Zombie Story gets student thrown in jail

[Rel]

This should probably teach us something about jumping to conclusions or the press's responsibility to try and get more facts before reporting on something like this. Or both.

Either way I'm honest enough to admit that I bashed the cops over this and I was out of line given what has come to light. Mea culpa.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Just read the above.


RC

 

[reveal]

What's really sad is all the people who called them "idiots" and "incestuous hillbillies" won't even bother to say "Oops. We screwed up. Sorry. It seems that you're really doing your job."

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Heh - yep! I saw many a band of questionable skill at good ol' Tewligan's while attending UofL.

Cool. I've been in Tewligan's (and Snagilwet) more times than I can count. Back in high school, my girlfriend was a fan of Squirrel Bait and Suicidal Tendencies, both of which played the Tavern more than once. (It's testament to how horny I was in high school that I went with her to see those crappy, crappy bands.)

Before moving to San Francisco, I split my life between Louisville and Lexington. Most of my life after grade school but before college I spent living at various places in the Highlands. I worked as a bouncer at Phoenix Hill Tavern. Our D&D group used to play every Saturday at the Highlands Public Library, down on Cherokee, which is, what, three blocks from Tewligan's? (We eventually got asked to leave because we were making too much noise. The gaming was fine, but during lunch breaks we played "garbage-can basketball." We weren't too bright.)

 

[JIMBOTHEBLACK]

Why is this such a debate? this kid didn't do anything more than write a work of fiction, see ther'es this thing called the freedom of SPEECH! but how conviniently it,s forgotten when the order of things is being threatened, I mean if people are allowed to think all kinds of scary and dangerous things might happen, like choosing ones own religion instead of believing what one is told, or(shudder to think) come up with new ideas. I know, let's just gather round and sing psalms while we burn the kid on a steak.

 

[Rel]

Why is this such a debate? this kid didn't do anything more than write a work of fiction, see ther'es this thing called the freedom of SPEECH! but how conviniently it,s forgotten when the order of things is being threatened, I mean if people are allowed to think all kinds of scary and dangerous things might happen, like choosing ones own religion instead of believing what one is told, or(shudder to think) come up with new ideas. I know, let's just gather round and sing psalms while we burn the kid on a steak.

I don't entirely disagree with you but minor children do not have all the same rights as adults in our society and they never have.

Also, we don't tend to burn people on a steak unless they're made of A-1 sauce.

 

[reveal]

Why is this such a debate? this kid didn't do anything more than write a work of fiction, see ther'es this thing called the freedom of SPEECH! but how conviniently it,s forgotten when the order of things is being threatened, I mean if people are allowed to think all kinds of scary and dangerous things might happen, like choosing ones own religion instead of believing what one is told, or(shudder to think) come up with new ideas. I know, let's just gather round and sing psalms while we burn the kid on a steak.

You might want to actually read the entire thread before ranting like this. It's not as cut and dry as you make it seem.

mmmmm.... steak....

 

[caudor]

I think Stephen King and Wes Craven should take these menacing law-enforcement hicks out back to the woodshed and give them a good spanking in the name of Freedom of Speech.

Aww. My bad, the hicks would like that.

Things are sure different now than they were back in 1974---close to when 'Carrie' came out.

 

[player 2]

As soon as I read the article that a student was arrested for writting a "zombie story", I knew that there was more to it, and I am glad that the whole story came out. As a teacher, all I can say is thank you to the police and grandparents for making a hard decision and doing what was right. As much as some of you may not like it, we need to take these "threats" seriously. Am I saying that all students who write zombie stories should be arrested, NO! However, you can tell which student is a talented writer and which one is making threats. I had students write "horror" and "fantasy" stories and I did not have a thing to worry about. There were students that I would have been VERY concerned about if they had written violent stories. I could get on my soapbox and really preach, but this is not the time or the place. I will end with saying that I am thankfull this was not about zombies but about school safety.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families and students of Red Lake, MN

 

[Khur]

Well, I'm glad to see that the press was originally misleading on this one. I'm sorry I reacted to bad information. I will point out that this new development doesn't exactly look cut-n-dry either, though. In other words, this is far from "the whole story." But I'll keep my trap shut until more details come out, as I should have done in the beginning instead of trusting the first stories. :\

I stand by my positions on fiction and its relationship to punishable criminal behavior.