The Bridge

@Frank I hope the kid confessing to swatting does more than scare him straight. I hope it gets him put in jail for several years.

Powerlord

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@Fluttershy You'd hope. But he's a juvenile, so that probably won't happen.

@Frank How old? And juvenile detention is still a thing.

Isn't it? :o

@Fluttershy 'tis, but I think he was...13?

Swatting sucks, yeah, but let's bring down the hammer on those that should know better. If the kid had been 18 or older, then, yeah, jail time, for sure, for wasting police resources.

Mad Scientist

8:09 PM

@Fluttershy Civilized countries generally don't imprison children

@MadScientist Tell that to the court looking to imprison a 14 year old girl for life. Granted, attempted murder is considerably worse than swatting.

user15026

@Fluttershy This.

@Frank A 13 year old should absolutely know better.

user15026

@Fluttershy Agreed. It was an intentional act.

Mad Scientist

@Fluttershy The US is a bit of an outlier among supposedly civilized countries in that regard

8:11 PM

@Fluttershy And now he does. If he does it again, I fully support jailing him.

@Frank He did it three times.

@Fluttershy Yep. And I doubt he'll ever do it again.

@Sterno Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of me killing yet another boss while you're busy watching Dora the Explorer and Kinged Surprise Let's Plays.

@Frank So, basically, you don't think he should be punished for doing it the third time because he didn't get caught after the first two times?

I think @Frank's point is that putting the kind in jail could completely ruin his life, and since he's only 13, that might be a little harsh.

8:13 PM

@murgatroid99 No, I don't think he should be jailed because I don't think he understood how wrong it was.

user15026

@Frank I disagree wholeheartedly

The kid should definitely be punished, but jailtime might be too severe.

Now he does, and if the cops can't scare the shit out of him, then jail is where he should go.

user15026

@Wipqozn I think juvenile detention might not be a bad thing.

user15026

Because once, okay, maybe. Three times? No freaking way.

user15026

8:14 PM

Kid knew what they were doing.

@Frank How will he learn the consequences of his actions if they don't actually have consequences?

Yuuki

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@murgatroid99 That's a good point. Ideally, his parents would have noticed this behaviour, and spanked it out of him after the first time.

Rapitor

if you're old enough to do the crime you're old enough to do the time. As unpopular opinion as it is.

user15026

@Frank That's not nearly the same sort of deterrent as jail.

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@AshleyNunn No, it's not. I agree.

I wouldn't have a problem with jailtime so long as it was short, and over the summer...

And, really, I think swatting is a massively immature prank.

user15026

Nah man, I don't think it matters if he was a kid or not, I think he should be punished as allowed under the law, and if that means getting pulled out of school, well.

I just don't think jail is really the answer, not for a first offense. He probably just thought it was a hilarious prank.

user15026

8:16 PM

(Although they do have school programs in juvie, at least here)

Unionhawk

Classifying swatting as a prank is...

user15026

@Frank Then jail will teach him it really fucking isn't.

@Frank It's more than a prank, though. When you send armed people to what they think is a hostile environment in someone else's house, it's dangerous

@Frank Swatting isn't just some prank.

user15026

This isn't like TPing someone's yard, this is fucking up people's lives and putting them in danger.

8:17 PM

@Fluttershy I know that, you know that, but the kid's just 13.

user15026

@Frank Just 13 my ass.

Powerlord

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@Frank Since you keep bringing it up, I should point out that ignorance of the law is no excuse

Powerlord

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Unionhawk

I absolutely don't buy that as an excuse

user15026

8:17 PM

13 is almost high school, that's well old enough to know what you are doing.

@Frank Thirteen is old enough to know better.

I thought I was usually the one that advocated for zero tolerance.

user15026

Ignorance is not an excuse for stupidity especially when it actively endangers others.

Do you really think the girl who stabbed another girl 19 times didn't know better because she was so young?

@murgatroid99 The reason he is bringing up age is because of A) Not fully understanding how bad what they are doing really is and B) Jailtime could completely ruin his life. Jails, especially in the USA, are known for making people worse not better.

8:18 PM

@Fluttershy Okay, that's something entirely different, and is conflating two different actions.

Yuuki

Jailtime != rehabilitation.

user15026

@Wipqozn I honestly have no sympathy in this case.