since he is blind he can imagine that the inmates are chicks with d**cks

Well, being blind is better than Gary McKinnon's lame "Asperger's syndrome" excuse.

But they're still excuses.

Throw the book at him.

I bet he didn't see this coming.

Remember one thing in prison: Don't bend over to pick up that soap boys! ROFL.

Well maybe prison will teach this Phucker a lesson or two?

That's it.. continue the abuse of the lingo of the subculture in best BBC ignoramus tradition.

"Hacker"??

"PHREAKER" is the word you were looking for.

But what a crazy sentence. A erm "mentally challenged", immature, and disabled kid of 19 gets 11 years? Sure, SWATting is Very Bad..

Maybe if he'd had few good smacks when he was younger things would have worked out differently..

<sigh Crazy world we live in.

Note that only 4% of registered blind people are *totally* blind (that's the figure in the UK). It's not unusual that a registered blind person has tunnel vision or partial sight and can actually function quite well in a number of situations needing some sight.

..Many registered blind people can even use computer monitors to read text like any other normal person. /sarcasm off/

I remember once getting a call regarding a faulty monitor and being told it was urgent because the user was blind, No I didn't ask

omg i cant believe i just read this, well atleast its made me cheer up after the monday i just had. still its a good story. =þ

Prank calls are one thing, but pranking the dispatchers for EMS and the Police? Like they don't have enough trouble in large cities responding without half of them being called off for a fake hostage situation.