...perhaps I'll go for IDIOCY
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...5-5C2336D6171C
I've never seen such rampant paranoia about the free exchange of ideas in my life...
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...5-5C2336D6171C
All but 400 of the 3,000 students at San Antonio Warren High School either didn't show up or walked out of class today due to threats against the school posted on a popular teen web site, 1200 WOAI news reported today.
"About mid morning today we were able to confirm that the web site 'MySpace-dot-com' allowed several students to post threatening messages on it's web site, messages threatening Warren High School," Pascual Gonzales of the Northside School District said. "This message said two boys were planning to show up at school with guns."
Gonzalez said extra police were on hand, and teachers and administrators were in a 'high state of anxiety.'
"The vast majority of students either didn't come to school, or came to school and went home out of fear."
Administrators say the students who posted the messages on the web site have been identified and will face felony charges, including making terroristic threats and disruption of a high school campus. Officials say all four are 'current students at Warren High School.
Officials would not release details of the threats, which had been removed from the web site as of noon today, but one source said the threat promised 'shooting and killing' at Warren. No specific students or teachers were singled out, officials said.
Gonzales said Northside officials will also hold MySpace-dot-com "accountable."
"It just seems to me that if you put up a public web site, and you allow students, teeangers, minors to post their thoughts and ideas, and not monitor it in an adult manner, you are asking for trouble," Gonzales said. "This particular web site has been a pain for all Bexar County schools for a long time now, and it just seems that the owners of MySpace-dot-com should be held accountable."
He said a decision about whether to file a lawsuit will be made by district lawyers.
Gonzales said the threats were not made from inside the school. He says MySpace-dot-com is blocked on all school computers throughout the Northside district. He declined to identify the students, or say whether they are boys or girls.
"If they are not under arrest now, they will be soon," he said.
Gonzales said any students who missed school today will be allowed an excused absence with a parent's note, but he expects everybody to be back in class tomorrow.
"About mid morning today we were able to confirm that the web site 'MySpace-dot-com' allowed several students to post threatening messages on it's web site, messages threatening Warren High School," Pascual Gonzales of the Northside School District said. "This message said two boys were planning to show up at school with guns."
Gonzalez said extra police were on hand, and teachers and administrators were in a 'high state of anxiety.'
"The vast majority of students either didn't come to school, or came to school and went home out of fear."
Administrators say the students who posted the messages on the web site have been identified and will face felony charges, including making terroristic threats and disruption of a high school campus. Officials say all four are 'current students at Warren High School.
Officials would not release details of the threats, which had been removed from the web site as of noon today, but one source said the threat promised 'shooting and killing' at Warren. No specific students or teachers were singled out, officials said.
Gonzales said Northside officials will also hold MySpace-dot-com "accountable."
"It just seems to me that if you put up a public web site, and you allow students, teeangers, minors to post their thoughts and ideas, and not monitor it in an adult manner, you are asking for trouble," Gonzales said. "This particular web site has been a pain for all Bexar County schools for a long time now, and it just seems that the owners of MySpace-dot-com should be held accountable."
He said a decision about whether to file a lawsuit will be made by district lawyers.
Gonzales said the threats were not made from inside the school. He says MySpace-dot-com is blocked on all school computers throughout the Northside district. He declined to identify the students, or say whether they are boys or girls.
"If they are not under arrest now, they will be soon," he said.
Gonzales said any students who missed school today will be allowed an excused absence with a parent's note, but he expects everybody to be back in class tomorrow.
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