Where will this end????

jerseydevil · 06-12-2002, 02:17 PM

WALNUT CREEK, California (Reuters) -- A 13-year-old California boy who was facing a possible eight years in juvenile prison for a spitball attack on a fellow student was given a much lighter sentence Thursday -- although he will still log some time behind bars.
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I do admit the person they hit in the eye required surgery, but how many "innocent" things happen everyday that end up getting someone hurt. Using this to "teach the boys a lesson" I think is wrong.

Things are just getting out of hand - from kindergartners getting suspended for sexual harrassment to 1st and 2nd graders getting suspended for "shooting" someone with a paper gun while playing cops and robbers.

I'd hate to think about how many times I might have been facing jail if I was a child living in todays society. I never did spit balls - but I tried shooting rubber bands, playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, sword fighting, etc.

Adults reactions to these kind of things are so ridiculous it's getting to be funny.

06-12-2002, 02:17 PM	#1
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Where will this end???? WALNUT CREEK, California (Reuters) -- A 13-year-old California boy who was facing a possible eight years in juvenile prison for a spitball attack on a fellow student was given a much lighter sentence Thursday -- although he will still log some time behind bars. More..... I do admit the person they hit in the eye required surgery, but how many "innocent" things happen everyday that end up getting someone hurt. Using this to "teach the boys a lesson" I think is wrong. Things are just getting out of hand - from kindergartners getting suspended for sexual harrassment to 1st and 2nd graders getting suspended for "shooting" someone with a paper gun while playing cops and robbers. I'd hate to think about how many times I might have been facing jail if I was a child living in todays society. I never did spit balls - but I tried shooting rubber bands, playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, sword fighting, etc. Adults reactions to these kind of things are so ridiculous it's getting to be funny. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide