Twitter Terrorism Gets 2 Mexicans 30 Years in Jail

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Joelcool7 said:

I dunno he probably had no intention of causing so much chaos. Probably didn't realize just how far it would go. I agree he deserves jail time and a very big fine. But I don't think more then four years should be warranted. its like when somebody calls in a bomb threat, they cause extreme chaos but they don't go to jail for 30 years.

Also they should investigate further into why he did what he did, if he intended to cause chaos and destruction then he should be charged differently then if it was a joke gone wrong or just a stupid decision that the user didn't expect to snow ball.

I think 5 years is reasonable for the offence. But I'm not a judge I guess it will be up to the Mexican courts. However in Canada I don't think he would get more then five years. So I don't really believe he should in Mexico either, they are way harsher on light crimes!

What did he expect would result from this? This isn't a 'light' crime, considering the results of it. When people make jokes like this, they generally do intedn to cause chaos, they're just doing it 'in good humor', rather than 'because they're evil'. The result is still the same though, and so should the punishment.

Something like this happens every year in my country, but due to social networking sites it wasworse than ever today. Someone posted on Facebook that a friend of a friend's child was kidnapped by 'organ snatchers' disguised as ambulance medics, and people in some neighborhoods started throwing stones at ambulances when they arrived. People also attacked individuals who were walking down the street because they 'looked suspicious'. There was general histeria for a few days, and even when the police said all these claims were bogus, people just said that it was a huge consipracy, and the police were in on it. It was horrible!