Posted on 12/30/2019 1:31:40 PM PST by Jotmo
WASHINGTON, D.C.In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court bench handed down a ruling Thursday approving the death penalty for people who comment on articles without reading them.
In the highly publicized case, State of Texas v. Wilbur, state authorities had found internet user Edward Wilbur guilty of posting a comment on a story linked on his Facebook page, a news story Wilbur had clearly never read.
While most of those convicted under Texas recent state law banning commenting on news stories or opinion pieces without reading them get off with a few months of community service or a stiff fine, the severe stupidity of Wilburs comment reportedly landed him a shocking sentence of execution by lethal injection.
Mr. Wilbur commented on a news story about a minor update to Texas public schools science curriculum, prosecuting attorney Hank Cassidy told reporters outside the Supreme Court building just after the controversial ruling was announced. But it was immediately apparent he hadnt even read the article, and barely even glanced at the headline. He left a long, rambling comment attacking Obamacare, liberals, evolution in the school system, and chem trails, among other topics.
According to Cassidy, this led to state officials taking Wilbur in for questioning before booking him on the capital charge of commenting without reading, kicking off a long appeals process, which finally concluded with the Supreme Courts hearing of the case in todays historic decision.
This will be good for America, the prosecuting attorney said. Finally, justice has been done.
“And DON’T talk to the audience.”
Criminals usually plead guilty to a lesser charge of poor punctuating and pelling and go for years before their charged with the capital crime...
Does reading headline and first paragraph count? Maybe that will only be life in prison?
What? Spoil an opportunity for a perfectly snarky rant by reading an article? That is subversive!
#1 Love the Babylon Bee!
#2 This will be the end of Free Republic
#3 I hope the law hasn’t taken effect yet, as I haven’t read the article.
What appears in the Bee unfortunately becomes settled law in a few years.
LONG OVERDUE!!!
Snopes fact check in 3...2....
This shouldn’t be a problem because
FReepers never post articles from foreign sources.
7
LOL! Perfectly justifiable use, IMHO.
At least well all be together on death row.
How about the death penalty for Supreme Court Justices who haven’t read the Constitution ? (beware JR)
I at least scan every sentence in any article I comment on. And I mean I click on the link and read the original.
It’s an act of respect for my fellow Freepers.
Will I be the Lone Survivor?
FReepers never post articles from foreign sources.
How about the death penalty for Supreme Court Justices who havent read the Constitution ?
Many Freepers will be put to death soon.
Whoever has been writing for them for the last 6-8 months is just EN FUEGO!
is today April 1 backwards?
Ok guys...see you in Gitmo. I’ll be the dude from Red Dawn at the fence shouting “AVENGE ME!”..
I wonder if they will apply the death penalty to those who write: “there,” instead of “they’re.”
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