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.

Re:LOL

[ColdWetDog]

The child understood that dinosaurs don't exist anymore. It's not clear that the police were operating from the same viewpoint [creationmuseum.org].

Re:Please, don't tell them ...

[Eevee]

... but I strangled my neighbor's unicorn, last night.

Now, I've heard the phrase choking the chicken before, but that one's a new euphemism to me.

Re:LOL

[0123456]

The police were probably just hoping they'd get a chance to shoot a dinosaur themselves.

Re:Mandatory panic!

[Anonymous Coward]

I doubt very much the reaction would have been the same if he'd written that he did it with bow & arrow.

Well, of course, the arrow would have bounced off the dino's skin and the dinosaur would have eaten him, end of story!

Re:Mandatory panic!

[Cryacin]

Exactly, the pen is mightier than the sword! Will someone think of the children having to witness these horrors!

The school did the right thing

[real gumby]

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.

Re:Mandatory panic!

[drkim]

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"?