Terrorist threatening?

Originally Posted by punky

Isn't a necromancer like a spiritual-styled medium? Do you mean he is talking to the Columbine kids? What did you mean by that?

A necromancer raises the spirits, or in some definitions the bodies of well, of the dead. If the authorities are considering a "zombie" attack as a threat it would imply that they also think this kid has some means of raising the dead from their graves.

Arn't there loads of stories based on Zombies? Are they going to arrest the people who wrote them aswell for so called "terroist threatening"?

[punky]

Originally Posted by dr wadd

A necromancer raises the spirits, or in some definitions the bodies of well, of the dead. If the authorities are considering a "zombie" attack as a threat it would imply that they also think this kid has some means of raising the dead from their graves.

Could also be a metaphor. Perhaps there is evidence that when he said zombie, meant apathetic pupils. We have no idea what was said so we can only speculate what was said.

But between the police AND grandparents who were so conerned about it. and the kid, I know who I am most inclined to believe.

Originally Posted by punky

Could also be a metaphor. Perhaps there is evidence that when he said zombie, meant apathetic pupils. We have no idea what was said so we can only speculate what was said.

But between the police AND grandparents who were so conerned about it. and the kid, I know who I am most inclined to believe.

Metaphor my arse. Besides, if you are apathetic it isn`t normally conducive to conducting an armed attack. I've never heard terrorists to be described as "apathetic", if they were I`m sure they'd be a lot less trouble.

This is simply a case of over-zealous authorities and grandparents without a clue. I used to write horror stories for my GCSE English work. I`m sure some of those would have given my grandparents quite a shock. It doesn`t mean they were qualified to comment upon them though.

[punky]

Perhaps he said something along the lines of "Soon the zombies will rise again and re-take the school by force", in this case zombie being the kid's apathetic group.

Like you said, you did it and didn't get arrested. Plenty of people in the US write horror, and don't get arrested. Why would his grandparents AND the police pick on this one kid, and one kid alone? If it was on or the other, I could say they might be overzealous, but both? There is something more to this we aren't being told about.

Originally Posted by punky

There is something more to this we aren't being told about.

Perhaps you'd care to make up some details for us then, as you are certainly reading between the lines and spotting points that I do not feel are justified. We all know what the US is like at the moment. You ask why they would pick on this one kid. I think there you are making the mistake of assuming that they can logically justify their actions, past history has demonstrated that the US authorities consider this to be an unnecessary luxury.

[punky]

Originally Posted by dr wadd

Perhaps you'd care to make up some details for us then, as you are certainly reading between the lines and spotting points that I do not feel are justified.

I am doing nothing of the sort. I am merely proposing another view here in which the kid could be guilty. Unlike some I don't use hatred of the US as a crutch to support any one or story that accuses them of some nefarious deed. The kid may be guilty, or he may be innocent, but everyone in this thread so far has automatically declared this kid an innocent victim. All I am saying is: "hold on, it might not be like that..".

We all know what the US is like at the moment. You ask why they would pick on this one kid. I think there you are making the mistake of assuming that they can logically justify their actions, past history has demonstrated that the US authorities consider this to be an unnecessary luxury.

I suppose Stephen King has gone on the lam then? I am going to be extradited to the US for comments in one of my previous posts?

At the end of the day, it is going to court, and a jury will decide wether this case has merit or not, so the police and his grandparents will have nothing to do with it.