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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 20 2011, 01:22 PM (200 Views) | |
| Bluezone777 | Oct 20 2011, 01:22 PM Post #1 |
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MONTREAL - School officials suspended 80 students after teachers received death threats on Facebook, but some youths say officials overreacted. Montreal police alerted detectives in St. Jerome, Que., north of the city, after detailed murder plans were posted last week by students from five schools. The Facebook page was created in August, and postings soon became violent. At one point, 800 students had joined the page. "The statements ... were very violent and hateful," said teachers' union president Jean Dumais. "It spoke of murdering teachers, with an hour and a specific date. Some teachers were concerned. They wanted to know if they were on the list." One student, who officials say was the creator of the page, was expelled from school. The other students have been allowed to return to class and said they disagree with the suspensions. "Do you think a Grade 8 student would kill people?" one girl asked. "I don't think so." Another girl, among those suspended, added, "Teachers might have been afraid, but it's sh--ty for us." When asked why she thought the punishment was unfair, the girl replied, "It was just a joke. They just should have shut down the site and talk to us but not suspend us for that." Retired police detective Richard Dupuis told QMI Agency that the parents, not just the students, are to blame for the Facebook threats. "Children are kings in their own houses," Dupuis told QMI. He says some parents will defend their children at any cost, even if the child is in the wrong. Dupuis recalled a case years ago in which a teenage girl was charged with murder. "The parents totally stymied (police)," he recalled. "They told her not to talk (to detectives), they covered up for the child. "I told the parents, 'Do you realize what you're doing to the next generation when you act like this?'" St. Jerome police led a cyber-bullying seminar at a local school Monday that parents were asked to attend. "We informed them about the risks associated with the Internet, and also the things that their children are doing on the Internet that they don't know about," said spokesman Robin Pouliot. A number of students could face criminal charges. Source: http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/10/19/students-suspended-after-death-threats-against-teachers --- I don't know who's crazier... the students making a Facebook page with their lists of teachers they want to kill including very specific time, dates and locations of when it would take place or the parents who seem hell bent on justifying this sort of behavior as not a problem? |
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| Anon-kun | Oct 20 2011, 11:57 PM Post #2 |
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Reminds me of the time when a student was discovered with a list/note book like in Death Note. Though in this case it's a bit more than one student. Still, I have a hard time believing it's actually 80 students. They may have just suspended whole classes.
Hmm, Canada. Guess I can't blame America this time around.
Sure, it's completely unrealistic, but I don't blame them for taking this serious after the many shooting episodes.
Oh, bo-ho, stop being stupid if you don't want to get suspended. |
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