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Old 03-03-2005, 04:55 PM   #2
BigV
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Word do not equal actions

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I would look and see if it said something like this:

The zombie horde stumbled through the hallways. "Brains... BRAAAAINS!!"

Or instead something like this:

John the Zombie took out his .357 that he'd gotten from his father's closet and began shooting all the students in the face, starting with Stephen, that fucking bully...
Well, I guess that specifics like names in your example would be scary, but the young man says no:

"It didn't mention nobody who lives in Clark County, didn't mention (George Rogers Clark High School), didn't mention no principal or cops, nothing,"

Certainly, something like this is easy enough to check. I guess we’ll see, certainly a jury will see. Maybe the kid is really a dumbf*ck and he wrote like you described and then just lied about it to the reporter. 50-50, right? But the kid’s statement here regarding the content of what was written is much more easily verified than the state’s position:

"Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole's home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police."

My biggest beef here is that intent=crime. I cannot fully articulate why or how badly that offends me.

For the record, in my book, pre-emptive war is all f*cked up too.
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