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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
The guys who do the shootings want to be famous indeed, for their own weird reasons.
But the idiots who troll about the shootings only want message board fame. If you arrest them and punish them, perhaps others won't do the same.
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And short news items will do a good enough job at making it clear that making even fake threats will land you in jail.
Promoting hype and creating fear, on the other hand, accomplishes absolutely nothing useful.