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• On the article Superintendent Explains Late Call to Close Schools Wednesday

  turfmonster

  7:30 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  I was watching the TV and everybody was closed except Greendale. That seemed strange. Then I saw two kids walking to the bus stop. Then low n behold, Greendale's District shows up on the TV. Too bad half the kids were on their way already! U KIDDING ME?

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• On the article Jail Time For Making Homecoming Bomb Threat

  

  turfmonster

  10:04 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

  @ Bren - I’m not really sure what I’m incorrect about? A "threat" is a threat no mater how you look at it. I do, however, TOTALLY agree with you and everyone else that this was spawned by years of being bullied. That was wrong and like you, I share the same concerns that you and everyone else does. But, you can't just make threats and expect them to be swept under the rug. ESPECIALLY... in today's day and age!

  What do you think would happen to you or me let’s say "IF", we threatened the governor or maybe even the president because we were tired of being burdened/harassed with constantly rising taxes and/or maybe we didn’t like the way things are being done? I’ll tell you what will happen! JAIL baby!! I’m pretty sure that the law enforcement officials won't just sweep it under the rug either! Even though we don't like the way we're being treated by the goverment, we still can't just make threats (idol or real) and expect to get away with them.

  With that thought aside, I am saddened though that this all happened the way it did. As you stated, it should have never gotten to this point in the first place. All we can do now is hope and pray that we all learned from what has happened and to try and not make the same mistake again!

  Judge Konkel????? Tell me something I didn't know! ... LOL

• On the article Jail Time For Making Homecoming Bomb Threat

  

  turfmonster

  9:16 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  @ Lisa417 - See my comments above under @ Jaime Lannister.

  As for your bully comment! I totally agree with you 100%.

• On the article Jail Time For Making Homecoming Bomb Threat

  

  turfmonster

  9:13 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  @ Jaime Lannister - Oh absolutely I understand! BUT... this is in hindsight! At the time the threat was made, no one knew that! That’s why threats are a serious mater!

  Just ask yourself this one thing, and this goes for everyone! How would you feel if you were walking in a parking lot at night and someone approached you with a gun pointing at you asking you for your money? I know if it was me, I’d be scared out of my wits! Then you find out later that it was a fake gun. At the time you didn’t know that because the threat seemed real-correct? If you knew at the time that it was fake gun, you probably would have told this would-be attacker to buzz off. But you didn’t know that now-did you? The same theory applies for a bomb threat!

  Hopefully, this helps people understand better why a threat towards human life is treated so seriously? I’m not trying to be a jerk here. I’m just trying to help people understand!

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  turfmonster

  12:44 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  Lisa417: I understand what you're saying, Mind you I'm only addressing the threat issue. Are you kind of saying that making bomb threats is OK? There has been a lot of this going on in the region lately and in all of those cases, the individual(s) weren't really intending to do anything. What does happen is that a lot of lives are affected and turned upside down by such threats. That's the problem!

  How would you feel if let's say you had a child at a school that had a bomb scare called in? I would think that you would be fearful for your child's life-right? So eventually you end up reuniting with your child and you are happy and joyful that nothing happened and that probably one of the most stressful and scariest days you have ever experienced in life is over. So you're saying that you would just let the person that made the threat off even though you weren't sure if you would ever see your child alive again? That's the problem! A precedent needs to be set! That's the only point I'm trying to make. If not, then making bomb threats is ok and we should just ignore them..... until one actually is real! Then ask those parents that just lost their son or daughter if they would let the person who made the threat off? We're all stuck in very scary times now, which is just too bad.

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  turfmonster

  12:42 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  Lisa417: I understand what you're saying, Mind you I'm only addressing the threat issue. Are you kind of saying that making bomb threats is OK? There has been a lot of this going on in the region lately and in all of those cases, the individual(s) weren't really intending to do anything. What does happen is that a lot of lives are affect by such threats. That's the problem!

  How you would feel if let's say you had a child at a school that had a bomb scare called in? I would think that you would be fearful for your child's life-right? So eventually you end up reuniting with your child and you are happy and joyful that nothing happened and that probably one of the most stressful and scariest days you have ever experienced in life is over. So you're saying that you would just let the person that made the threat off even though you weren't sure if you would ever see your child alive again? That's the problem! A precedent needs to be set! That's the only point I'm trying to make. If not, then making bomb threats is ok and we should just ignore them..... until one actually is real! Then ask those parents that just lost their son or daughter if they would let the person who made the threat off? We're all stuck in a very scary times now, which is just too bad.

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  turfmonster

  9:22 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  Case in point! Another individule blaming someone else! (See my comments made to Jaime.)

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  turfmonster

  9:14 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  Jason: You are correct! But this is Greendale.... the "Bubble". In the "Bubble", it's always someone else's fault!

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  turfmonster

  9:10 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  Jaime: Think about what you just said for a minute! What you're saying is that if a elderly teen goes to a bank with a gun, (fake, real, loaded, unloaded) to rob it (a felony) because his family doesn't have any money for food or clothing that the judge should just let the kid off? HE CAN'T! YES, the circumstances that lead up to this were extreme, but at the end of the day, everyone has to be "responsible" and "accountable" for their actions. When you can't... the law steps in! This young man has to be held accountable as like everyone else does. It would maybe be different if he was only 8 years old and didn't know better but he is 17 years old... less than a year from being a legal adult. I would hope that at that age he knows what's right and wrong by now. I'm sure that's what crossed the judge's mind too!

  The whole problem in my eyes is today's society, which at some point in time ALL started at homes! I find it soo ironic that parents always blame someone else or something else for all of the problems their kids have. That's a whole different problem in itself! Unfortunately, we're at the point now when we can't take anymore chances with anything. Ask all of the parents of the kids that have died at a school at the hands of a troubled individual. Until EVERYONE takes the time and makes the effort to teach their children the proper morals and ethics of life at home, this is that way it will be for now on. If you think not, you're only kidding yourself.

• On the article Jail Time For Making Homecoming Bomb Threat

  turfmonster

  8:22 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  First of all, I'm totally in agreement that the bullying thing should have been taken more seriously and addressed right away. That was handled TOTALLY wrong! Again however, we're talking about two very different dynamic situations here. Bullying and a bomb threat! You all need to look at it that way and that way only. I hope and pray that this young man bounces back and has a very successful life moving forward.

  Now, there is the issue of the bomb threat. I wonder what the people that are writing comments here would be saying if let's say they would have let this young man go with a slap on the hand and then a few weeks later, a bomb does go off at the hands of him hurting or killing innocent kids at school? They would all be busting the school's adminstration and law inforcements chops about not doing more the first time. You see, know one really knows what would happen or not. Greendale people need to stick their heads out of the bubble and take a look around and the rest of the world to see what's going on. There are laws and it's the government's responsibility to enforce those laws. Like I said earlier, he did catch a break considering what could have been done if the judge threw the total sentence at him.

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