Be careful what you write

[dracodraconis]

Source: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/05/1913245&from=rss

Quoting from SlashDot:

Writer/IT contractor Matt Boyd, formerly the man who made up the words for webcomic Mac Hall and who now does the same for his and Ian McConville's new comic Three Panel Soul, was recently fired from his government job. His conversation with a co-worker about a gun he intended to buy for target shooting was overheard by someone in a nearby cubicle. As it was unfortunately the day of the Virginia Tech shootings, the eavesdropper panicked and reported him to management. That was bad enough. But when he used the comic to document the meeting where the reason for his firing was explained, he was visited by representatives of local law enforcement investigating him on suspicion of making a "terroristic threat" using the Internet. No charges have been filed. Yet. FLEEN interviewed Matt about the incident.

The interview the article refers to can be found here.

The two panels that set law enforcement officials off can be found here and here.

Read the comics, then read the interview. Entertaining in a WTF-fashion.

Comments

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

damn...