....the police to catch criminals.

and no I didn't capitalize stupid three times to virtually shout.Neither did I.

[C. Lee]

It's called having priorities. If someone is close to drinking age they shouldn't be a top priority for law enforcement.Who said they were top priority? He got caught up in a sting operation. They could have caught people from 12 to 20 in it.

Undercover bust should be reserved for pedophiles not a college kid drinking in his house. The police do undercover busts for multiple offenses. I would be extremely mad if I knew my local police were ignoring some crimes just because the perpetrators were college kids.

Yes, he was in his own house making drunbk driving less likely.
Right....no one keeps thier car near to where they live.

[Hotwire]

What about using these internet stings to make drug busts? Such as, you post a picture of yourself doing drugs. Can the cops than catch your dumb ass in a sting? If so, what's the difference?

[Spidey-Bat]

I remember seeing on Lamebook someone posted a picture and you could see a line of coke in the background.

People deserve to be busted for posting pictures like that.

[zanos]

There must be an unbelievable lack of crime in wisconsin so trained police officers aren't needed patroling the streets or handling more serious online crime.

[Addendum]

Or that was what was assigned to that handful of officers for that day. It's a safe bet that other officers were doing other things that day as well.

[mrvlknight21]

You don't know how many law enforcement resources they poured into busting 19 year olds on the internet.
Iverson's job is alcohol related but how many others are assigned to work with him. Are those resources better used elsewhere?



or stopped taking invites from hot chicks.

Neither do you.

[CelticPredator]

Who needs to read 1984 anymore.
YOU ARE THE DEAD! ....d

[Manic]

The kid who got busted in the article was an idiot for
1. Posting pictures of himself doing something illegal on the internet
2. Accepting a friend request from someone they don't know on Facebook. Seriously, this ain't Myspace. You're only supposed to have people you've actually met on Facebook.

At the same time, I'm surprised the police actually bothered to bust him like that. It's one thing to break up a party, catch someone drunk, or catch someone in the act of drinking. But I never for one moment suspected the police would bother to find a local teenager online just to sift through their Facebook photos for proof of underage drinking.

By the way, even though I'm 25, I'm all for lowering the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. At the very least, I think people between the ages of 18 and 20 should be allowed to drink in their own homes-- so long as they don't leave the house, of course.

[CelticPredator]

C'mon, who's dad hasnt given their son a beer during a family get together?

[Manic]

My parents saw no problem in giving me the odd sip of something-something before I turned 21. My mom let me have some wine one New Years. My grampa and dad let me sip some beer before. One time I took a road trip to visit some relatives, and my aunt gave me a glass of wine after dinner every night.

[enterthemadness]

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_0ff40f7a-d4d1-11de-afb3-001cc4c002e0.html

Better watch your pics on facebooks :p

This is pretty low to do...but thinking about it...whatever. Although it does remind me of this...

On the Alien Ant Farm dvd Busted...it clearly shows Tye (bass player) holding up some bags with 'white stuff' in it. Dryden (lead singer) proceeds to do hits through his nose. It's clearly assumed to be 'Coke'. And it has the date on the camera. 1998 I believe. You'd think since this dvd is over 3 years old and it shows coke/weed use....the band would get in trouble. Although I'm sure law enforcement would get tire of male nudity on the documentary and forget about the drugs.

[Manic]

Well, law enforcers never bust celebrities for drug use. That's why Snoop Dogg fills every hotel room, limo, and backstage dressing room he's ever been in with smoke, but the DEA never knocks on his door. You'd have to get caught at the airport with weed in your bag for someone to actually bust you if you're a celebrity.

[enterthemadness]

Well, law enforcers never bust celebrities for drug use. That's why Snoop Dogg fills every hotel room, limo, and backstage dressing room he's ever been in with smoke, but the DEA never knocks on his door. You'd have to get caught at the airport with weed in your bag for someone to actually bust you if you're a celebrity.

What a double Standard.

And I like Snoop Dog. Maybe not his music. But in the movies and interviews he's done...he seems really cool.

[Scar Predator]

C'mon, who's dad hasnt given their son a beer during a family get together?

This dad. I've already taught my daughters what the term "Straight Edge" means.

As for the article, it seems a little odd that the cops don't have bigger priorities than searching Facebook for crimes but I have no sympathy for the kids that get caught.

[Hotwire]

The kid who got busted in the article was an idiot for
1. Posting pictures of himself doing something illegal on the internet
2. Accepting a friend request from someone they don't know on Facebook. Seriously, this ain't Myspace. You're only supposed to have people you've actually met on Facebook.

