fair do's.
you're absolutely right. he could have been all kinds of psychotic when they got him to the station. then he may well have said or done something that would mean he should be detained. my point was only that he didn't meet criteria just for what he said online. we would need a whole other government agency for investigated wild internet claims if everyone who posted something a bit mental online had to be interviewed to see if they were crazy.
[edit] ""Sharpen up my axe; I'm here to sever heads," he posted Aug. 13." yeah. see that's much more worrying for starters...
although it has to be said that just having extreme politics or being very focused on conspiracy theories (which is aparently what worried his old commander) isn't indicative of mental ill health. i'm not disagreeing with what you're saying, i just think it's pretty weird that the fbi had the police take this dude to hospital. if he was very clearly going to do something illegal then taking him to the cop shop would be the better bet. the soviets took a lot of anti-government people to mental hospitals. they are a very good way to detain someone without evidence of a crime.
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tickle I was away, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 15:11,
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