Re: Student arrested over Counter Strike map

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Fri, 4 May 2007, John Forrister wrote:

> Drsolly wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 May 2007, Kurt Grutzmacher wrote:
> >
> >   
> > > On 5/3/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > >     
> > > > On Thu, 3 May 2007, Kurt Grutzmacher wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > "I think removing him was probably a good thing to do because we have
> > > > > no idea if he was actually going to come to school with a gun or
> > > > > something," student Maggie Berado said.
> > > > >         
> > > > But I have no idea whether Maggie Berado is going to come to school with a
> > > > gun or something, so should we do something about her?
> > > >       
> > > I wonder if she has a hammer close to her:
> > >     
> >
> > Or a fork. A fork is a potential weapon. 
> >  
> >   
> Or a pen/pencil - after all, they're sharp pointy objects - quick we'd
> best arrest every student and administrator in the school, just to be
> 'safe'.
>
> As most of the people on this list realize, a weapon isn't an object,
> it's a state of mind.   Nearly anything that comes to hand can be used
> as a weapon if a person decides to attack someone.  Sadly, most people
> don't realize this, and instead insist on labeling particular objects as
> 'dangerous'. 

Yes, I've always wondered why they won't let me carry a bomb onto an 
airplane. It isn't bombs that kill people, it's people that kill people.
 

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