No reason? Threatening to kill innocent people over a LoL game (whether it was a joke or not) is wrong, and he should be punished. 8 years might be little harsh, but idc.
Really?
You're going to put a guy in jail for 8 years over a facebook comment?
So... who is going to put all of the twitter users in jail who call for the death of people on media-covered court cases?
Or do we just selectively ignore that? That's free speech?
You're going to take away 8 years of someone's life over a single comment?
I don't pretend to be a decent human being. I come right out and say that I would -really- like to just kill people on the spot when they say certain things (such as "I'm a citizen of the world!"). I just flat out admit to wanting to take people's lives away and that I don't care.
But lock them away for 8 years?
To put that into perspective - both of my grandmothers died, my mother, my father, and my uncle all died within the last 8 years. I went from being a highschool student to being cleared to work on equipment more expensive than you and I will ever make in our lifetimes combined. Those 8 years have -defined- who I am.
The 18 years before that were all building me up to a range of different potentials. Those 8 years really defined who I was.
And you want to lock this guy away for that long, because he made an "lol" comment in poor taste?
Say it ain't so!
Like you've never said something in poor taste.