This is shocking

FullblownRose · 16-04-2014 02:24PM #1

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/04/16/going-to-school-now-most-dangerous-thing-to-do-in-america/

Some of my aerican friends still feel that there is sensationalism around these kind of stories but to me it seems like violence on school grounds appears in the news with such regularity that it would worry me if i lived in the u.s

16-04-2014 02:25PM

edit: I hadn't read the article. I'm smrt!

the number of students getting kicked out on the flimsiest pretexts

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dionr/help_reddit_my_11_year_old_daughter_was_suspended/

http://news.yahoo.com/student-suspended-criminally-charged-fishing-knife-left-father-124606951.html

http://wavy.com/2014/03/19/student-suspended-for-taking-razor-from-self-harming-classmate/

16-04-2014 02:26PM

*facepalm*

Penny Tration · 16-04-2014 02:27PM

Waterford whispers is satirical.

MagicIRL · 16-04-2014 02:27PM

Please mods, PLEASE, keep this one open! This could get fun reallll quick!

FullblownRose · 16-04-2014 02:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

*facepalm*

What?! :P

Philo Beddoe · 16-04-2014 02:27PM

Brilliant.

Amirani · 16-04-2014 02:27PM

Kids need to be given guns to protect themselves.

D1stant · 16-04-2014 02:28PM

I am a daft reactionary twit

krudler · 16-04-2014 02:28PM

Oh dear..

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-04-2014 02:29PM

krudler wrote: »

Oh dear..

God.

AnonoBoy · 16-04-2014 02:30PM

Is this the new thing? People pretending that they don't know Waterford Whispers is fake and posting up links pretending to be outraged or shocked?

The new thing is boring if it is.

Kat1170 · 16-04-2014 02:30PM

D1stant wrote: »

"A NEW poll conducted by ThrillsWeekly.com has revealed that attending school has become the most dangerous thing that you can do in the United States of America."

Jaysus' the lads on Deadliest Catch won't
be impressed when they hear that

:D

16-04-2014 02:30PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/04/16/going-to-school-now-most-dangerous-thing-to-do-in-america/

Some of my aerican friends still feel that there is sensationalism around these kind of stories but to me it seems like violence on school grounds appears in the news with such regularity that it would worry me if i lived in the u.s

Oh oh.:)

It's not real FBR!

Riskymove · 16-04-2014 02:31PM

green_screen wrote: »

Waterford whispers is satirical.

ah jaysus come on, many of us could have let that cat out of the bag

better to just let the thread flow and see if things dawn on people!

FullblownRose · 16-04-2014 02:31PM

Oh yes ok

I knew a lot of the articles were satirical and I didn't read this one - looking at the photo might have been a clue I suppose

sorry!
But seriously the issue is still there. I would be nervous about kids safety if I lived there.

16-04-2014 02:31PM

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Kids need to be given guns to protect themselves.

The only thing that'll stop a bad kid with a gun, is a good kid with a gun.

MagicIRL · 16-04-2014 02:31PM

The whole website is a joke. It's not a lucky dip of which articles are real or fake.

Riskymove · 16-04-2014 02:32PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

and I didn't read this one - .

but started a thread with added outrage?

Renegade Mechanic · 16-04-2014 02:33PM

Im crying here:D

16-04-2014 02:34PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

Oh yes ok I knew a lot of the articles were satirical and I didn't read this one - looking at the photo might have been a clue I suppose sorry!
But seriously the issue is still there. I would be nervous about kids safety if I lived there.

People aren't as worried as you would assume from an Irish perspective. The population of the USA is about 313 million, which makes the proportional risk very very small.

Which doesn't mean that some of the gun laws aren't insane and that it's a very worrying thing.

Philo Beddoe · 16-04-2014 02:36PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

But seriously the issue is still there. I would be nervous about kids safety if I lived there.

Obviously the prevalence of school shootings in the US is a problem, but if you consider that they have something like 100,000 schools, statistically speaking your child is unlikely to be involved in one.

16-04-2014 02:37PM

Oh hey.

Does this mean that Onion News Network is legit too as well?

Sky King · 16-04-2014 02:38PM

I hear the koreans sent a man to the sun as well.

(At night time... don't panic)

ronnie3585 · 16-04-2014 02:47PM

Take, for example, the form called ‘fraping’, where you’re raped on Facebook.

Plazaman · 16-04-2014 02:49PM

Not a great article in that link OP. I think you should go to www.theonion.com for a less biased attitude towards education.

krudler · 16-04-2014 02:51PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

Oh yes ok I knew a lot of the articles were satirical and I didn't read this one - looking at the photo might have been a clue I suppose sorry!
But seriously the issue is still there. I would be nervous about kids safety if I lived there.

Not a lot of, all.

Merkin · 16-04-2014 02:55PM

Plazaman wrote: »

Not a great article in that link OP. I think you should go to www.theonion.com for a less biased attitude towards education.

I actually find the Donegal Dollop bang on the money when it comes to keeping me up to date on current affairs

krudler · 16-04-2014 03:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh hey.

Does this mean that Onion News Network is legit too as well?

to be fair if you put an Onion article beside a Fox News one and asked someone to see which one is satirical one most people would struggle :pac:

Push Pop · 16-04-2014 03:03PM

There is severe dumbness in this thread

spacetweek · 16-04-2014 03:04PM

It's not a very good satire - the article is too close to reality.

There *are* way too many school shootings in the USA - and it's true that mental health is the real issue there, not so much gun control.

How is that satire?

This is shocking

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