This seems to be the reason Newsday thought the story was important, since they put this guy's quote at the end.
Can you hear me now?
Good for Alamia.
This girl is and was too comfortable. She is a product of society where shame, fear, guilt, and corporal punishment are deemed too harsh for a civilized society. She is a probably public school student who is too uneducated to operate a voting machine or a cell phone. I personally cannot disagree with the generalization that the court system has a lot of lousy judges who go from one extreme to other. But people who are terminally stupid often find themselves at the mercy of people who may or may not be a jerk. The only fear this girl has is being unable to feed her momentary impulses to do what she wants to do exactly when she wants to do it. She has no fear that she is on track to lead a life of misery where she seems to be always butting heads over authority issues pertaining to things which have little signigicance in the larger scheme of things. She will be a drag on society and consume far more than she ever produces. But she will keep the liberal base viable and provide a host for the parasitic lawyers who feed on the underclasses.
This should read: Girl, 17, jailed for being an idiot.
I fully support the judge, cell phones are for losers who think they're so important even when they're taking a crap they need to be available, what ego's these types have
I'd like to give this judge a pat on the back for having some guts.
The fact is, in the court room, the judge is King. This is how the courts have always been. I think that the fact he warned everyone to turn off their cell phones and the girl ignored him places the blame for her situation squarely on her own shoulders.
When you're in court, do whatever legal and moral things the judge tells you to do, especially if it's to turn off your stupid cell phone!
Perhaps next time someone in a position of authority tells her to do something, she will obey.
I know!,I know! What was I thinking?
Rules are for other people. They do not apply to me[her].
Another tyrant is a robe who thinks he is somehow more than just another government employee. He's no different that the typical clerk at the DMV but he's got the people believing he's somehow better than that.
Typical Lawn Guyland MORON judge.