Rob Roy
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I must have missed that threatening thing, totally uncalled for. Somebody flexing their internet muscles? At any rate yes I agree TBT was/is a formidable debater.
'Not Guilty' Shirt Gets Student Banned From Graduation
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what... huh?
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"The citation said that he "repeatedly follows and harasses the victim" and threatened to beat her up."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_641092.html
The judge agreed to dismiss it if he stayed away from the girl for 60 days. The condition of the dismissal was that he go WITHOUT INCIDENT. This was an incident. He and a group of people wore "not guilty" shirts to a function they were BOTH to attend for what reason, if not to intimidate the girl who brought HARASSMENT CHARGES? What if the shirt said "I'm going to kill you bitch"? If there is an implicit message, which is that "my behavior has been ruled acceptable", which it had not, it IS intimidating, and harassing. It is scary when people obsess over you, especially with malice. It is unacceptable. To go to the effort to make these shirts, which again, carries the "I am justified" and "we support his harassment of you", is obsessive and unacceptable in an school environment... period. The school has a responsibility to discourage such behavior for the welfare of the students which are victims. If it were your daughter, who he had been following, harassing, and threatening... would you expect the school to be complicit in further disturbing the girl because he copped a plea and was given a slap on the wrist? He wasn't judged "not guilty"... the level of offense of the crime did not reach the point where punishment was necessarily prudent, was the decision of the judge... who obviously thought this would be a wakeup call... and reserved judgment over a trial period... which the kid blew.
It is completely appropriate. The verbiage doesn't matter... the message does.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_641092.html
The judge agreed to dismiss it if he stayed away from the girl for 60 days. The condition of the dismissal was that he go WITHOUT INCIDENT. This was an incident. He and a group of people wore "not guilty" shirts to a function they were BOTH to attend for what reason, if not to intimidate the girl who brought HARASSMENT CHARGES? What if the shirt said "I'm going to kill you bitch"? If there is an implicit message, which is that "my behavior has been ruled acceptable", which it had not, it IS intimidating, and harassing. It is scary when people obsess over you, especially with malice. It is unacceptable. To go to the effort to make these shirts, which again, carries the "I am justified" and "we support his harassment of you", is obsessive and unacceptable in an school environment... period. The school has a responsibility to discourage such behavior for the welfare of the students which are victims. If it were your daughter, who he had been following, harassing, and threatening... would you expect the school to be complicit in further disturbing the girl because he copped a plea and was given a slap on the wrist? He wasn't judged "not guilty"... the level of offense of the crime did not reach the point where punishment was necessarily prudent, was the decision of the judge... who obviously thought this would be a wakeup call... and reserved judgment over a trial period... which the kid blew.
It is completely appropriate. The verbiage doesn't matter... the message does.
Stoney McFried
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AH...THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP.Oops.Sorry about the caps, stoned finger.
Stoney McFried
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Fdd enjoys an "I told you so" moment.
CrackerJax
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Reality suks........