View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
|
Proman
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
Posts: 947
Location: USA
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:24 am
|
|
|
"According to police, the day before he injured them, the child was insulted by 6 classmates including boys whom he tried to kill. They reportedly likened him to a Pokemon character."
Sounds like BS to me. What does this have to do with Pokemon? It's just a case of his classmatates bullying him.
I really hope this won't became the "Evangelion Murders #2" thread.
|
Back to top |
|
|
cyrax777
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 1825
Location: the desert
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:28 am
|
|
|
*sarcasm* Ban Pokemon and Swords do it for the chilldren*sarcasm*
|
Back to top |
|
|
GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 15582
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:51 am
|
|
|
A case of art imitating life: *looks at Battle Royale*.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 8202
Location: England, UK
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:40 am
|
|
|
Oddly doesn't say just what specific Poké-mon character it was that provoked such an out burst. I blame it on the hormone storms of spring. A very irrational time.
|
Back to top |
|
|
RyoShin X
Joined: 03 Sep 2003
Posts: 5
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:44 am
|
|
|
Mohawk52 wrote: | Oddly doesn't say just what specific Poké-mon character it was that provoked such an out burst. I blame it on the hormone storms of spring. A very irrational time. |
I bet they called him a Magikarp.
|
Back to top |
|
|
DeSpawn
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 82
Location: Boston, MA
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:49 am
|
|
|
Probably called him a Jinx or a Clafaire, your right that its a shame which pokemon he was called wasn't mentioned...But in defense of the child, I'd be angry to had someone called me a Jigglypuff and would show them no mercy...given I was 13 with no common sense.
Still you don't hear about many sword related murder attempts since the late 1400's
|
Back to top |
|
|
lianncoop
Past ANN Contributor
Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Posts: 1705
Location: Indiana
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:55 am
|
|
|
Jigglypuffs are cute!
It is somewhat sad that bullying causes children to retalliate in such drastic measures. It's bad that the kids teased him, but the problem stems deeper than just anger over casual teasing if he saw killing the kids as the only answer.
|
Back to top |
|
|
The Ramblin' Wreck
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Posts: 924
Location: Teaching Robot Women How To Love
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:14 am
|
|
|
Hello?
Can any of you say "mentally disturbed"?
|
Back to top |
|
|
Godaistudios
Joined: 12 Jun 2003
Posts: 2075
Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment)
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:47 am
|
|
|
Ramblin' Wreck, I'm inclined to agree with you more. I don't think it matters which character the kid was likened with. This kid tried to kill other kids, and others on this board emphasize such a trivial detail? I'm more concerned with the other circumstances here. Where are the parents in this situation? What have they had to say? Why didn't they notice something wrong in the beginning? You have to know that this is coming from something deeper, so when did it all really begin?
This is only a tidbit as far as the story is concerned, but I just feel like something is missing.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Tony K.
Subscriber
Moderator
Joined: 18 Nov 2003
Posts: 11447
Location: Frisco, TX
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:51 pm
|
|
|
GATSU wrote: | A case of art imitating life: *looks at Battle Royale*. |
Heh, heh . It's ironic that I just saw this movie the other day and this happens. How weird...
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shorty22
Joined: 09 Aug 2003
Posts: 504
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:38 pm
|
|
|
... just how did the boy 'borrow' his grandfather's sword without anyone noticing and better yet, how'd he get to school with it? Shouldn't someone have noticed and said "No Jimmy, you can't bring the sword with you to school."?
|
Back to top |
|
|
Godaistudios
Joined: 12 Jun 2003
Posts: 2075
Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment)
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:09 pm
|
|
|
I had wondered about the sword too, but the sword may have been short enough to conceal into a duffelbag, or the like. Especially if it was just a wakazashi.
|
Back to top |
|
|
GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 15582
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:18 pm
|
|
|
Still, better a sword than a gun.
|
Back to top |
|
|
LTGMars
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
Posts: 15
Location: USA
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:07 pm
|
|
|
GATSU wrote: | Still, better a sword than a gun. |
That's not the point. The fact that he tried to kill his classmates in the first place is decidedly more alarming than his choice of weapon. Besides, who knows... he probably would have brought a rocket launcher to school if he had access to one.
Heh, wouldn't it have been cool if he were likened to Mewtwo? That way, he wouldn't have jumped the other younguns.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Godaistudios
Joined: 12 Jun 2003
Posts: 2075
Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment)
|
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:15 pm
|
|
|
LTGMars wrote: |
GATSU wrote: | Still, better a sword than a gun. |
That's not the point. The fact that he tried to kill his classmates in the first place is decidedly more alarming than his choice of weapon. Besides, who knows... he probably would have brought a rocket launcher to school if he had access to one. |
I thought about saying something along those lines myself when Gatsu said that. But he used "still" as a qualifier. It's not that he fails to recognize the seriousness of the situation. It's just a matter that it's fortunate that the situation wasn't made worse by the presence of a firearm. It could have been Columbine all over again instead.
|
Back to top |
|
|
|