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Date Posted: 00:54:41 02/09/02 Sat
Author: me
Subject: Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!)
In reply to: Dave 's message, "Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!)" on 15:00:48 02/08/02 Fri

>Well, I assume you are referring to me and I still
>believe in what I said earlier. I would err on the
>side of caution EVERY time. If the schools and the
>law were to crack down on stuff like this we wouldn't
>have anyone "joking" around like the kid in Akron. It
>may have been a joke, but it wasn't funny! The
>friends of the kid who shot up Santana High School
>thought he was just kidding when he talked about
>taking a gun to school. Anthony Ward wrote down his
>thoughts...they were threatening thoughts! The only
>thing he didn't do was draw a map. As I said before,
>if something like this happened at my child's school,
>I would hope there was someone there who would
>overreact. It's easier to smooth over hurt feelings
>than it is to smooth over the grief of a parent who
>has lost a child.

True, but Anthony wasn't dangerous. I'm sure this other kid wasn't dangerous either, but incredibly stupid. Anthony sought refuge in his notebook, and the whole 'you'll regret that' bit was NOT a threat. This other kid? like i said, stupid.

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Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Wakener, 01:59:02 02/09/02 Sat

Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Dave, 15:17:56 02/09/02 Sat

Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Wakener, 18:02:37 02/09/02 Sat
- Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Dave, 19:27:11 02/09/02 Sat
  - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- me, 23:02:33 02/11/02 Mon
    - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Wakener, 03:08:49 02/12/02 Tue
  - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Wakener, 02:57:34 02/12/02 Tue
    - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Su, 18:39:50 02/12/02 Tue
      - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Dave, 19:56:35 02/12/02 Tue
      - Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Wakener, 20:45:28 02/12/02 Tue
        Re: Boston Public Copycat "Bomber" (Anthony Ward haters READ!) -- Su, 11:17:55 02/15/02 Fri