Teacher Suspended, Incarcerated For Science Fiction Story

[Scomagia]

Incarcerated?

Apparently taken into custody for mental health evaluation.

[Geilinor]

Incarcerated?

Maybe some kind of mental facility. I don't understand why he's being treated as a person who needs help. He doesn't need help, he just wrote a story.

[Scomagia]

Incarcerated?

Maybe some kind of mental facility. I don't understand why he's being treated as a person who needs help. He doesn't need help, he just wrote a story.

Maybe. We'll have to see whether the alleged letters mentioned are the previous page are brought forward. If they are and they're threatening or something, this thing would be a little more complicated.

[Glorious Freedonia]

How do you liberals like your beloved big government ideal now? This is al so horrible.

[Cannot think of a name]

How do you liberals like your beloved big government ideal now?

How did we get here again?

[Death Metal]

How do you liberals like your beloved big government ideal now?

How did we get here again?

Strawman alarmism.

Seriously people, one teacher getting put in psych eval by overzealous county police (a county that votes republican, so stop that 'ebil libral gubmint' bullshit right there) does not a police state make.

You're overreacting even more than the county police are.

[Alcase]

How do you liberals like your beloved big government ideal now? This is al so horrible.

Teacher Incarcerated for Zero Tolerance Policy =/= Liberalism and Big Gov'ts

So I fail to see how the two topics have any relevance (to each other) in this argument of whether the authorities were justified or not?

[Gauthier]

I remember hearing about a teacher who was so disturbed by the bullying that went on in his school that he used it as inspiration for his first novel, a story about a young woman who is so horribly scarred by her dysfunctional home and school life that when she's the victim of a cruel prank at a school function, her response is to kill off a good part of the student body. Alarming, right?

The book was Carrie. The author was Stephen King. As far as I know, none of his students died at his hands.

Eh, but you forget how King's books clearly inspire violence against fellow students, disrespect for the Christian Values Of America^TM and hate of the the Holy American Apple Pie! Didn't you know that Snowden owns a copy of Cujo?

Stephen King also has the Mark of Cain. Didn't you hear about how the guy who hit him with a van died later on under mysterious circumstances?

[The New Sea Territory]

How do you liberals like your beloved big government ideal now? This is al so horrible.

You also believe in big government. I don't see your point, authoritarian hypocrite.

[Greed and Death]

I remember hearing about a teacher who was so disturbed by the bullying that went on in his school that he used it as inspiration for his first novel, a story about a young woman who is so horribly scarred by her dysfunctional home and school life that when she's the victim of a cruel prank at a school function, her response is to kill off a good part of the student body. Alarming, right?

The book was Carrie. The author was Stephen King. As far as I know, none of his students died at his hands.

Eh, but you forget how King's books clearly inspire violence against fellow students, disrespect for the Christian Values Of America^TM and hate of the the Holy American Apple Pie! Didn't you know that Snowden owns a copy of Cujo?

Thank you for pointing it out. I am sending the Texas State Militia to California to bring King in for mental health evuals.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

I remember hearing about a teacher who was so disturbed by the bullying that went on in his school that he used it as inspiration for his first novel, a story about a young woman who is so horribly scarred by her dysfunctional home and school life that when she's the victim of a cruel prank at a school function, her response is to kill off a good part of the student body. Alarming, right?

The book was Carrie. The author was Stephen King. As far as I know, none of his students died at his hands.

Eh, but you forget how King's books clearly inspire violence against fellow students, disrespect for the Christian Values Of America^TM and hate of the the Holy American Apple Pie! Didn't you know that Snowden owns a copy of Cujo?

Stephen King really should be arrested for his crimes against good taste, not only writing bad novels, but dismissing film adaptation that are better than his own work, then going on to produce the greatest waste of money ever concieved.

[Death Metal]

Stephen King really should be arrested for his crimes against good taste, not only writing bad novels, but dismissing film adaptation that are better than his own work, then going on to produce the greatest waste of money ever concieved.

I didn't know he produced X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Stephen King really should be arrested for his crimes against good taste, not only writing bad novels, but dismissing film adaptation that are better than his own work, then going on to produce the greatest waste of money ever concieved.

