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  • MONDAY MAY 14 2007 12:00 AM

Children Learn How To Be Afraid Of Dying

Submitted by FearTheReaper

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: Virginia Tech, Pretending to murder children



The Virginia Tech massacre has school administrators across the country on edge. The staff at Scales Elementary School in Tennessee decided the children should share in their horrible fear and staged a mock attack on Thursday night. The sixth graders apparently feared for their lives, so the exercise can be considered a success.

Assistant Principal Don Bartch said his staff discussed what they would do in a real life situation. On Thursday the school was taking students on a weeklong trip to a state park and decided it would be a terrific location for a mock attack.

On the final night staff told the kids that a crazy gunman was on the loose. Staff said it was not a drill and ordered the kids to stay quiet, hide under furniture or to lie on the floor. Another teacher dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and pulled on the locked door. The kids cried as they waited to die. The “attack” lasted five minutes.


“At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out.”


Nope, it’s a learning experience! Isn’t school fun? Now go to bed and get some sleep.

Parents are apparently upset that their kids were taught how to lie on the floor and cry.


“The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them,” said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.


This kind of stuff makes me really miss being a kid and hiding from fake child molesters. Oh, wait, I went to a Catholic school, they were real.

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Lily

Lily

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

MAY 15, 2007 09:46 PM

Dr_Lizardo said:
Fear is the #1 tool of the state.



indeed it is.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

MAY 16, 2007 02:08 AM

RubberSoul said:
You and the loon who started this thread belong together. Look at my quote...do you see anywhere that I said I didn't understand what he wrote? Of course not...he writes poorly...but only at about a sixth grade level (which is why you can understand it, I assume). I asked him to put the primary content toward the top of the article, like any well-written news article should be written. That way I don't have to wade through as much of his other nonsense to quckly pick up the gist of the article since (like with this one) his stupid headlines never convey the true meaning.



ZOMG the news on a porn site is not written like the Times! stop the presses!

Ff

Ff

I'm lost
August 2006

MAY 16, 2007 05:15 AM

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



no, this is where YOU make this statement because it's an easier argument to debate against then the ones i have made

show me where i said we should GIVE every CHILD a gun?

i don't really know how i feel about this story because it was posted by FTR and i haven't had a chance to look into it myself tongue

Hafu

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA
February 2005

MAY 16, 2007 05:32 AM

fuckfuck said:

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



no, this is where YOU make this statement because it's an easier argument to debate against then the ones i have made

show me where i said we should GIVE every CHILD a gun?

i don't really know how i feel about this story because it was posted by FTR and i haven't had a chance to look into it myself tongue



nope - but you have said that you would like schools to be a gun possible zone. and in fact here is a thread about gun control/VT where you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)

plus with the current gun laws as they are, its been proven that even a 10 month old law abiding baby can own/operate/and transport a weapon.

Ff

Ff

I'm lost
August 2006

MAY 16, 2007 05:42 AM

Hafu said:

fuckfuck said:

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



no, this is where YOU make this statement because it's an easier argument to debate against then the ones i have made

show me where i said we should GIVE every CHILD a gun?

i don't really know how i feel about this story because it was posted by FTR and i haven't had a chance to look into it myself tongue



nope - but you have said that you would like schools to be a gun possible zone.



true, just like most public places.

Hafu said:and in fact here is a thread about gun control/VT where you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)

plus with the current gun laws as they are, its been proven that even a 10 month old law abiding baby can own/operate/and transport a weapon.



these are all blatant lies, why must you do this?

Hafu

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA
February 2005

MAY 16, 2007 06:08 AM

fuckfuck said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Hafu said:

fuckfuck said:

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



no, this is where YOU make this statement because it's an easier argument to debate against then the ones i have made

show me where i said we should GIVE every CHILD a gun?

i don't really know how i feel about this story because it was posted by FTR and i haven't had a chance to look into it myself tongue



nope - but you have said that you would like schools to be a gun possible zone.



true, just like most public places.

Hafu said:and in fact here is a thread about gun control/VT where you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)

plus with the current gun laws as they are, its been proven that even a 10 month old law abiding baby can own/operate/and transport a weapon.



these are all blatant lies, why must you do this?



because its true. and to prove it - here is conservative FOX NEWS on the gun/baby issue. and here is a link where you first put up an anti-semitic web site by accident/ignorance (because you may have not read it all the way through or understood it) and it also shows your advocation for guns in high schools and colleges

Ff

Ff

I'm lost
August 2006

MAY 16, 2007 06:40 AM

Hafu said:

fuckfuck said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Hafu said:

fuckfuck said:

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



no, this is where YOU make this statement because it's an easier argument to debate against then the ones i have made

show me where i said we should GIVE every CHILD a gun?

i don't really know how i feel about this story because it was posted by FTR and i haven't had a chance to look into it myself tongue



nope - but you have said that you would like schools to be a gun possible zone.



true, just like most public places.

Hafu said:and in fact here is a thread about gun control/VT where you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)

plus with the current gun laws as they are, its been proven that even a 10 month old law abiding baby can own/operate/and transport a weapon.



these are all blatant lies, why must you do this?



because its true. and to prove it - here is conservative FOX NEWS on the gun/baby issue. and here is a link where you first put up an anti-semitic web site by accident/ignorance (because you may have not read it all the way through or understood it) and it also shows your advocation for guns in high schools and colleges



show me this 10 month old that is currently operating or transporting a weapon

yes, i do do think it's silly that lawful ADULTS who are authorized to be on high school property and are authorized to cary a weapon on almost all other public property are not allowed to cary one to work with them if they work at / attend a high school or a college but that is a far cry from claiming that they would stop a school shooting from occurring. it is also a far cry from claiming that kids should be given guns. why do you need to twist my words around to discredit them?

