Green: PHOTOS: Tornado Aftermath Leaves Trail Of Destruction
The Huffington Post Andy Campbell First Posted: 02/10/12 11:34 AM ET Updated: 02/10/12 02:51 PM ET
Nothing clears a room like a fart -- except, perhaps, a bomb scare.
Harold Wayne Hadley, Jr., 19, was arrested at a Mississippi junior college after he allegedly wrote a note on a piece of toilet paper on Tuesday, containing the word 'bomb,' according to Weirdnews.net.
The note prompted 11 emergency agencies to respond to the school, but there was no bomb.
Hadley and his family contend that he was only explaining the joy of flatulating in the library.
"He was in the restroom doodling on some toilet paper ... we are from the country, and he calls passing gas, bombs," said Hadley's aunt, who wouldn't give her name to WDAM. "[He] put 'I passed a bomb in the library,' talking about passing gas, and somebody came in and found it, gave it to a teacher that recognized his hand writing and it blew all out of proportion."
Investigators wouldn't say exactly what Hadley wrote, but WDAM reports that it was no more explicit than "I passed a bomb in the library."
Hadley was arrested and held on $20,000 bail. If convicted of threatening to blow up the school, he faces 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, according to WAPT. His aunt says he earned straight A's at Jones County Junior College and was scheduled to graduate in May.
And while we're at it, best to get EPA and some environmental groups involved. The boy is obviously generating entirely too much methane and needs to be regulated.
He's really ripped his britches.
Uhm, exactly what are they serving in the cafeteria at Jones Community College? There may be a host of co-conspirators. Better call Homeland Security.
First amendment isn't meant to give us the right to say threatening things, but gives us the right to speak out and report on our government. As well as practice religion. If we continue to let every stupid act set a bench mark for what's ok and not ok to say, then we will lose our republic. This dude was a straight A student, I doubt he would have really had any thing to put anyone in harms way. I think the person who reported it and blew it out of proportion should have terrorism charges brought on them.
if i say to somebody, or write to them, something along the lines 'if you do this you will regret it' is it constitutionally protected speech? it most definitely is 'threatening'. but any reasonable person would agree it is protected speech. the 1st amendment says nothing of the tone of speech it protects.
the phrase 'i passed a bomb in the library' does in no way convey a threat. sorry johnny & jackie but the word 'bomb' is protected speech under the constitution. and the word 'passed' being placed in front of it does not make it a threat, thereby removing those protections.
bomb
[bom] Show IPA
noun
Also called volcanic bomb. Geology . a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.
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aerosol bomb.
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Football . a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.
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Slang .
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an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances.
b.
something unpleasant that is unexpected or shocking (often used in combination with an abbreviated swearword): Then she dropped a bomb with her announcement about the staff cuts. He's always dropping the f-bomb.
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the bomb, something that is excellent or very impressive: Her boyfriend is the bomb.
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Chiefly British . an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb.
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Jazz . a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.
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a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.
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the bomb,
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atomic bomb.
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nuclear weapons collectively.
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Computers . a spectacular program or system failure.
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Slang . a powerful automobile or other vehicle.