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Posted by patti5 on Nov 30, 2009 at 05:46 PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Three boys have been arrested for investigation of bullying red-haired students after a Facebook message promoted "Kick a Ginger Day" at a Southern California school. Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Monday that two 12-year-olds were arrested for suspicion of misdemeanor battery, and a 13-year-old was booked for misdemeanor cyber-bullying. They were released to their parents.
A total of eight boys are suspected in the Nov. 20 attacks on seven students at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. Authorities believe the shoves and kicks were prompted by a message referring to a "South Park" episode satirizing racial prejudice. Nobody was seriously hurt. A message left for the school superintendent was not immediately returned.
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on Nov 30, 2009 at 05:54 PM
That is sooo messed! UP!
However tomorrow is now "Give Wendy a dollar Day" on facebook so let's see how many people give me one! LOL!
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on Nov 30, 2009 at 06:27 PM
I hate that show. Watched it once didn't find it funny. They should hold them responsible for even suggesting to hurt someone because of hair color.
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on Nov 30, 2009 at 06:38 PM
Apparently the "satire" aspect was over the heads of 12 year olds. But the prejudice part sank in. Some things just aren't funny. Repeating stereotypes as "humor" doesn't really dispell them, it just reinforces them.
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on Nov 30, 2009 at 08:05 PM
originally posted by helicoptermom I hate that show. Watched it once didn't find it funny. They should hold them responsible for even suggesting to hurt someone because of hair color.
What about the parents? They're letting these ridiculously impressionable little minds watch the show.
Whatever you are be a good one.~ Abraham Lincoln
Keep Calm and Carry On.~ English Anti-war poster from WWII, 1939
on Nov 30, 2009 at 09:40 PM
I'm not - and have never been - a fan of the show. Luckily my 16-year-old isn't a fan of the show.
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on Dec 01, 2009 at 08:07 AM
That is one show that's not allowed on in my house. There is no way I would watch it, nevermind let my 8 year old watch it.
- Lori It's 5 O' Clock Somewhere!
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on Dec 01, 2009 at 08:44 AM
Wow. Seems like the rarity these days are bullies that pull harmless pranks or something on another student. Now kids are doing stuff like this as if it's just another day and a-ok. Is it TV, parents, a society that has become more tolerant of carefree/anything goes behaviors (almost embracing it?) . . . all of the above? Geesh. Take me back to the Lite-Brite and nap time days where hiding another student's sandwich was the talk of the school for a week!
on Dec 01, 2009 at 08:52 AM
Mike likes South Park. I never loved it! I prefer shows like Family Guy and Futurama. We do not watch South Park in our house. If Mike wants to watch it he watches it on the computer in the office where the kids can't see or hear it. I think 12 is far too immature for this type of show! I think I was like 17 or 18 when it came on and back then I thought it was funny. Now not so much!
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on Dec 01, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I used to watch it years ago but now I think it's stupid. It's definately not for kids to be watching.
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on Dec 01, 2009 at 11:00 AM
It all starts at home. You reap what you sow!
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