http://blog.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1122 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:58 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1122 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1864 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:54 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1864 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c659 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:12 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c659 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1109 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:24:38 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1109 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c641 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:24:04 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c641 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c635 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:44 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c635 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c617 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:38 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c617
Don't answer a cop's question? DC.

Ask a cop an awkward question? DC.

Sneeze too close to a cop and forget to cover your mouth? DC.

Any hint of not respecting the authoritah... DC.]]> http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1090 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:17 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/16402423161/first-hand-account-judicial-smackdown-prenda-minnesota.shtml#c1090 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c413 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:46 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c413 I honestly miss Jack Thompson.

The guy may have been an overzealous anti-video game crusader, but at least his "arguments" were slightly more realistic than some of the bizzaro claims made by today's anti-violent video game crowd.

How long is the video game industry going to put up with this bullshit?

As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."]]> http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c40 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:36 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c40 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c604 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:13 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c604 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c521 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:40 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c521 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c597 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:17 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c597 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c588 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:13 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c588 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c582 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:43 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c582
Hopefully some of these parents start doing more than just file complaints that can be tucked away. I'd like to think the school will change it's tune quick when they realize they are actually on the line for this.

It's insulting how smug they are about kids being injured because they didn't like how the way they were behaving and then on top of that they seem like they are patting themselves on the back for a 'smart plan' to sidestep responsibility and any decision making.

If the school employees are too incompetent to handle kids with water balloons without police involvement, the school simply needs new employees or to do without those positions at all.]]> http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c28 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:41 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c28 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c577 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:21 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c577
Aren't people supposed to say something if they see something? What if they were more than just water guns and balloons? You can never be too careful.]]> http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1859 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:38 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/10401723156/if-you-think-you-should-actually-own-products-you-bought-now-would-be-good-time-to-call-congress.shtml#c1859 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c571 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:18 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c571 http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c553 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:36 PDT http://blog.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c553
I'd say you got off easy.]]>