South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" 421
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 (Score:5, Funny)
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 ... (Score:5, Funny)
Now, I've heard the phrase choking the chicken before, but that one's a new euphemism to me.
Re:LOL (Score:5, Funny)
The police were probably just hoping they'd get a chance to shoot a dinosaur themselves.
Re:Mandatory panic! (Score:2, Funny)
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! (Score:4, Funny)
The school did the right thing (Score:4, Funny)
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! (Score:4, Funny)
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"?