The New York Times reports:
A woman who sent her Arab-American boss a threatening note that warned ”Remember 9/11” and ”You and your kids will pay” was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in a federal halfway house.
Kia Reid, who described herself as Christian, donned gloves to craft the note from magazine clippings and then left it in Nina Timani’s office, prosecutors said.
I’m surprised by the harsh sentence, but maybe this will curb some of the hate speech we see. You can read the full article here.
It isn’t like it’s 8 months in jail. If you’re in a halfway house you can still go to work (if, of course, you haven’t been fired for sending your boss a threatening letter), hang out with friends, etc. You just have to tell them where you’re going & what you’re doing, and if you breach the rules more often than the given quota permits, then it’s off to the slammer.
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Given the political climate, I think if she’s that dedicated & calculating (had she written the note by hand & just given it to him, she probably would have gotten a couple of months probation at the most, fired at the least), then she does nothing less than promote hatred for not only Christians, but English speaking Westerners in general.
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And yeah. Fred Phelps deserves the same treatment, only he’s a multiple offender, so should be judged accordingly.
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St John the Blasphemist
Saint of Poetic Justice
I cant beleive there’s no takers for the hat mail campaign!
How about this
1. Send origami pirate hats to prominent religious leaders.
2. Wait to see what happens.
3. I havn’t thought of 3 yet…..
CC
I love the hatmail idea!
we should start another pledge on pledgebank to send them to MP’s!
I think that woman sending that is digusting, and she should be given a custodial sentence - why didn’t she just change jobs?
Nice Xian attitude threatening his kids as well - Jeebus would be proud!
@ Captain Codpiece-
3) The LSD we soaked the paper in is absorbed through their skin and kicks in during Sunday service.
@Captain Codpiece
“I don’t think the Dalai Lahma wears a hat.”
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He doesn’t, but should. To cover that bald-ass head of his. Must be unpleasantly cold in winter, especially given that Tibet is 2600m and up I believe. Poor man.
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You see the great advantage of Pastafarianism? We don’t get cold. Merely thinking of a particular wench and an afterlife full of stripper angels……I’m getting a bit hot now.
Alright!
@DPG”You see the great advantage of Pastafarianism? We don’t get cold. Merely thinking of a particular wench and an afterlife full of stripper angels……I’m getting a bit hot now.”
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RAmen to that, bretherin!
I’m never gonna get a medal. The Prophet posts a good four hours before I get up!
I could use a wench, it’s getting bloody cold.
I’m never gonna get a medal. The Prophet posts a good four hours before I get up!
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All good things come to he (or she) who waits, brother (or sister, etc)
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Many of us had to wait for months, in the cold wilderness, before someone thought up the “Wheee! First Post” game.
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It even had to fight off a spam filter attack a few months ago!
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Your time will come. Do not despair!
@Pluto
3) The LSD we soaked the paper in is absorbed through their skin and kicks in during Sunday service.
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That’s a cunnin’ plan if ever there were a cunnin’ plan!
ArrrrrrAmen
Did someone call?
Are my wench skills needed?
A cuddle would be very nice :) ;)
@Booty
“Did someone call?
Are my wench skills needed?
A cuddle would be very nice :) ;)”
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I can’t talk for NoodlyOne, but I’m starting to sweat now!
LOL!
((((((((((((DPG)))))))))))))
There you go - a virtual hug :D
So many thanks Booty, you get front row tickets to the beer volcano.
:D
Yay!
Noodly0ne
Oct 25th, 2007 at 3:44 am
I’m never gonna get a medal. The Prophet posts a good four hours before I get up!
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How about me?! I had the post 100 the other day. I live in Panama. And I go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 6am (gotta have 8 hours of sleep).
I will never be the firs one!
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May the Noodly one change time zones
I am confused. If the woman wore gloves and cut the words out of newspapers, how did the FBI determine it was her? What evidence is there against her? Obviously they had something or she wouldn’t have pled guilty, but what?
Easy, they went to everyone’s houses one by one and flipped through their magazines. Hers were all full of holes.
“What evidence is there against her? Obviously they had something or she wouldn’t have pled guilty, but what?”
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I think she used her boyfriend’s semen to stick the letters to the paper.