A little harsh
When I was a kid, I liked to draw. I liked drawing spaceships, actually. I often would draw images of a massive armada of spaceships invading some planet. If a kid did that today, he’d no doubt be charged with war crimes:
Two boys were arrested for making pencil-and-crayon stick figure drawings depicting a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hung, police said. The children, charged with a felony, were taken from school in handcuffs.
The 9- and 10-year-old boys were arrested Monday and charged with making a written threat to kill or harm another person. They were also suspended from school.
This should be an issue that is dealt with by either the kids’ parents or by the school system. The fact the police are involved in this makes it absolutely ridiculous. And charging them with a felony?
January 26th, 2005 at 3:20 pm
Uuuh, what happend to the first amendment???
January 26th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
Insanity. I can undestand the school officials practicing “no tolerance,” a.k.a. “CYA,” and kicking them out. I don’t necessarily agree with it, but I can understand it.
Charging them with a felony, on the other hand, seems a little absurd.
January 26th, 2005 at 5:36 pm
.. the Thought Police are alive and well, it seems…
January 26th, 2005 at 5:42 pm
I guess I grew up in the transition between freedom and felony. 10 years ago (4th grade) I would draw these massive ground/air battles and used the Nazis as my enemy. Despite a clear depiction as evil the swastika got me in trouble a few times. Nobody asked me what I was doing or why; it was an instant call to my parents and confiscation of my drawing. I can’t imagine being charged with a crime for simply drawing.
January 26th, 2005 at 5:57 pm
Remember that Peal jam song. jeremy.
“Jeremy spoke in class today, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh”
I thought that was based on a real story. The kids proably need some help, not a record.
January 26th, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Every canary as dead as a door nail.