At the same time, I'm surprised the police actually bothered to bust him like that. It's one thing to break up a party, catch someone drunk, or catch someone in the act of drinking. But I never for one moment suspected the police would bother to find a local teenager online just to sift through their Facebook photos for proof of underage drinking.

By the way, even though I'm 25, I'm all for lowering the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. At the very least, I think people between the ages of 18 and 20 should be allowed to drink in their own homes-- so long as they don't leave the house, of course.
However, research has shown the even a large number of people over the legal drinking age, 21-25 I think, are not mature enough to handle the effects of alcohol.
This is pretty low to do...but thinking about it...whatever. Although it does remind me of this...

On the Alien Ant Farm dvd Busted...it clearly shows Tye (bass player) holding up some bags with 'white stuff' in it. Dryden (lead singer) proceeds to do hits through his nose. It's clearly assumed to be 'Coke'. And it has the date on the camera. 1998 I believe. You'd think since this dvd is over 3 years old and it shows coke/weed use....the band would get in trouble. Although I'm sure law enforcement would get tire of male nudity on the documentary and forget about the drugs.
So the video was 8 years old when the DVD was released, and now it's 11 years old. Probably exceeds the statute of limitations.

This dad. I've already taught my daughters what the term "Straight Edge" means.
Hey, i didn't know C.M. Punk posted on these boards!

[Metamorpho1977]

Next thing you know, they will be knocking on your door asking where the Jews are hiding because there's a guy in the pic wearing a yarmulke.

[SuperFerret]

Yeah, because that's exactly the same.

[terry78]

Next thing you know, they will be knocking on your door asking where the Jews are hiding because there's a guy in the pic wearing a yarmulke.

They'll know where they are. In the office of the company that owns the internet. :awesome:

[Metamorpho1977]

Yeah, because that's exactly the same.

yeah it is. or not far from it.

[Manic]

However, research has shown the even a large number of people over the legal drinking age, 21-25 I think, are not mature enough to handle the effects of alcohol.
It could be argued that people who start drinking take a while before they learn to be completely responsible. Put the drinking age at 21, and you'll notice a learning curve in people's early-20s. Other countries put their drinking ages at around 18-20; how are their statistics?

[Majic Walrus]

There must be an unbelievable lack of crime in wisconsin so trained police officers aren't needed patroling the streets or handling more serious online crime.

:whatever: Yep and that's the way it is man. In Wisconsin the cops just set around on Facebook.

[CELTICPRED]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I live in Wisconsin, and I've gotten 3 or so random FRs in the last 2 months. Never had anything like that in the last 4 years, wonder if they're connected.

[Hotwire]

It could be argued that people who start drinking take a while before they learn to be completely responsible. Put the drinking age at 21, and you'll notice a learning curve in people's early-20s. Other countries put their drinking ages at around 18-20; how are their statistics?
The study actual had little to do with the alcohol itself, but rather the mental development of people under the age of 25.

[Hotwire]

yeah it is. or not far from it.
The biggest difference here is the cops are looking for evidence of illegal activity. I'd also wager that the people they were sending these friend requests to were suspected of crimes already. So, if you are a law abiding citizen, you'd have nothing to worry about. Were I loose sympathy for the idiot who got busted is that he posted pictures of himself breaking the law on a public website. It would be no different than if someone under 21 posted pics of themselves drinking in or Photo Album thread.

[mrvlknight21]

yeah it is. or not far from it.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg9/jb21-2007/207_not_sure_if_serious.jpg

[amazingfantasy15]

I'm totally against this, if you're busting a party that's fine to ticket the kids. However, busting them how many days, weeks or months later for a crime that can't actually proved happened. Holding a beer is not drinking a beer. Maybe the kid did slip up and admit it, but do we really need to question a kid about underage drinking? It is a total waste of resources, the cop has to find the kid, send the friend request, see the pics, sure that would take much time at all. However, then there's the arresting or ticketing process, sending this kid to court, wasting the court's time, all for what a $150-200 fine?

The underage drinking laws are ridiculous anyway, all it does is add to the stupidity of kids getting drunk because they're doing something bad. Especially when it's on a college campus, since more often than not the kids aren't going to be driving since it'll be a dorm party or off campus house close enough to walk to. I don't think I ever drove or got a ride to a party when I was in college, since it was so much easier to just walk.

That said, I do think kid's these days are too stupid to be using things like Facebook and Twitter because they feel the need to broadcast every single bit of their life on the 'net.

