[Raistlin Majere]

Well, you certainly do make good points, Cerek! I haven't studied law, in school or otherwise, so I can't say I know for sure what all the terms mean, but I guess felony definately makes it worse for the poor guy. Though if he's tried stealing stuff other than posters, than he's kinda crossing the line between a prank and just plain daylight robbery anyway...posters are pieces of paper, after all, while the other "goods" may actually be of real value. Can't really make the call without knowing the specifics, and even than it's a matter of opinion, of course..

Anyhow, referring to your example of bomb threats, it just never ceases to amaze me how tastless some people can be. I can't imagine how anyone could find a bomb threat amusing, particularily so with all the news coming in from the middle-east and other areas of conflict. We had a few bomb threats in high school as well, though I'm not sure if the idiots calling them in were ever caught..Any prank that causes panic in people, or otherwise potentially threatens them, automatically goes into the "tasteless and absurd" category in my book.