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Lynnxz -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 5:24:19 PM)

Eh I found another article that said a teacher had graded it. Apparently not, I didn't see the links just posted.

That's no fun if it's a legitimate threat of a school takeover involving weapons, but I do agree with the one blogger who was concerned about what an officer stated here.

"Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. “Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it’s a felony in the state of Kentucky,” said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill."

That, to me, is a little disturbing, if it is not taken out of context. It's fine to write stories and such, I do not care where they are based. It appears now that he got a little too specific, even listing the date of his own death as a few days in the future.

Damn. And I was hoping for brain eating kindergardeners.

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You have NO IDEA what is in it, so ramble on if you wish, I am done here.


I enjoy happy rambling. Don't get so upset.



LDRandAstarte -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 5:25:26 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ThatDaveGuy69

Here, try these commentaries on for size - a little more infor on the case...
And I hadn't even gotten around to thinking about the 1st Amendment implications...

http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/03/kentucky-zombie-update.html

http://www.allyngibson.net/?tag=william-poole

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2005/02/28/student-arrested-for-terroristic-threatening-says-incident-a-misunderstanding/





I am guessing that you somehow missed the part that said;
"Police say they've interviewed seven George Rogers Clark High School students who say Poole tried to recruit them into his group.",
in the first link you posted.

That sounds a little bit like something other then a fictional story to me.
I am satisfied to let the police and the courts sort out the facts and not jump to conclusions based on crappy reporting thank you.



kittinSol -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 5:25:56 PM)

It seems to me like there's a serious case of thought policing going on there, which is disturbing.



Vendaval -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 7:11:05 PM)

That is what caught my attention too.  So far the whole matter seems like thought policing.  I would like to know more from the other students who say he tried to recruit them.


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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz

"Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. “Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it’s a felony in the state of Kentucky,” said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill."




SpinnerofTales -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 7:17:31 PM)

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YES! I read that, this is what the kid is claiming, but I have not read it and neither have you, so we don't know that to be the truth.

It MAY turn out to be the truth, and if that is the case then yes it is incredibly stupid. But at this point you are ALL jumping to conclusions and assuming that what the kid says is true and that the cops and the grand parents are idiots.

How about you wait for some facts?
ORIGINAL: LDRandAstarte



How about the concept of "Innocent until proven guilty?" And in this case, there would have to be a lot of proving to do.



TheHeretic -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 8:00:07 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ThatDaveGuy69

And I hadn't even gotten around to thinking about the 1st Amendment implications...




      First Amendment implications are where my mind tends to go first.  Even if this kid was plotting to break the Columbine record, arresting someone for words they write is deeply disturbing to me. 



Marc2b -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 8:54:06 PM)

Well this puts the kibosh on my BDSM horror novel, “Zombies of Collarme.” 

Damn.

I was just about to write the chapter where zombie Domiguy eats Mod 11.



MarsBonfire -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 9:08:58 PM)

I know this is a little off the focus of this thread... but I was just thinking... (I live in Arkansas, BTW) and I can tell you that many of the parents around here really, really, wish their kids COULD write a story....

Well, if the kid is guilty of planning something, we'll find out about it. If he wasn't, and he just got jailed for writing what must be one hell of a kick-ass zombie story... then he's well on his way to establishing some serious "cred" for his splatterpunk writer's resume.

Imagainary blurb on the back of his first paperback: The author was jailed at age 17, for writing his first zombie fiction....  pure gold to a publisher and/or author's agent! LOL



FangsNfeet -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 9:23:55 PM)

Hell, what should happen to the writers of "Killer Clowns from Space" and "When Mars Attacks"?

The story of "When Mars Attacks" clearly describes the murder and oblideration of congress not to mention the death of the presidents of US and France.

I guess this guy should have written about aliens instead of zombies.

Just about every anime movie I watch envolves the distruction of Tokyo. Japan officals do not see this as a threat of from of terrorisim. 

Can people be this stupid? Well, it is Kentucky. Students aren't allowed to write about murder and mahem in HS. You gotta save it for college or Horror Publishers. 



Crush -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 9:32:45 PM)

I gotta say first: Zombies....cooooool.....headshots....

