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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.
I dunno, I robbed a bank once by walking in, unarmed, writing "gun" on a piece of paper, and then shooting everyone in the place with it.
Show the paper to a teller and she will take it as a threat, as she is trained to do.
In real life most of us aren't being paid enough to sort out the real crazies from the geek playing a prank. We'll assume the worst and let the geek - who should know better - fend for himself.