Some people are completely and ridiculously insane. People will call politicians and leave death threats on the answering machine. Not only is this morally and legally wrong, it is downright stupid. First of all, the phone call will, more often than not, do nothing in persuading the politician one way or another. Politicians are stubborn and will stand by their ideas until death. Second of all, the person calling is pretty much sentencing themselves to jail time. The message would stay on the answering machine and can be used as easy evidence against the person. As in the case which I read about, the FBI can get involved and use their super-secret FBI ways to track the phone call and find out who exactly it was that called. It's very easy for the FBI to do, which means that its very easy for someone to get arrested and throw their lives away for a meaningless threat. As much as some of us disagree with politics and the way that our country is headed, a phone call from some Joe-Schmo out in Seattle isn't going to change the course of America.
This blog in response to: http://www.newsweek.com/id/236196
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