Posted on 02/01/2008 1:46:52 PM PST by LibWhacker
Classic case of yelling “Movie” in a crowded firehouse. NOT protected speech.
Unwittingly? More like nitwittingly.
Fire...crowded theater...Book ‘em, Danno.
Someone should blind fold her in a chair, and pretend to shoot her in the head with a hand gun just to let her see how people react when they think something is real, versus fake.
What a crock ‘o crap, it would do this twit some good if she were to do some time, maybe a few weeks to a month in jail, see how fast this type of crap would stop.
She’s probably a very smart girl, as she’s going to MIT. But, for all her alleged intelligence, she has no common sense. Definitely liberal in her leanings; she’s engaging in self-expression, people need to be tolerant of her and any stupid thing she decides to do, just because...........
Soooooooo, why doesn't she have it on in the picture, why didn't she wear it to court, afterall, it is part of her identity.
Sounds more like an overreaction by authorities at the airport, and poor choice on her part.
She did not in fact explicitly or implicitly indicate that the device incorporated into her outfit was a bomb. By the description, it doesn’t even sound like it even looks like a bomb.
If she’s guilty of anything, it is poor fashion sense.
When the other people beat the crap out of him, is that not also their form of free speech?
If she decided to "express herself in that manner", then it was not an "unwitting" action. Which is it counselor? Is she a Fool or a Jacka$$?
I like this idea. This would drive home the message that you can’t just do whatever the heck you want, whereever you want, and everyone has to just be understanding of your aberrant behavior.
So many electronics-ignorant and EE-ignorant lemmings are so hyper-scared!
Great. Chase all the people who actually know how to do things out of business, or into other countries.
She did, though, have some stuff (the protoboard with bare wires and LEDs, and some play-doh) and she did not act in a reassuring way (she did not say, when asked, “Oh, I made this at MIT and I’m gonna show my boyfriend, isn’t it cooool?”, she walked quickly away). She scared people by what she had and how she acted.
In that light, FALSELY crying “fire” comes to mind.
Maybe, maybe not. I'd have to see this "wearable" circuit board. My first reaction was that she was a complete idiot. Then I heard that the circuit board's lights spelled out her name, which only an idiot would find threatening. Now I hear the defense is "free speech" which is also idiotic. Show me the damn board, and then I can decide whether the idiot is her or the security people.
The "realism" of the threat matters. If someone shows up at the airport with a realistic lookalike plastic weapon, he's going to be taken down. How about if its a kid with an obvious, transparent flourescent water pistol?
For all the press on this, why haven't they just shown a pic of the "item" that caused the problems so reasonable people could make up their own minds about what happened?
While she’s got to be a very bright young lady going to MIT, she’s certainly lacking in the common sense category.
I remember when this happened. She’s a geeky MIT student or something. It was not a bomb, it was a shirt she made for some silly geek reason with little electronic LEDs flashing on her shirt or some silly thing like that. It obviously wasn’t a bomb. This is another case of the gov’t going too far with airport searches, and scaredy-cat tactics. I’m tired of taking off my shoes at airports. I want to bring my Gatorade on board dammit! We’re United States citizens! The best in the world!
We used to be better than this. Throw the case out, along with all the other stupid things the sheep in this country are scared of. Where are the real men and women? What happened to America?
Our freedoms are slipping away.
Are you kidding?
What she was wearing:
"the battery-powered device on her shirt, which had flashing lights and the words "Socket to me" and "Course VI" (a major at MIT) written on the back."
Let her wear it, but shoot her next time. While you’re at it shoot her lawyer too.
After all everyone knows that suicide bombers are not a problem. Its really the people who have prejudices against the suicide bombers that cause all the dead people.
So is our ability to survive based on your statements.
It is clear that our enemies are 100 times smarter than your average libertarian.
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