So, who's reading this right now?
Via Brilliant at Breakfast (again), an interesting tale of the internet:
You know, I really want to believe that this will turn out to be a hoax. I think I'd be able to sleep better if it was.
A couple of weeks ago, following the last presidential debate, I said some rather inflammatory things about George W. Bush in a public post in my LJ, done in a satirical style. We laughed, we ranted, we all said some things. I thought it was a fairly harmless (and rather obvious) attempt at humor in the face of annoyance, and while a couple of people were offended, as is typical behavior from me, I saw something shiny and forgot about it, thinking that the whole thing was over and done and nothing else would come of what I said.(More here and here)
I was wrong.
At 9:45 last night, the Secret Service showed up on my mother's front door to talk to me about what I said about the President, as what I said could apparently be misconstrued as a threat to his life. After about ten minutes of talking to me and my family, they quickly came to the conclusion that I was not a threat to national security (mostly because we are the least threatening people in the entire world) and told me that they would not recommend that any further action be taken with my case. However, I do now have a file with the FBI that includes my photograph, my e-mail address, and the location of my LJ. This will follow me around for the rest of my life, regardless of the fact that the Secret Service knows that I am not a threat.
You know, I really want to believe that this will turn out to be a hoax. I think I'd be able to sleep better if it was.
Nick got away with this at 11:24 PM
2 Comments:
What's the problem? The FBI takes seriously and investigates *every* threat to the life of every President. Clearly some nasty moonbat threatened his life and they did their job.
She admits that in the posts you link to:
"My political beliefs did not trigger this, and what happened to me was not political. The reason why I was reported to the FBI was because I made the mistake of posting something that could be misconstrued as being a threat to the president's safety. I understand this, I apologize for it, and I will not make the same mistake again.
... I do not have any issues with the Secret Service for investigating the post. That's their job. That's what they have to do. I understand that, and the people who spoke to me were very nice, very understanding, and I appreciate how pleasant they were to me. I appreciate that they were kind and thorough, and I understand that they have to take every single claim seriously."
I think "she would say that wouldn't she?" is probably the apposite comment - she doesn't want another dawn visit from the Secret Service.
The point is that in a sane country, suggesting that it would be nice if God were to kill your leader would not earn you an early morning police visit. The kind of countries where that sort of thing would earn you a visit from the police are the kinds of countries that the US bombs for being unfree...
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