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South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur"
Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes In South Carolina a 16-year old boy, Alex Stone, was arrested and charged with creating a disturbance at his school, as well as suspended, for choosing to write: "I killed my neighbor's pet dinosaur. I bought the gun to take care of the business," in response to a class writing assignment. The story has attracted international attention.
The child understood that dinosaurs don't exist anymore. It's not clear that the police were operating from the same viewpoint.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Now, I've heard the phrase choking the chicken before, but that one's a new euphemism to me.
The police were probably just hoping they'd get a chance to shoot a dinosaur themselves.
Well, of course, the arrow would have bounced off the dino's skin and the dinosaur would have eaten him, end of story!
Exactly, the pen is mightier than the sword! Will someone think of the children having to witness these horrors!
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
Pet dinosaurs are quite rare. In fact I’ve never seen one. So to kill it is a crime against humanity.
At least this kid had enough remorse to need to admit his crime.
I know his message was a cry for help but the school must pursue criminal action as a warning to others who might kill dinosaurs. Thank God we live in a country that takes “If you see something, say something” seriously.
Writing "gun" on a piece of paper and handing it to the teller might actually be effective - it conveys the threat of force and probably would lead to armed robbery charges.
Does this look like "gub" or "gun"?