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Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#50Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:20am
What a thoroughly UNsatisfying 'end'.
I know that technically, it's none of our business, but that is, perhaps, the least amount of information to "finish" something. You'd think they could at least talk in some very specific generalities: a teen with no access to guns or travel....SOMETHING.
Not just: Found him. No arrest.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#51Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:52amOnly reason I can think of why this ended without an arrest is because the tweeter INDEED is Obama's mistress.
#52Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:52am
I wholeheartedly agree with Dramamamma . So, someone pulls a "stunt" of this magnitude and their name is not mentioned, no punishment, and the police do not mention why no arrest was made.
"I know that technically, it's none of our business"
Is that true? We the public has had our lives threatened but it's none of our business? I don't know about that.
I'm disgusted at the way this ended.
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Updated On: 8/10/12 at 10:52 AM
#53Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:57amI think this was our business, mine especially or anyone else living within a couple blocks of this theater or people who had tickets or was thinking of getting tickets to see this show. If anything, I hope the producers sue the individual or their parents civilly.
#54Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:00amuncivil lawsuits make for much better Theater!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#55Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:20am
Unless the producers lost revenue over this, or had any outlay of money -- what is there to sue over?
If there is "something" that explains why no arrest (therefor, no punishment) was made, I want to know what that was -- but wanting to know doesn't make it my right.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#56Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:23amSo we are left shaking our heads in confusion. We don't know what is the limitation of the law. I think we have a right to know that. At least.
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#57Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:24am
I'd imagine it went something like this:
"Tyson, you dumb-ass, what made you think this would sell more tickets? We're not even going to announce that it was a stunt, you'll just look even more like an @$$ in the wake of the Aurora murders."
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Updated On: 8/10/12 at 11:24 AM
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#58Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:24amOh, I understand what you meant. I was just saying that when someone threatens mass killings somewhere in my neighborhood, I feel like it's my business.
#59Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 11:32am
And now, when someone else feels like pulling a stunt like this, they'll know that nothing will happen, since we are not given any information. Great.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#60Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 12:44pm
This wasn't terribly high profile. (It certainly didn't make the news here in Boston -- to the best of my knowledge). Also: knowing the details doesn't change the end: nothing punitive happened.
WANTING to know is not the same as having the right to know. (And I really WANT to know.)
Are they not releasing info for concerns of backlash to the poster? The way the familis of those boys that bullied the bus monitor was totally uncalled for. How could anyone's behavior in harrassing those families be justified? At least the boys were, indeed, children -- but those harrassing the families were not. Is it someone already IN treatment for psychological issues? Putting info "out there" isn't going to help that possible situation.
Just like we have to trust in the police when they wanted the info, we have to trust in their decision to not publicize the outcome.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#61Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:04pm
"WANTING to know is not the same as having the right to know."
Ya think? The difference between you and me is that I feel we have the right to know and you don't. vive la difference!
"This wasn't terribly high profile. (It certainly didn't make the news here in Boston -- to the best of my knowledge)."
I would guess because the threat was to NY theater.
The news was high enough profile here to warrant lots of police and security in the theater district.
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winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#62Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:14pm
Just because there were police in the theatre district (aren't there always?) doesn't give us the RIGHT to know. Yes, personally, it would be interesting for me to know. I am curious, but it isn't my right to know what happened. Going somewhere public and feeling safe is a right, figuring out the name and what happened to the Twitter user, although interesting, is not a right of mine.
There's a big difference between want and need. Don't confuse the two.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#63Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:17pm
"Just because there were police in the theatre district (aren't there always?) doesn't give us the RIGHT to know."
Winston, I'm sorry that this is what you inferred from my post. I fear you are the one who's confused.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#64Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:27pm
"Just because there were police in the theatre district (aren't there always?)..."
Well, yeah. But the reasons why they are there differ in both situations.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#65Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 3:58pm
Jane, no, I am not confused at all. I made the comment about the police because there are always police in Times Square and they have been there full force ever since 9/11.
What I was trying to say was that I disagreed with your notion that we have the right to know the whole store. I agree with dramamama and that there is a confusion of want to and right to in situations like this. You think that we have a right to know what is going on. However, I am allowed to respectfully disagree and say that I don't think that we do have that right, and that you would just like to know but dont' need to know.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#66Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 4:11pmI, too, am appalled that Twitter didn't immediately divulge this user's identity.
#67Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 4:51pm
"Just because there were police in the theatre district (aren't there always?) doesn't give us the RIGHT to know.
You are confused. I never implied that we have the right to know because of police presence.
There is no confusion between wanting info and having the right to it. My parrot knows the difference.
"However, I am allowed to respectfully disagree and say that I don't think that we do have that right."
Hon, you are allowed to disagree with anyone about anything. We still have that right in this country, I think.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#68Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 5:00pm
Jane2 -- let me ask you this then: why do you think you have the RIGHT to the information? The police have determined that there is no credible threat, and therefore, no one was ever in any actual danger. So why is it your right to know the circumstances?
(I'm not trying to pick a fight with you, I just want to understand your thinking.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#69Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 5:13pmAfter thinking about it, I think it's not so much the right to know WHO it was but WHY they weren't taken into custody over this.
#70Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 5:13pm
Hell yeah, I double posted.
Updated On: 8/10/12 at 05:13 PM
#71Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 5:31pm
Dramamamma,
Because someone murdered 12 people and wounded around 60 others in a theater. The tragedy was felt by the entire nation.
Another person threatens to do the same. The police deem that it isn't worthy of an arrest. As far as WE know, nothing at all was done about it. Maybe something was, but we'll never know. I think we deserve to know why nothing at all was done about it. I know that my own knowledge of law and order would be increased if I were educated as to this one point.
There are other crimes in which we, the public, are well informed as to what would be considered punishable by law concerning such crimes. What's the big secret why this act was ok?
Knowledge is power. And that's my answer to you.
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#72Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 6:21pm
"And now, when someone else feels like pulling a stunt like this, they'll know that nothing will happen, since we are not given any information. Great."
This. At least that's really all I hoped for, to have a message sent to anyone possibly considering a similar stunt. The only message sent is privacy is paramount, even if you threaten to blow a bunch of innocent people's heads off.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.
#73Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:09pm
TheShuberts are trying to sell this stinking show for a few wks. Of course they don't want extended bad publicity. I'm sure there's more to this story, but not knowing doesn't necessarily mean nothing is being done, legally or otherwise behind the scenes. If we want the info, I guess TMZ could always bribe somebody for the inside scoop. On a larger scale, there are hundreds of foiled threats every wk in ny and elsewhere. If you knew everything, your life would be frozen
with fear and anxiety.
#74Twitter User Threatening Broadway Attack.
Posted: 8/10/12 at 10:46pm
I hope I can finally make this clear. I do not want to know EVERYTHING.. Why do people put words in others' mouths?
It is not unreasonable to wonder what would have made this threat punishable by law. I am asking about ONE act. ONE. Not EVERYTHING. What would have had to be done in order to make this a punishable crime? Yes, I would like to know that ONE thing.
When I was managing a theater, I learned about a law that was on the books that you would not believe. Having it explained to me by the police helped a great deal in the possible saving of a life, or injury to a person, and the possibility of law suits. It was extremely beneficial to a lot of people that I was educated in that specific law.
Anyway, I think that's all for me on this topic. Good evening.
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