Guy sentenced six months for yawning

Wow...
Police these days are getting desperate.

http://news.aol.com/article/clifton-williams-jailed-for-yawning/610205?icid=main

Okay... so?

Are we supposed to care?

Oh teh noes! I yawn a bit. I'M DOOMED!

Cola ftw

Civ wrote:Okay... so?

Gauz wrote:Are we supposed to care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVGrWmDADQ

Anyways, I think it all really depends on the nature of the yawn. Was it a natural, instinctive yawn? Was it a fully intentional/fake yawn of disrespect? Was it a natural yawn which the defendant influenced to make more obvious than was necessary?

I think this article is far too objective to fully grasp the nature of the situation.

I think you mean far too subjective.

Even if it were an intentional yawn, 6 months is way too over the top.

Especially considering the fact that they're in Joliet, and the man is basically guaranteed sodomy if he has a cellmate.

ReconToaster wrote:Was it a natural, instinctive yawn? Was it a fully intentional/fake yawn of disrespect? Was it a natural yawn which the defendant influenced to make more obvious than was necessary?

does any of that actually make a difference?

its still a yawn.

Ziggy wrote:I think you mean far too subjective.

No, the article was too objective to get into the specific mechanics of the yawn. The article was trying NOT to assert an opinion... which made the situation unclear.

I would agree with Pie that the sentence is extreme. Two or three weeks would have been sufficient.

NT wrote:does any of that actually make a difference?

its still a yawn.

But yawning, like breathing, is one of those bodily functions that can either be subconscious, intentional, or influenced. I mean, he could have discretely yawned whilst covering his mouth, or he could have made a scene, yawning as noticeably as possible to express his disrespect towards the judge's (likely lenient and thoughtful) sentencing.

I think those two things are very different in the context of this situation.

ReconToaster wrote:

Civ wrote:Okay... so?

Gauz wrote:Are we supposed to care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVGrWmDADQ

And? Your point?

CivBase wrote:

ReconToaster wrote:

Civ wrote:Okay... so?

Gauz wrote:Are we supposed to care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVGrWmDADQ

And? Your point?

That you are both douche bags...

Wasn't that obvious?

A more practical way to express your indifference towards the subject of this thread would have been to simply avoid posting.

this si stupid,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

ReconToaster wrote:

CivBase wrote:

ReconToaster wrote:

Civ wrote:Okay... so?

Gauz wrote:Are we supposed to care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVGrWmDADQ

And? Your point?

That you are both douche bags...

Wasn't that obvious?

A more practical way to express your indifference towards the subject of this thread would have been to simply avoid posting.

And?