Paranoia Runs Deep

[Occhidiangela]

So having a school as the setting for a story is illegal?  What a bunch of hogwash!  Kids write stories set in familiar settings.  The story is about zombies, a work of fiction.  According to the author there is no mention of specific people or schools.  (And yes, the school and the students guardians definitely need to help with the fundamentals of english.)

Without specific threat or expression of intent there should be no crime commited.  Wishing something bad would happen to someone is not a crime, acting on that wish would be.

If this kid would have been out of High School nobody would have thought twice about them writting stories set at a school.  I guess if your last name isn't King or Clancy you aren't allowed to write fiction.

Edit:  First part of the post was written just after Daemon's post.  Did the reporter actually read the kid's story?  Is it specific enough to  be considered a threat?  Does it really have zombies in it?  Is the blogger's identity confirmed?  Are the first and second news stories about the same issue?
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Ain't that the hell of it? I bit on the Lex18 story and posted here. I did a little more looking after Nystul raised a "this smells funny" flag. Should have done that in the first place. My bad.

Yes, they are about the same school, the same student. And what I need to emphasize is that there is quite a bit more to the story than either story reports.

It looks as though I expended a bit of energy leaping to a conclusion.

Oops.

Occhi