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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 03:54 PM Original message |
Student arrested for essay's imaginary violence |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Read the comment made by a fellow student |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. 2 thoughts |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You sound like you're blaming the victim. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not at all |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I was one of the "weird" kids in HS during Columbine |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. What part of Free Speech are you not conversant with? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is a disturbing message the student wrote, |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. If he shot up the school the next day, and they'd done nothing... |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ahhh, there's the rub |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Maybe it's that we're fresh off the worst school shooting in history. |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. It's both |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Who needs to take sides? |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Evaluation |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Being reccomended is one thing. The school probably wanted to be sure... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. The other student was before VT shooting. |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. fantasy and reality |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You're railing against everything under the sun there. |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Narrow focus |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, I think you're taking some liberties... |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Point well taken... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Exactly. How many people were screaming to high |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. You don't do nothing |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. While I think the school overreacted... |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Absolutely |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yeah. Be careful what you wish for and all that... |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Have you considered... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. more and more people are being persecuted for THOUGHT CRIMES in Murka these days. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. More and more people are using guns to shoot up schools. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. There has to be a middle ground somewhere |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Not really |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can't say whether the student should have been arrested ... |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Arresting someone is the first step toward a psychiatric evaluation. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Really? Can you cite Illinois law on this? |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry - I'm not in Illinois. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Here's how it works in Florida |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Sure...that's how it works in most states, including the one I live in. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Arrested? |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Being arrested is how the state gets any person in to the mental health system. n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Again, NO, not in my state. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You're really quite wrong. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. But they don't have to charge him with a crime. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. My sister had my own father arrested for vagrancy to get him help. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I'm sure that happens sometimes. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I dont think they had that twenty years ago...at least not here. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Tell me 'bout it. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. What mental health system.. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The ones where potentially troubled individuals don't want to go on their own. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Still, a criminal charge is NOT tacked on. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I'm familiar with being 'Baker-acted'.. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Not in California |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Tell this to all the people who claim Cho did not get the help |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. According to Benjamin Franklin... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. There are many, many avenues... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. He should just form a Death Metal band. |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Marine Corps drops student after essay |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
52. READ MY LIPS |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. I'm with you. |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Spot On Analysis... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. Geez - fucking Mickey Spillane |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
58. I just LOVE all the folks here on DU |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You seem a bit hostile and angry. Quick, someone...do something! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
59. I can only imagine the reaction had Thomas Harris been a student there. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. Shades of Columbine |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
64. An adult has been arrested for the *content* of writing he was compelled to write. |
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militaryspouse (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. .. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. thought criminal ! |
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