[Majic Walrus]

I'm totally against this, if you're busting a party that's fine to ticket the kids. However, busting them how many days, weeks or months later for a crime that can't actually proved happened. Holding a beer is not drinking a beer. Maybe the kid did slip up and admit it, but do we really need to question a kid about underage drinking? It is a total waste of resources, the cop has to find the kid, send the friend request, see the pics, sure that would take much time at all. However, then there's the arresting or ticketing process, sending this kid to court, wasting the court's time, all for what a $150-200 fine?

The underage drinking laws are ridiculous anyway, all it does is add to the stupidity of kids getting drunk because they're doing something bad. Especially when it's on a college campus, since more often than not the kids aren't going to be driving since it'll be a dorm party or off campus house close enough to walk to. I don't think I ever drove or got a ride to a party when I was in college, since it was so much easier to just walk.

That said, I do think kid's these days are too stupid to be using things like Facebook and Twitter because they feel the need to broadcast every single bit of their life on the 'net.

I don't necessarily personally agree with the national drinking age, however that being said:

You said all for what a fine? No not at all. The fine is simply the handn of the law, the law is the reason that you ticket the kid. He did something illegal. When your job is to enforce the law.... well you see my point I think.

[Addendum]

This dad. I've already taught my daughters what the term "Straight Edge" means.

Because nothing says "i love you" like forcing one's kids to believe what the parent/s do :dry:

[amazingfantasy15]

I don't necessarily personally agree with the national drinking age, however that being said:

You said all for what a fine? No not at all. The fine is simply the handn of the law, the law is the reason that you ticket the kid. He did something illegal. When your job is to enforce the law.... well you see my point I think.

Well then why aren't people always getting busted for jaywalking? They're breaking the law, they should be ticketed and taught a lesson about breaking laws.

[Majic Walrus]

Well then why aren't people always getting busted for jaywalking? They're breaking the law, they should be ticketed and taught a lesson about breaking laws.

They are, but comparing underage drinking to traffic offenses is apples to oranges. I will spend more time trying to stop an underage drinker than even a speeder. And obviously not all traffic offenders are cited and not every underage drinker is.

[Metamorpho1977]

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg9/jb21-2007/207_not_sure_if_serious.jpg

just wait, first random facebook friends, then gestapo kicking the door down.

[mrvlknight21]

Next thing you know, they will be knocking on your door asking where the Jews are hiding because there's a guy in the pic wearing a yarmulke.

just wait, first random facebook friends, then gestapo kicking the door down.

Yeah, but come on...did you write the first post above just for effect or do you really believe that?
Keep in mind you are comparing Nazi Germany/holocuast stuff to catching underage folks drinking.

[amazingfantasy15]

They are, but comparing underage drinking to traffic offenses is apples to oranges. I will spend more time trying to stop an underage drinker than even a speeder. And obviously not all traffic offenders are cited and not every underage drinker is.

Well, then we've just got different priorities, I'd always try to stop the speeder than the underage drinker. Especially trying to catch him or her days, weeks or months after the fact on Facebook.

[CelticPredator]

This dad. I've already taught my daughters what the term "Straight Edge" means.

As for the article, it seems a little odd that the cops don't have bigger priorities than searching Facebook for crimes but I have no sympathy for the kids that get caught.

Your kids are going to have the ****tiest life. I'm not one to judge parenting skills, but man...way to shelter the **** out of your kids.

They WONT have a good High School run.
:dry:

[C. Lee]

Your kids are going to have the ****tiest life. I'm not one to judge parenting skills, but man...way to shelter the **** out of your kids.

They WONT have a good High School run.
:dry:

I never drank....and I had a great time in high school. I can have fun without having to take mind altering chemicals.

[CelticPredator]

Did you choose that? Or did your parents make you?

If you chose that, then thats all good man. Your parents laid out the rules, and you did your own thing.

My parents told me everything. The pros, the cons, the dangers. I did my own research, I dont drink, but I smoke sometimes.

[Ace of Knaves]

Hmmm. If the police knocked on my door and said I was under arrest or gave me a fine for drinking by looking at month old Facebook pics I'd tell them to go take a running jump.

Seriously...looking through complete strangers pictures is not only imposing on privacy, but it's creepy. Cops shouldn't be allowed to do that or be able to use it as evidence.

Actually I'd bring out the peedo card.

"What you looking at my pics for? You like little boys or something?"

If they are allowed to do this, what's next? Fiber optic cameras in random peoples homes without warrants looking for crimes?

[CelticPredator]

Welp. If that happens, I better get out my Victory Gin for the Hate Week.

[CrashNburn]

moral of the story is if you're gonna drink under age dont take pictures! I would never take a pic of me killing someone...not that I have ever killed anyone or ever would. lol