It's about time police started getting serious about juvenile crime:
When two policemen turned up unannounced at Alan Rawlinson's home asking to speak to his young son, the company director feared something serious had happened.So he was astounded when the officers detailed 11-year-old George's apparent crime - calling one of his schoolfriends 'gay'.
They said primary school pupil, George, was being investigated for a 'very serious' homophobic crime after using the comment in an e-mail to a 10-year-old classmate.
According to Interpol, George is part of a junior name-calling crimewave that's international in scope. So far American authorities have left private citizens in the form of school administrators to cope with the situation, citing manpower shortages due to newly established smoking response teams.
Posted by floridacracker at April 3, 2007 01:25 PMThis is one of those stories where I'm afraid to click on the link for fear that the actual story is either worse than what we've already read or that Donnah has secretly linked another image of David Ducovny, his teapot, and a quart of Miracle Whip®.
Posted by: tfhr at April 3, 2007 08:55 PMIf Georgie was mine I would have beat his little ass for
1. Harassing the kid/put downs. I hate the pecking order thing kids do to each other.
2. Using the computer for that bullshit, and
3. Having the cops come to my house.
The scary part though is the response time for a "homophobic" remark.
Bully behavior, of whatever nature, warrants intervention by somebody.
Bully behavior in the form of name-calling warrants the intervention of a belt to the ass, not a visit by the police.
Consonant Dude: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Posted by: Donnah at April 3, 2007 09:41 PMYou're right about that, but maybe parents will worry enough to go take a look at what their kids are doing on the computer.
Even in some cases, what torment their kid maybe experiencing.
Unfortunately, it's the same old thing only with new tools.