High Schooler Investigated by SS After Drawing Bush as the Devil
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Kain99
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I went to High school with a kid..... Darrin something, anyway the Secret Service Investigated him for writing Death threats against Reagan on his notebook.
Not the agency to mess with.
Not the agency to mess with.
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Kain99
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It seems a little "out there" but I guess protecting the Prez is a pretty serious job. Does make ya realize how close to Big Brother we really are though.
Could be worse. Just think what would have happened if the kid would have drawn a picture of a gun. He'd have probably been riding ol' Sparky by now.
Another reason to hate liberals. They've made it so it's a capital offense to bring aspirin to school, but making death threats against a President is A-OK with them, especially if it's a REPUBLICAN President.
Is that about right, JLab?
Another reason to hate liberals. They've made it so it's a capital offense to bring aspirin to school, but making death threats against a President is A-OK with them, especially if it's a REPUBLICAN President.
Is that about right, JLab?
jlabsher
Sorry about that chief.
Well, I don't recall it being a death threat, maybe I can't read.
Let's see what the right wing is doing...
A healthy society needs censorship to survive, 1950s musical icon Pat Boone said yesterday. He added that he would welcome strong content restrictions governing movies and other artistic works
Apparently, stupidity is not limited by one's political leanings.
Let's see what the right wing is doing...
A healthy society needs censorship to survive, 1950s musical icon Pat Boone said yesterday. He added that he would welcome strong content restrictions governing movies and other artistic works
Apparently, stupidity is not limited by one's political leanings.
I think Bush's head on a stick comes pretty close. Besides, the teacher reported it to the police (in accordance with the school's liberal-instituted "zero tolerance" policy, no doubt. The police investigated, called the Secret Service, the Secret Service took a look and said, "Big deal".
Where are the jackbooted thugs? Where is the spotlight and the rubber hoses?
I couldn't agree with him more. Interesting that you love free speech when it comes to obscenity and pornography in the arts, but sneer at it when someone else exercises THEIR free speech to express disapproval of those things.
Burn flags, not Dixie Chick CDs.
Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
I'm sure it wasn't the devil picture that got the kid in trouble, it was the head on the stick. It's an implied threat.
Mom works for the secret service. They do take that sh!t seriously. The investigate every single threat, no matter how ridiculous it may seem on the surface. And it makes no difference which party is in office.
Mom works for the secret service. They do take that sh!t seriously. The investigate every single threat, no matter how ridiculous it may seem on the surface. And it makes no difference which party is in office.
Tonio
Asperger's Poster Child
How is banning aspirin in school (which I don't agree with) a liberal thing? I see it as a nonpartisan control-freak thing on the part of school districts. I agree with Jlab--stupidity and desires for control know no political affiliation.
At the risk of sounding like Nat X, I would favor censorship if it would censor Boone's ethnic-free, not-threatening-to-white-parents covers of great rock 'n' roll songs like "Tutti Frutty."
At the risk of sounding like Nat X, I would favor censorship if it would censor Boone's ethnic-free, not-threatening-to-white-parents covers of great rock 'n' roll songs like "Tutti Frutty."
It's part of the libs zero (drug) tolerance mantra. No exceptions to the rules no matter how stupid it is. Remember the kid who pointed the chicken finger and said "bang"?
Automatically Suspended!
We didn't have this type of stupidity when I went to school. Come to think of it we didn't have chicken fingers back then either.
Chicken fingers are dangerous weapons.
I guess you forgot the NEA is mainly a democratic affiliation.
jlabsher
Sorry about that chief.
The whole thing smacks of big brother, sorry. Do you really think a 15 year old's drawing or a drunk's ramblings can be taken as serious threats? If so I should watch what I say around here, the culture of paranoia is spreading.
The whole banning aspirin in school (and nail clippers and butter knives) is part of the pendulum swinging way too far the other way, just as Pat Boone's calls for more censorship is a knee-jerk reaction to an exposed mammary gland. We enjoyed great freedoms when I was growing up in the 70s, smoking in the parking lot at high school, drugs everywhere, pre-aids sex, etc. now we are paying for it with prudish rules that ban smokers in outdoor venues, random drug tests in schools, government pushing abstinence, etc. It will be a while until a happy medium can be found that gives individuals freedom and credit for their own responsiblity while protecting the rights and desires of the majority.
I don't see either one as related to politics just the typical human reaction to something they don't like or understand, society going all insular as a whole.
The whole banning aspirin in school (and nail clippers and butter knives) is part of the pendulum swinging way too far the other way, just as Pat Boone's calls for more censorship is a knee-jerk reaction to an exposed mammary gland. We enjoyed great freedoms when I was growing up in the 70s, smoking in the parking lot at high school, drugs everywhere, pre-aids sex, etc. now we are paying for it with prudish rules that ban smokers in outdoor venues, random drug tests in schools, government pushing abstinence, etc. It will be a while until a happy medium can be found that gives individuals freedom and credit for their own responsiblity while protecting the rights and desires of the majority.
I don't see either one as related to politics just the typical human reaction to something they don't like or understand, society going all insular as a whole.
donbarzini
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I work with several Agents(The "SS" designation REALLY bothers me!) on occasion and I've got to tell you it's the ONE Dipsh!t that they say "ahhh, don't worry about it." that will come back and bite them in the ass.
ylexot
Super Genius
Just because someone is 15, doesn't mean they can't be dangerous. If you don't believe me, talk to people in Littleton, CO.
The drunk is more serious because alcohol loosens speech (he could be blabbing about something he is serious about).
The point is that the Secret Service needs to take suspicious activity seriously until they investigate it and determine if it's a threat or not.
If you're talking about the Columbine High School shootings by three individual teenagers, you've made a very good point.
Well, I don't think that kid was planning an assasination attempt - just being a stupid thoughtless kid. But the Secret Service has to investigate all reports and there ya go. If you want to blame someone, blame the teacher that called the police. Talk about overreacting!
donbarzini
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In what way did the teacher overreact? If the people who had dealt with Hinckley/Fromme/Sirhan/Oswald/Booth had stepped up
how different would the world be now?
Just because it turned out to be nothing THIS TIME counts for nothing!
how different would the world be now?
Just because it turned out to be nothing THIS TIME counts for nothing!