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A 16 year old high school student in South Carolina was suspended and arrested for writing a story about shooting a dinosaur. The teacher saw the word gun, freaked, and police were called to search his locker for a gun. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, and has a 1 week suspension from school. Good grief.
Unfortunately things like this can happen these days. Had the school done nothing and it turned out to be a cryptic message and the kid later brought a gun to school to "take care of business" then people would be calling out for the school to have done something to prevent this from happening and fault them for missing these signs.
If anything, the kid has learned a lesson about joking and when it is and isn't acceptable.
Unfortunately things like this can happen these days. Had the school done nothing and it turned out to be a cryptic message and the kid later brought a gun to school to "take care of business" then people would be calling out for the school to have done something to prevent this from happening and fault them for missing these signs.
If anything, the kid has learned a lesson about joking and when it is and isn't acceptable.
Yeah, because joking about shooting a non-existent dinosaur is a serious threat....
Give me a break. I don't blame the school for looking in to the situation, but if he was punished for it, that is completely asinine. This is what you get when you spread fear of an inanimate object..... insanity.
Unfortunately things like this can happen these days. Had the school done nothing and it turned out to be a cryptic message and the kid later brought a gun to school to "take care of business" then people would be calling out for the school to have done something to prevent this from happening and fault them for missing these signs.
If anything, the kid has learned a lesson about joking and when it is and isn't acceptable.
Jesus Christ. Some people just love the police state, don't they?
Unfortunately things like this can happen these days. Had the school done nothing and it turned out to be a cryptic message and the kid later brought a gun to school to "take care of business" then people would be calling out for the school to have done something to prevent this from happening and fault them for missing these signs.
If anything, the kid has learned a lesson about joking and when it is and isn't acceptable.
Many districts have lawyers on retainer. I know it's early in the school year but call up your lawyer and find a way to eliminate liability without subjecting the kid to punishment.
Jesus Christ. Some people just love the police state, don't they?
And yet when a kid brings a gun to school and shoots up other students, you guys act shocked and confused on why this wasn't caught sooner.
Joking about getting business done with a gun isn't a funny joke. This isn't anything about being a police state, this is about understanding that we have a gun problem in our schools and it isn't good to overlook potential warning signs anymore.
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