St. Louis (again) – Anthrax joke is traced back through trash. Mark Emory was going for a laugh from his boss when he put up a sign in his office saying “Caution, Anthrax Inside.” The boss got the joke and Emory removed the sign and threw it away. Discarded in a recycling bin, it was found by the recycling center who called the police. They traced it to Emory and arrested him and charged him with third-degree assault and harassment. He should have shredded it.
“St. Louis Circuit Attorney (whom I won’t give the grace of naming and giving her more publicity) said that while she wanted to send a strong message that jokes which genuinely alarm the public would not be tolerated, she doubted she would enforce the fines or jail sentences. “It’s not the crime of the century,” she said. ” Not by a long shot.” (while thinking) “but I got my name in the news again!!! whoo!!!”
Despite all of this, he still lost his job. Over what other people don’t like. Imagine that the same prank in another county with a prosecuting attorney who is even more driven to seek fame will go for much stiffer charges. I didn’t realize that it was illegal to play with talcum powder and generally be stupid, but it is. Now, if those are the rules, can someone please go down to my bank and arrest the dumbasses that are managing and screwing up my accounts. I consider that to be harassment, terrorism, and certianally stupidity. All three of which seem to be illegal, let’s get this shit straight people. Now, that we’re no longer interested in camo wearing white trash, trench coat wearing teenagers with black fingernail polish, or baggy pant clad gangsters in blue or red bandanna’s… can we safely assume that war, the newest zero-tolerance effort has been declared upon the stupid? If so, when I can I begin shooting in self defense?