The FACEBOOK Thread

[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]

^

 

[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

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.

 

[Lantern Venom]

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.