Yes!

Stupidity is an inheritable gene ...

Some people need to learn what's a joke and what's not.

This was an act of incredible stupidity and recklessness.

Morons like this need to be removed from society and taught proper values.

If the bit about her friend is true (probably isn't - it wasn't me, it was my imaginary friend...), then it also a lesson about personal security and not letting anyone have access to your login details.

     It isn't the joke that's the issue here, its the nature of the joke itself. A terroristic threat cannot be taken lightly under any circumstances joke or no. Social media has one major flaw, it does not allow for face to face communications where you can actually see the person you are talking to. That's how vice squads lure pedophiles and other criminals by pretending to be potential victims. Text on a screen can be typed by anyone pretending to be anything they choose. Before I posted a pic of myself no one knew what I looked like. I can say anything I want and people take that at face value. How would the airline know it was just a young girl pulling a prank, no way of knowing. Even an admission doesn't qualify. Again because they can't see who is behind the texting.

     Granted it was incredibly stupid but the answer though harsh because of her age, should send a clear message that such things cannot and will not be tolerated regardless of who is doing it. Also because she is a minor the prank will be considered based on that. Restrictions, the loss of certain privileges, community service is what's called for. Even a stint in juvenile hall for a time. It has to be taken seriously because you don't know who is on the other end. What is really needed is a re-evaluation of family values. Parents need to instill in their kids a strong sense of the differences between right and wrong. Teach them to be leaders, not followers and how not to bow down to peer pressure. Not saying that's the case here though. In the end she will learn a very hard lesson that will probably be with her the rest of her life unless of course it is expunged when she's old enough to be considered an adult. In the US a kid that age can be charged as an adult and we all know how that goes. A very long time behind bars plus a permanent blot on her record. Something that will follow her for the rest of her life. I don't see that happening here.  

My two cents. 

Did I take offense? If you took it that way, then urr, nope. Appearently you are already aware of the history connection to Orange, and Oranje as a national color... so... never mind...

At any rate, I'm sure you all did nothing stupid when you were younger. Maybe not THIS stupid  (I use did not )but fourteen year olds are prone to stupidity. It comes with the age. Saying that they have to go into prison for ten years is, however, even stupider... yes, we live in a world with terrorism, no, its not funny to make "joke" threats, but ten years in prison is not a fitting response.

And what do you see when an innocent person gets released from jail after 19 years in prison on some fake charges and is completely exonerated?   Someone who should have been executed before those pesky facts got out?

Rare as rocking horse shit...whereas repeat offenders...paedophiles, rapists, murderers are a dime a dozen....

There have been several recent cases of innocent people being released from prison after prolonged incarceration.  Had the death penalty been an option in those cases, several innocent people would now be dead.  Now, Paul, a few years ago I would have agreed with you regarding the death penalty, and that perhaps a few mistakes were acceptable collateral damage to ensure we got the guilty.  However, the justice system is supposed to protect the innocent, and a handful of 'mistakes' is not acceptable in our quest to combat crime, violent or otherwise.

That's why I proposed long prison terms without parole for murderers, rapists and paedophiles... because if it is proven later that they are in fact innocent, the penalty is not finite... irreversible.

Which is why I advocate NO parole.  If somebody is sentenced to 25 - 30 years, then that is the term of their sentence.... no time off for time already served [prior to and during the court case], no time off for good behaviour.... NO time off at all.  Period!  And for proven sex offenders, repeat or otherwise.... chemical castration, no ifs, buts or maybes.

The system would work a lot better if there weren't too many fechen do-gooders lobbying for prisoners rights... not to mention the dipshits who are supposedly running the criminal justice system... those who turned prisons into fechen holiday camps/a home away from home.  For mine, prisons would be more like medieval dungeons with no creature comforts whatsoever... because they're there to be punished, not live a life of luxury behind bars  Oh, and hard labour would be a an extra provision for the worst of the worse.... like 10 - 12 hours a day of breaking rocks or something equally demanding.  Yup, that oughta keep 'em too tired to cause any trouble

This method won't work on girls

Don't forget this one

Though it seems they have taken down the images where she says she is a white girl though, that was funny.

That cure has been around for a while... it's just that the wowsers object to firing squads outside the military.