Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: Matthias99
Originally posted by: fisher
if you are talking about committing violence at school you should realize that no one finds it cute or funny anymore. if you start making maps of your school in CS you should realize that no one finds it cute or funny anymore. if you start writing stories about killing everyone at your school in english class you should realize that no one finds it cute or funny anymore. welcome to 2007, we're long past the days when you could do stuff like this and get away with it. if you want to be creative, make a map of something else.
do i think he should have been expelled? not without more evidence than just making a map of your school. however, you can't overlook whatever subtle signs there are these days, if you expect school shootings to be stopped before they happen.
video games don't cause violence (imho) or school shootings. but use some common sense, making a map of your school? cmon.
I'm not saying that making light of school shootings is "cute" or "funny" or that the school should have ignored this completely. But unless this kid is stockpiling weapons, writing suicide notes, coming up with detailed plans for attacking his school, etc. -- this reaction is WAY overblown. Like I said -- are you going to expel everyone who plays violent videogames or listens to music that is anti-establishment? At what point does potentially disturbing creative expression/entertainment or 'not fitting in' become a danger to others that's unreasonable to ignore?
Ultimately, if someone truly wants to hurt or kill other people and is really dedicated to doing that, they will probably succeed. Unless you want to start locking people up for 'thought crimes' like giving off "subtle signs" of potential violent tendencies. Remember, Big Brother is watching...
i'm not saying anyone here is calling it cute, but that's the idea. haha look i made a map of the school i'm cool right?!? i was in high school at one point, i know what the mentality is.
playing violent video games or listening to anti-establishment music is not the same as making it real like this. playing de_dust is a bit different from playing a map of your school. once again, want to be creative? make something unique, not just copying your school hallways. how boring is that?
as far as thought crimes, you can think all you want. but when you start doing things that other people can see, it's time to poke a little. if you're going to start displaying the signs, what do you expect to get from that? once again, it's not playing a video game, it's recreating a situation that is very much in the spotlight right now. and once again, it was overblown a bit. check into the situation, then make a decision.
@ MikeyLSU - if you aren't smart enough to figure out that making a map of your school in a FPS is going to bring you attention from the authorities you are the poster child for book smarts without any common sense. my little brother is the same way, made it through high school and college, zero common sense.