I'm surprised at the level of contempt for this guy. He's definitely got his short points but we see far, far worse in the news every day. He's pretty small change as far as bad people go.
Boy trapped in homemade balloon...
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That's the main thing: Everyone was terrified that the poor kid was dead and they may have just been playing with us.
Wow! He served 2 days in jail and the house-arrest 12 years ago for misdemeanor charges of vandalism?! The guy is a complete fuck-bag!
I think I was mainly concerned about how utterly terrified the child would have been if he was in the balloon.
Once the whole thing was over, I felt like I had gotten free entertainment. There's definitely a cool-factor here that I'm surprised more people don't appreciate.
I'm sure the people at Denver International weren't too concerned about a "cool factor".
Probably not but I wasn't there.
Not me. I was kinda entertained, and then it was all's well that ends well. I realize that a lot of valuable resources were wasted, as well as rescuer's time, if indeed it was a hoax as it seems to be, but I just can't get personally worked up about it. I didn't affect me one iota. I agree that if it was a haox he should be punished, but if anything I feel kinda bad for him. Now he has egg on his face, people want to tar and feather him, etc. If it was a hoax I think he should have covered his tracks better. It was sloppy.
It could have been real odder things have happened.
He also broke several laws and might have endangered his kids. You break the laws you go to jail. You don't think he should go to jail?!
He also thinks EVERY rock on Mars is an alien body part.
To jail? For what? Being stupid. Maybe I missed it but did those Cartoon Network ad folks go to jail for their stunt that cause a bomb scare? What about the people that were going to give him a show based on this? Should they go to jail too?
There are real criminals out there, this guy is not one of them.
There are real criminals out there, this guy is not one of them.
Maybe he really believes that but I wouldn't be surprised if that's part of his publicity thing. Similarly, I doubt that he believes Hillary Clinton is a shape-shifting reptilian.
Well said, sir. Bravo!
I've stated three times, in this thread, that he should be waterboarded.
He should be sent to Gitmo for some waterboarding.
There, that makes it four times.
Go back a couple of pages and read up what some of the charges are. Guess what? Criminal. Just because you don't think it's a serious as murder doesn't mean what he did should be shrugged off.
Or do you feel everyone should have a hearty chuckle about this and then everyone goes home?
If found guilty.
Including but not limited to:conspiracy contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and attempting to influence a public servant. I would expect Federal charges to spring up from affecting air traffic out of Denver and the involvement of NORAD and the FAA.
And breaking the law.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/ar...al_charges_dropped_in_marketing_stunt?mode=PF
They had to pay 2 million dollars in restitution to the city of Boston, a Cartoon Network exec lost his job.
The show wasn't based on this, it was just to drum up media attention.
If they told him to do this or were complicit in any way. Yes.
He broke the law. Several laws. He's a "real criminal".
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