Texas student a terorist?

[UnAmericanYOU]

A Counterstrike player who made the terrible mistake of making his own map using the high school he attend(ed) as a model. For that, he's been sentenced to alternative school and barred from participating in his own graduation ceremony:

Police discovered five swords in the bedroom of a Clements High School senior whose home they searched after getting complaints about a 3-D computer “shoot-‘em-up” game map the student designed, which depicted a portion of the school.

That information surfaced in a Fort Bend Independent School District Police Department report released Tuesday, and was confirmed by several district officials who also revealed other details about the case for the first time.

The student, whose name has not been released, was not arrested or charged by FBISD police, however, he was removed from Clements and transferred to M.R. Wood Alternative Education Center several days ago. Officials said he also complied with a police order to delete the game and game maps from his computer.

FBISD officials said Tuesday school administrators weighed the violent nature of the computer game – a modified version of Counterstrike – along with the discovery of swords in the boy’s room, and other undisclosed information, and decided to classify the matter as a “Level 3” situation.

The district’s student handbook defines “Level 3” as an incident in which a student “engages in conduct relating to a false alarm or report (including a bomb threat) or a terroristic threat involving a public school.” A Level 3 incident, according to district policy, results in mandatory transfer to M.R. Wood.

Two sources close to the case said it’s questionable whether the swords were usable as weapons, indicating they may have been decorative.

The incident came to light after the boy’s mother, Jean Lin, expressed her concern over her son’s punishment to FBISD Board trustees in an executive session during an April 23 meeting. About 70 members of the area Chinese community also attended the meeting to show support for the family. Some said the boy and his family were upset to learn he may not be allowed to attend graduation ceremonies with this Clements classmates.

The matter erupted into a political controversy on Monday, at what was to have been a special FBISD board meeting, called by trustees Ken Bryant and Stan Magee to discuss the boy’s case further.

http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/285...dent-removed-from-clements-over-computer-game

Ummm...there's a time and place to stick to the rules, it sounds as those the school officals are taking this whole incident WAY too seriously. Five swords indicates that he probably just collects them with parental permission.

They'll show this student not to make a map on his home computer again. Hope he enjoys the Alternative education center Orwell tried to warn him about.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

Wait, you mean there are still people who play Counterstrike? No wonder he collects swords, he's still stuck in the middle ages.

 

[Bullypulpit]

This is what Bush's "war on terror" has brought to America...Fear...Paranoia...Big Brotherism. America was not born of any of these things, but it appears that it will die of them.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

This is what Bush's "war on terror" has brought to America...Fear...Paranoia...Big Brotherism. America was not born of any of these things, but it appears that it will die of them.

That's crazy BP. The response to this is a result of the school shootings of the late 1990's. The events and media coverage of Paducah, Springfield, Jonesboro, and Columbine resulted in the climate of today's strict zero tolerance policies on school campuses.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

This is what Bush's "war on terror" has brought to America...Fear...Paranoia...Big Brotherism. America was not born of any of these things, but it appears that it will die of them.

As was noted, this has zero to do with the War on Terror. It is an example of "zero Tolerance" gone amock. Zero Tolerance is simply the attempt to avoid being responsible for. well being responsible. No one need make a potentially politically damaging decision because " their hands" are tied by a Zero Tolerance policy.

Personally if I were the family I would hire a lawyer and threaten to sue the school district. They have no cause and effect and no reason listed to suspect the student was even violent. No motive and no indication of anything other than him making a map of an area he happened to be familiar with.

More specifically I suggest you do a little research, you will find "Big Brother" is commonly the bent of the Liberals and specificly the democratic party. Our enlightened liberal wanna be masters "know" more than us ignorant knuckle draggers and are just trying to protect us. You should also do a little research on how it is that these same liberals routinely ignore the very laws they create, using the justification that somehow they shouldn't be applied to them.