> *SJ Merc article snipped*
> >
> > Reason I consider this newsworthy: students throwing rocks
> > at each other is something that happens every day, but now we
> > have a kid who has been arrested for assault, and was stupid
> > enough to admit the reason he did it....
>
> "Corwyn: I would rather that this sort of story wasn't even newsworthy,
> because
> this is the way we treat everyone who acts with unilateral violence
> towards another. Especially if we have taken away the ability of these
> victims to defend themselves. -Corey
Corey Im extremely pleased that this kind of story *is* newsworthy.
This will give every high school principle an opportunity to call the
students together, read them the story, then say: OK gang, here it
is. If you do *any* physical violence to *anyone*, you put your
life in their hands. For all that person has to do is claim he is
he is gay, then the authorities will snatch you outta class by the
hair and hurl you in a legal morass from which OJ's dream team
could not achieve extrication.
Suddenly the high school tough guy's implied threat seems a bit
toothless. This pleases me greatly. Im waiting to read a story
about the first time a guy is being ganged upon by a group of
toughs. In desperation he calls out "Im gaaaaay" and the gangsters
scatter like roaches when the kitchen light is flipped on. spike
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