As we see all the time, the P.C. (aka thought police)  and Zero Tolerance folks continue to miss the large picture of what really needs to be addressed instead of  Midol(tm) in a girl's purse or wooden rifles in the back seat of a student's car who is on a Drill Team.

But Wait!  That's Not All!   The Pen *is* Mightier than the Sword!  OOOOOOooooooohh  I see now...creative writing is a problem...no can't be; I made it through a lot of the Bailout Plan before I fell asleep.

Once again, Unintended Consequences rears its ugly head again....


Dang, and I'm out of Irish Whiskey.....back to beer...



LDRandAstarte -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 11:06:26 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales

How about the concept of "Innocent until proven guilty?" And in this case, there would have to be a lot of proving to do.



That comes later, at the trial.
I am all for pulling a psycho who is trying to recruit others into a plot off the street and putting him in jail.
Then at his trial "Prove" him guilty and throw away the key.


[stepping out of the direct response]
Ya'll still don't understand, that NONE of you have read the journal, or talked to the people the police have interviewed. You just assume you are smarter, without even seeing the evidence, then the people who have locked the kid up. That is mighty egotistical of you to think so, but then no one said there was  an abundance common sense around here.



YoursMistress -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/18/2009 11:35:19 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz

I... didn't know that zombies were considered terrorists?


Don't you know that they eat your brains?  Jeez!

yours



MarsBonfire -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 7:07:25 AM)

True... the reason we haven't heard much about brain eating zombies lately... they tried attacking the Bush administration, and nearly "died" of starvation. (rimshot)

No, seriously, I'm here all week, try the veal. Don't forget to tip your waitresses.



BlackPhx -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 9:47:08 AM)

This is not the first time someone has been arrested for their writings and it probably won't be the last. Whether the story was fictional, written for a class and not turned in, was a road map to a plan or was just the venting of H.S. angst and anger in a fictional manner, we won't know until all is said and done. His Grandparents may have had other reasons and signs that caused them to be concerned enough to find this journal and turn it in after reading. They might have defaulted to getting him counseling, but apparently it was of sufficient concern they felt the police needed to look it over and be prepared, if it wasn't. Again this is something we won't know until it plays out.

Meanwhile I suspect we won't see too many scripts coming out of Kentucky for the horror and thriller genres involving H.S. or any type of school for a while to come.

poenkitten







ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 9:52:16 AM)

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Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.


I wonder - does Kentucky have an outstanding warrant for Stephen King, the author of "Carrie?" Is it legal to sell or own that book in Kentucky? 



UncleNasty -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 9:57:39 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz

I... didn't know that zombies were considered terrorists?


What about Achmed the Dead Terrorist?

Uncle Nasty



UncleNasty -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 10:05:06 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LDRandAstarte

quote:

ORIGINAL: ThatDaveGuy69

Here, try these commentaries on for size - a little more infor on the case...
And I hadn't even gotten around to thinking about the 1st Amendment implications...

http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/03/kentucky-zombie-update.html

http://www.allyngibson.net/?tag=william-poole

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2005/02/28/student-arrested-for-terroristic-threatening-says-incident-a-misunderstanding/





I am guessing that you somehow missed the part that said;
"Police say they've interviewed seven George Rogers Clark High School students who say Poole tried to recruit them into his group.",
in the first link you posted.

That sounds a little bit like something other then a fictional story to me.
I am satisfied to let the police and the courts sort out the facts and not jump to conclusions based on crappy reporting thank you.



Police and courts, as a standard operating procedure, jump to conclusions and then look for some facts to support them, excluding and ignoring any and all facts that contradict their jumped to conclusions.

Uncle Nasty



Vendaval -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 2:59:30 PM)

But there is a law on the books requiring all Kentucky state residents to
take a bath at least once a year.
 
I found a site that should amuse you, Panda.

http://www.strangefacts.com/laws.html




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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

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Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.


I wonder - does Kentucky have an outstanding warrant for Stephen King, the author of "Carrie?" Is it legal to sell or own that book in Kentucky? 



Arpig -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 8:22:55 PM)

Cool site[:)]



Vendaval -> RE: Student arrested over his zombie fiction (3/19/2009 8:45:07 PM)

Hee heee...many of the laws have to do with livestock and that new fangled contraption, the horseless carriage.  [:D]



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