I didn't know he produced X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

I am sure his nefarious influence has somehow contaminated that particular film.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Maybe so but being kidnapped by the authorities and forced to undergo evaluation is not acceptable behavior for a constitutional republic.

[sarcasm]But he's black. He only counts as being 3/5 of a person, so he only gets 3/5th of the rights. I seem to recall that out of the Bill of Rights, black people get I, III, VI, VII, IX, and X as a traditional package, but check with your local school administrator for details.[/sarcasm]

This sounds ridiculous. It is also the case that administrators are saying that this was not a response to the books, but instead, a response to a letter he wrote. There may be things we don't know. It may also be that the authorities overreacted as much as it looks at first glance, and are now CYAing.

Given the quality of American news coverage and the fact it is ridiculous to panic like this over something written 3 years ago (why now if they were reacting to books?), I tend to believe this stuff about the letter. The authorities can be dumb and overreact to things, but it doesn't take them 3 years to respond. Maybe it was a combination of things -- the books AND the letter -- but of course it makes a better controversy if the news stories just report about the books.

[Republic of Coldwater]

This is a clear violation of the First Amendment and the human rights of free speech. We are going to hell as people who make harmless books get arrested for doing something that doesn't initiate force or bring harm to anybody else.

[Nazi Flower Power]

I didn't know he produced X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

I am sure his nefarious influence has somehow contaminated that particular film.

It's all because New Hampshire was too cheap to build a wall and secure their borders. This is proof they are less civilized than China.

[Nazi Flower Power]

This is a clear violation of the First Amendment and the human rights of free speech. We are going to hell as people who make harmless books get arrested for doing something that doesn't initiate force or bring harm to anybody else.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy ... story.html

[Death Metal]

[sarcasm]But he's black. He only counts as being 3/5 of a person, so he only gets 3/5th of the rights. I seem to recall that out of the Bill of Rights, black people get I, III, VI, VII, IX, and X as a traditional package, but check with your local school administrator for details.[/sarcasm]

This sounds ridiculous. It is also the case that administrators are saying that this was not a response to the books, but instead, a response to a letter he wrote. There may be things we don't know. It may also be that the authorities overreacted as much as it looks at first glance, and are now CYAing.

Given the quality of American news coverage and the fact it is ridiculous to panic like this over something written 3 years ago (why now if they were reacting to books?), I tend to believe this stuff about the letter. The authorities can be dumb and overreact to things, but it doesn't take them 3 years to respond. Maybe it was a combination of things -- the books AND the letter -- but of course it makes a better controversy if the news stories just report about the books.

And given that this is NSG, it probably is in fact entirely about the letter and everyone is rabble rabble rabbling mindlessly about nothing.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Given the quality of American news coverage and the fact it is ridiculous to panic like this over something written 3 years ago (why now if they were reacting to books?), I tend to believe this stuff about the letter. The authorities can be dumb and overreact to things, but it doesn't take them 3 years to respond. Maybe it was a combination of things -- the books AND the letter -- but of course it makes a better controversy if the news stories just report about the books.

And given that this is NSG, it probably is in fact entirely about the letter and everyone is rabble rabble rabbling mindlessly about nothing.

NSG doesn't explain why there were articles about this on other sites. But the story really does make a lot more sense when you know about the letter...

[Gigaverse]

Goodbye Freedom of Creativity. Hello Freedom to go to Jail.

[Death Metal]

rabble rabble rabble

Stop believing everything you read.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy ... story.html

[Nazi Flower Power]

rabble rabble rabble

Stop believing everything you read.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy ... story.html

How many times do you think that link needs to be posted before people calm down?

[Death Metal]

Stop believing everything you read.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy ... story.html

How many times do you think that link needs to be posted before people calm down?

What do I look like? A cartoon owl wearing a mortarboard?

[Nazi Flower Power]

How many times do you think that link needs to be posted before people calm down?

What do I look like? A cartoon owl wearing a mortarboard?

More like a nuclear-powered flaming hand, but appearances can be deceiving.

[Death Metal]

What do I look like? A cartoon owl wearing a mortarboard?

More like a nuclear-powered flaming hand, but appearances can be deceiving.

Well, the only answer I can give is this: "The world may never know".

Also, atomic-powered flaming metal horns tyvm