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I'm not saying it shouldn't be taken seriously, just handled in a different manner then calling the police.
When i said that, the counselor told me what the consequences of the action would entail(Juvie, lack of a normal life, being separated from my parents) in detail. I never said it again.
If I was arrested, it would have been a traumatizing event for me at my age. And i wouldnt understand what i did wrong.
Again, Take it seriously, but realize the age of who you are dealing with.

Maybe we should all just keep calm and CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT...
Definitely keep calm...

I used to draw people being stepped on by giant monsters. No names, of course. There were usually no guns involved, unless the helicopters were shooting the monster with rockets and machine guns..

Drawing nasty pictures is a good way to relieve stress. I'm sure the people who animate lolis having their skin ripped off of their bodies are very relaxed, polite people.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Really? Frazz? Im having trouble believing that. Is this more of the "Texan tough man" talk i always hear? I would like to think texans are rational enough to not take the talk of an 11 year old seriously.

I dunno, when I was in middle school here in CO death threats were definitely a good way to make sure a fist fight broke out.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I'm not saying it shouldn't be taken seriously, just handled in a different manner then calling the police.
When i said that, the counselor told me what the consequences of the action would entail(Juvie, lack of a normal life, being separated from my parents) in detail. I never said it again.
If I was arrested, it would have been a traumatizing event for me at my age. And i wouldnt understand what i did wrong.
Again, Take it seriously, but realize the age of who you are dealing with.

You wouldn't understand what yhat you did wrong when you threatened to kill someone?
School should have kicked you out then.

Then what? I end up more messed up then i did before.
Harsh Penalties are not always the answer frazz.

Or you come to a mature realization that maybe threatening people is wrong and you shouldn't do it.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Then what? I end up more messed up then i did before.
Harsh Penalties are not always the answer frazz.

Not a penalty. Threatening the lives of other students makes you a danger to others, especially if they beat hell out of you and you like trenchoats.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Or you come to a mature realization that maybe threatening people is wrong and you shouldn't do it.

And by going to the counselor and gaining the realization I learned what the threat entailed. and I was able to keep going to school.
Like i said, some kids dont have the concept of death in its fullest, so you have to make them see the light.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Or you come to a mature realization that maybe threatening people is wrong and you shouldn't do it.

And by going to the counselor and gaining the realization I learned what the threat entailed. and I was able to keep going to school.
Like i said, some kids dont have the concept of death in its fullest, so you have to make them see the light.

And no one beat reality into you? The world has changed.

No, they calmly sat me down and told my what I said was wrong, why I should not say it and to think about what I say before it come out of my mouth.
Violence begets violence Frazzled. If we teach kids to solve their problems with violence we are creating a world where wwe seek violence.

I think your sarcasim meter is broken Hotsauce.

Meh, you would be surprise how often i run into the "Kick their behinds if they insult you" in my family.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
No, they calmly sat me down and told my what I said was wrong, why I should not say it and to think about what I say before it come out of my mouth.
Violence begets violence Frazzled. If we teach kids to solve their problems with violence we are creating a world where wwe seek violence.

1. I fid it ironical you're trying to tell me about violence when you were the one threatening others.
2. If the world becomes less violent, how are we going to have the edge we need when the zombies come?
3. You're lucky (or not). I think many schools would now have you arrested and sent to lots of mandatory counseling, where a good simple beatdown by the kid you threatened would have been quick.

So what happened to the kid(s) you threatened?

They kept putting us in the same class. We learned to ignore eatchother.
Then in high school we both took boxing together.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They kept putting us in the same class. We learned to ignore eatchother.
Then in high school we both took boxing together.

You had boxing in high school? Excellent.

No, Our english teacher took on apprentices for boxing. we did it on campus, but it wasnt approved by the school.
Ironically that isnt what cost him his job.

That's not irony Alanis

 AustonT wrote:
That's not irony Alanis

But it was like a black fly in my chardonnay.

Thank God this thread moved from whatever the original topic was to Hotsauce telling us that he committed a felony, repeatedly, in school. And that his school failed to report that felony to the police and instead treated him to the same sort of expert counseling as edgy goth lesbians and impotent football stars. The system really does work! In somehow justifying that action he also informed us that instead of teaching English, which he (the teacher) was gakky at anyway, his English teacher ran an illicit child boxing ring. That way hotsauce could learn the value of fisticuffs so he could tell us all about the evils of violence in a delicious display of irony.
Proceed.

