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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:49 AM Original message |
Ariz. school suspends boy for sketching gun |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Headline should have said "Boy suspended for drawing gun in class" |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I'm glad they were careful to avoid confusion, in this case |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. I remember bringing a .12 gauge shotgun to 8th grade class... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. They should only suspend him if it was fully automatic nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why does art hate America? |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. So, I guess if a 13 year old boy sketches a picture of |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I bet you could get a ruling here if you want to start another porn thread... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. He's a sexual predator! Aaaaaahhhh! n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does he have a history of violence? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Good point |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. As a teacher, the thing that drives me nuts about these stories |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "I don't allow my students to draw weapons in my classroom..." |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Our school (as all in this state) has been declared a |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why the personal insults? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. What insults? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. "If you don't like it, take it up with our state legislature." |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That's an insult? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. If you're making it about me, then yes, it is. |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I'm 50 yrs old and |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. This is not just in my state |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Well guess what... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Just a liberal who likes that paycheck |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Do you have a link the to legislation or the rules? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Your state legislature's law is unconstitutional |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The USSC has held that schools can limit students' expression |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Schools can and do all the time |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. "Gun-free?" Whew, I feel better already. They got rid of drugs in my state the same way! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. My thoughts exactly. You know there's a backstory and I taught long |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Why even care? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. If he threatened another student before he drew this |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I don't know. If somebody threatened me, I might be scared. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. How old are you? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I'm seven. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Sounds about right |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. You shoulda seen what I was drawing: bombers, cannons, rockets... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Sure. Rockets and bombs are only permissible... |
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BellaB (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Shoot, I would draw |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. i said draw, podner! |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. zero tolerance = stupidity |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. Dear God, I must have been such a terrorist in school |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Read the article in local newspaper: Seems they overreacted to me. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Depending on the details, this may or may not have been appropriate. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. What kind of details might have made this appropriate? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. The "gun" in question (supposed to be a laser pistol, I think): |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. According to this article, |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Yup, somethin' ain't quite right here |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. And we will never know the truth |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. You never know when one of those things might go off. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. (wow) Thymes sure has changed. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. You spelled TIME wrong. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. GMSA |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Same here... and about the same time period.. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. How often did kids walk into schools and shoot and kill |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Have you heard of "zip guns"? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Actually, even today, these instances are quite rare, no? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. More common than before though |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. Was he actually threatening his classmates? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. To Bushies, everyone is a terrorist. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. what would have happened if he folded the paper into an airplane? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. All I Can Say Is Holy Cow, If Ya Coulda Seen What I Drew Back Then. |
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