Sparrow Tag said:
Besides the fact he's an idiot, seizing his computer was probally a bit of an overstep. I mean, how many terrorists play WoW? And how many tell people they're actually going to blow up a plane?
The answer would be none. (I hope.)
The answer would be more than you could imagine.
Either way it is a crime to declare such an act in the public, regardless of your intent to follow through on it. It's one thing they got right with the Patriot Act. There are plenty of ways to mouth off your machoism, but something like that is never ever cool.
And think back to all that was discovered in plain sight after the fact about the terrorists who hijacked three planes one September 11th. If one person listened to their inner voice telling them that learning to fly without learning to land is suspicious, a lot of lives might have been saved. Terrorists are NOT evil masterminds. They are human beings same as you and me, infallible, just with a big chip on their shoulder and a screwed up idea of how to get their point across.
Kudos to Blizzard for taking this seriously.
(Besides, if by some small teeny-weeny chance the guy was hacked, the FBI will discover that when they do look at his computer.)
