File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1996/96-09-01.085, message 72


Date:         Fri, 19 Jul 96 13:17:59 MEZ
From: Heiko Recktenwald <UZS106-AT-IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
Subject:      fyi


Forwarded, dont know if it is in your papers, it isnt in mine:

<SNIP>

> Jason Sprinkle drove downtown in a beat up old pickup truck.  In the back
> was a huge battered metal sculpture of a heart. There was a bunch of paint
> on the truck, including the words "Timberlake Carpentry Rules (The Bomb?)"
> painted on one fender.  I believe the size of this writing was about 2" in
> height.  Sprinkle stopped the truck in the heart of the downtown retail
> area, got out, slashed all four tires and walked away. Somebody walked over,
> saw the writing on the fender, and called the police, who evacuated nine
 blocks.

<SNIP>

> Any thoughts on whether this action was protected speech, a bomb threat, or
> somewhere in between?

I'm wondering how the police could prove any intent on his part, i.e.,
that his actions should be taken as a bomb threat.  Unless, of course,
when he
called the Mayor's office he began talking about "The Bomb!" being parked
in downtown.  Is there any evidence of something like this occuring?

On a side note, if we can now determine the presence of explosives by what
is written on someones bumber, I feel much safer around cars with "No
Nukes" bumber stickers.

<snipp>
"The computer can't tell you the emotional story, It can give you the
exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows."
-Frank Zappa
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