Hafu

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA
February 2005

MAY 16, 2007 06:54 AM

did you not click on the links that i gave you? i have fox news in that post. and then i also have a Chicago news source in a previous post that i linked to. and if thats STILL not enough, CNN has a link you can click on. it has a picture and EVERYTHING. whatever

and please inform me where i twisted your words because as far as i know i only made links to them.

Ff

Ff

I'm lost
August 2006

MAY 16, 2007 07:25 AM

Hafu said:
did you not click on the links that i gave you? i have fox news in that post. and then i also have a Chicago news source in a previous post that i linked to. and if thats STILL not enough, CNN has a link you can click on. it has a picture and EVERYTHING. whatever



yea, and? all this shows is that a man has some card with his sons picture on it and guess what? his 10 month old has a clean criminal record. who would have guessed? considering the increasing numbers of baby criminals on the loose!

Hafu said:
and please inform me where i twisted your words because as far as i know i only made links to them.



right here

Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



and here

Hafu said:you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)



i never said anything even along the lines of something like this, so yes you are twisting my words around.

Hafu

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA
February 2005

MAY 16, 2007 08:05 AM

fuckfuck said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Hafu said:
did you not click on the links that i gave you? i have fox news in that post. and then i also have a Chicago news source in a previous post that i linked to. and if thats STILL not enough, CNN has a link you can click on. it has a picture and EVERYTHING. whatever



yea, and? all this shows is that a man has some card with his sons picture on it and guess what? his 10 month old has a clean criminal record. who would have guessed? considering the increasing numbers of baby criminals on the loose!



a FOID card holder can carry, operate, and transport a gun. Thats not what im concerned about. im concerned about age. and as i surmised - you dont seem to be. thus leading to my next statement...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)


Hafu said:
isnt this where fuckfuck comes in and says something along the lines of:

if each child was given a gun, we wouldnt need to run important drills like this.

whatever wink



Hafu said:you blaitently implied that if a school allowed it, a school shooting would have never occurred. (even implied high school once in there)



fuckfuck said:
i never said anything even along the lines of something like this, so yes you are twisting my words around.



the first statement is a mocking jab. if you pay attention to the sentence structure; the operative words are "comes in and says something along the lines of". this marks it as humor and not fact.

and in the second statement, yes; i am afraid you did suggest that guns on campus would negate school shootings....bringing us back to the first statement and the intended humorous effect bok

Hafu

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA
February 2005

MAY 16, 2007 08:28 AM

by the by, did you ever figure out how you stand on the news topic?

Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

MAY 16, 2007 10:06 AM

Hafu said:
by the by, did you ever figure out how you stand on the news topic?



Your being a bit unfair to Fuckfuck. Tho he may have said that the presense of weapons on campuses would have at least allowed people to have a chance to defend themselves I don't remember him ever saying it would totally eliminate stupid people from trying something like VT. That being said tho this is clearly an isue of the law being written poorly probably because when it was written no one ever imagined that a 10 month old would be applying for one of these permits. Not to mention really it's a non issue of sorts. Has anyone been harmed? Were any laws broken? smile

aleksa

aleksa

Tacoma, WA
April 2006

MAY 16, 2007 10:16 AM

RubberSoul said:

aleksa said:

FearTheReaper said:

RubberSoul said:
Dude, you need to take an entry-level newspaper class or something. I can never figure out what you're prattling on about until I scan through more than I want to of your obtuse articles. Do us all a favor and move the little content you usually have to the top in the future, please.



Here's another idea: Don't read my articles dumbshit. That's how you avoid something that annoys you, you don't read it.



The article seems to be easily understood by everyone else.



You and the loon who started this thread belong together. Look at my quote...do you see anywhere that I said I didn't understand what he wrote?



Ahem:

RubberSoul said:
I can never figure out what you're prattling on about until I scan through more than I want to of your obtuse articles.



Perhaps my sixth grade education is misunderstanding.

RubberSoul

RubberSoul

Los Angeles, CA
February 2003

MAY 16, 2007 10:32 AM

aleksa said:

RubberSoul said:

aleksa said:

FearTheReaper said:

RubberSoul said:
Dude, you need to take an entry-level newspaper class or something. I can never figure out what you're prattling on about until I scan through more than I want to of your obtuse articles. Do us all a favor and move the little content you usually have to the top in the future, please.



Here's another idea: Don't read my articles dumbshit. That's how you avoid something that annoys you, you don't read it.



The article seems to be easily understood by everyone else.



You and the loon who started this thread belong together. Look at my quote...do you see anywhere that I said I didn't understand what he wrote?



Ahem:

RubberSoul said:
I can never figure out what you're prattling on about until I scan through more than I want to of your obtuse articles.



Perhaps my sixth grade education is misunderstanding.



Yeah, it says exactly what I said...I have to read more than I want to before he gets to the point. I stand corrected, I guess you only got to 4th grade.

LostLucy

LostLucy

USA
December 2006

MAY 16, 2007 01:54 PM

^^ back to the NEWS wink

Is this the modern equivalent of a Disastor or Fire Drill?

WIthout being there it is hard to criticize because one very valid way to help heal fears and trauma in children is to give them a guided opportunity to develop solutions to the problem so that they feel less powerless.

still.... i am picturing some bad laser tag scenario gone all wrong
and wondering if this exercise is not a source of trauma?

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