 AustonT wrote:
in a delicious display of irony.

Which was so totally this time NOT like the black fly in my chardonnay. That wasn't even like having ten thousand forks when all you need is a knife.

:(

 daedalus wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
in a delicious display of irony.

Which was so totally this time NOT like the black fly in my chardonnay. That wasn't even like having ten thousand forks when all you need is a knife.

:(

I believe it's ten thousand spoons. Dontcha think?

 AustonT wrote:
Thank God this thread moved from whatever the original topic was to Hotsauce telling us that he committed a felony, repeatedly, in school. And that his school failed to report that felony to the police and instead treated him to the same sort of expert counseling as edgy goth lesbians and impotent football stars. The system really does work! In somehow justifying that action he also informed us that instead of teaching English, which he (the teacher) was gakky at anyway, his English teacher ran an illicit child boxing ring. That way hotsauce could learn the value of fisticuffs so he could tell us all about the evils of violence in a delicious display of irony.
Proceed.

Your upset, just like I am that we were not apprised of this paramutual betting opportunity earlier.

 Lt. Coldfire wrote:

 daedalus wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
in a delicious display of irony.

Which was so totally this time NOT like the black fly in my chardonnay. That wasn't even like having ten thousand forks when all you need is a knife.

:(

I believe it's ten thousand spoons. Dontcha think?

Oh, the irony.

 AustonT wrote:
Thank God this thread moved from whatever the original topic was to Hotsauce telling us that he committed a felony, repeatedly, in school. And that his school failed to report that felony to the police and instead treated him to the same sort of expert counseling as edgy goth lesbians and impotent football stars. The system really does work! In somehow justifying that action he also informed us that instead of teaching English, which he (the teacher) was gakky at anyway, his English teacher ran an illicit child boxing ring. That way hotsauce could learn the value of fisticuffs so he could tell us all about the evils of violence in a delicious display of irony.
Proceed.

Ok, I only did it once, and it was in angry after i got my clothe covered in syrup and had to go around all day in school in my gym clothes.
Like i said, I said it in anger, heat of the moment after I found out who did it.
I'm not excusing my actions, just giving context.
Really, you didn't threaten someone at all when you where a kid?

I appreciate the mature wisdom Fraz and Auston are sharing with young hotsauce. He's displayed such a lack of calm, sense, and perspective in this thread that their sober examples and friendliness are really inspiring and will no doubt be of great value to him.

Ok, I may have not displayed things calmly or with perspective. But I think my ideas make sense.
Kid issues are not to be dealth with by the cops, kids have a different mindset then that of an adult(Which cops are trained to deal with). They should be dealt with by those who are trained to deal with kids. like i said, kids lack perspective in the world(especially in Middle School with hormones and the change of a norm they have know for the last 6 years.) to make sense of the threats they spew, like the kid the drew the picture, he may not have understood what it truly meant to kill someone.

Are we still doing irony or have we moved to sarcasm?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Ok, I may have not displayed things calmly or with perspective. But I think my ideas make sense.
Kid issues are not to be dealth with by the cops, kids have a different mindset then that of an adult(Which cops are trained to deal with). They should be dealt with by those who are trained to deal with kids. like i said, kids lack perspective in the world(especially in Middle School with hormones and the change of a norm they have know for the last 6 years.) to make sense of the threats they spew, like the kid the drew the picture, he may not have understood what it truly meant to kill someone.

I don't think Manni was having a go at you, but at Frazzled and AustonT, I interpreted his/her post as sarcasm (although I could be way off).

 Cheesecat wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Ok, I may have not displayed things calmly or with perspective. But I think my ideas make sense.
Kid issues are not to be dealth with by the cops, kids have a different mindset then that of an adult(Which cops are trained to deal with). They should be dealt with by those who are trained to deal with kids. like i said, kids lack perspective in the world(especially in Middle School with hormones and the change of a norm they have know for the last 6 years.) to make sense of the threats they spew, like the kid the drew the picture, he may not have understood what it truly meant to kill someone.

I don't think Manni was having a go at you, but at Frazzled and AustonT, I interpreted his/her post as sarcasm (although I could be way off).

Indeed, my meter screamed for 3 seconds before burning out. Now I have to get a new one, damn you Manni