the one thing I can appreciate about this situation is if I was a teacher or a principal right now, this would not be an easy job...or task...to correctly ID the true crazies versus angsty normal kids.

but it's also something that should probably warrant more initial examination rather than the knee jerk PO-LEESE reaction that teacher and principal did.

considering the guy was a good kid and student, and had enlisted in the Marines...coupled with the fact there was obvious bad blood between him and that particular teacher (I've been there)...I highly doubt he was gonna go off and shoot up anything, and was trying to make a point to the teacher on how shittily she relates to and deals with the students (albeit his method was stupid and immature).

I just foresee this getting worse...meanwhile the killers will slip under the meek loser radar and continue on...

You know what I think is really sad... that the youth of today think that Freedom of Speech gives them the right to be assholes. Our founding fathers held freedom of speech so valuable because it gave them the right to protect themselves against the government. They had the right to say they didnt agree with certain laws, elected officials, etc. I think had they known what some of the dumbass youth of today would be saying, they would have worded it quite differently. Yes, we have the right to say how stupid laws are. Yes, we have the right to say our elected officials are fucking stupid and list reasons why. Do you honestly think that your freedom of speech should interupt another's pursuit of happiness?

On a completely different note: CNN did not give all the information on that story. When I read the CNN story, I was like wow.... arrest this kid. When I read the whole paper the kid wrote, it wasnt nearly as bad. He sounded like he was actually trying to make a statement (a legitimate use of freedom of speech, although he could have made his point in a different way) and not making a statement of fucked up thoughts that he has had (which is something that should be kept to yourself).

I guess this is me just saying random ass statements again, though, and not backing up anything that I say despite giving clear reasons as to why I feel that way. I think its awesome that I was pinpointed for not giving reasons as to why I feel the way I do, but those certain people failed to give a reasonable explanation themselves. Its cool though. As stated before, very few of you give me a reason to respect your opinion. Im sure a lot of you feel the same about me.

wtf???

not talking about you.

wtf???

wtf....wtf???

i guess that means its about time for someone to post a picture of their penis...

1....2...3....NOT IT

Ok.

http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/jpigg/images/carb.mom.jpg (NSFW)

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: May 1 2007, 01:23 PM

Spellcheck is one word. it's a program. yes, needs to be capitalized, but not 2 words

like "you need to learn how to use Google"




and as for freedom of speech.... the way people are trying to make it, it will be "you have the right to freedom of speech...as long as you don't offend me" which is bullshit. my grandmother used to say "you can't walk through the crowded room of life without stepping on a few toes" there is no way to make everyone happy, someone is always going to be pissed at what you say. it's not the individuals fault that the world has forgotten that with the freedom of speech comes the right to be offended. these old fucks with their blue hair and cackling like chickens to each other during their bingo sessions, saying "well i never!" at everything, talkin' 'bout don't do school, eat your milk, get at least 8 hours of drugs a day, jibba jabba people just need to suck it up and get over it.
/rant

Im not all PC about stuff. I dont care about offensive material... unless you are making threats or are saying crazy things like you dream of killing people because it would be funny. There's a line. Just because most of you are still in your teenage mindset and dont want to accept that doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

There is a limit to everything.

how is that nsfw?

you cant see anything.

QFT. Pretty sure my boss even showed that to me at work once upon a time. Cept it was on a card, not on his computer.

It's a large pic and it doesn't leave much to the imagination. It most certainly is not a pic I want to have come up at work, so I edited it. Besides, this is NPR, for cryin' out loud. This is probably the forum where people *least* expect to see something risque.