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Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates
New submitter Lord_Breetai sends word that a Louisiana high school student has been arrested for using a mobile app to simulate shooting his classmates. The app overlays an FPS-style gun and UI over a real background seen through the device's camera. The student tried it out and then unwisely posted a video of it on YouTube. Another student's parent saw the video and reported it to authorities. Major Wolfe of the local police said, "You can't ignore it. We don't know at what time that game becomes reality. He said it was a result of him being frustrated and tired of being bullied. He said that he had no intentions of hurting anybody. We have to take all threats seriously and we have no way of knowing that without investigating and getting to the bottom of it. With all the school shooting we've had in the United States, it's just not a very good game to be playing at this time." The boy is now facing criminal charges for terrorizing and interference of the operation of a school.
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Let me point out that back when I was a kid, there was a per;on I knew uho really liked baseball. He'd practice tons; he'g read about it. He'd memorize trivia; he had baseball cards, and used them for fantasy baseball games back before there was fantasy sports.
He also had a temper, and couldn't stand it when people were "unreasonable", that is, disagreeing with him and not changing to agree with him. When that happened, he'd discuss it. For a long time. And he'd comfort himself during the discussion by picking up and swinging his baseball bat. A fifteen year-old.
Once, he accidentally hit the person he was discussing with. Accidentally. Once. And he was really very sorry, apologetic even.
Anyhow, back to the topic at hand. Just a game? I absolutely disagree. Interfering with school operations? Absolutely. Arrested? I couldn't approve more.
Such things are messages, and they convey the message "we're doing things my way, or else."
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