[ExI] local crisis

[Adrian Tymes]

My advice: let her be.  Or if you're too concerned
for her safety to let it go, tell the police all the
information you have - in particular, name the
witnesses - and let them handle it, then back off.

You do not have all the facts of the story, nor are
you in a position to render effective aid.  Without
knowing anything more than what you have said,
I can promise you that much.

This is one high school kid bullying another.
That happens all the time; even death threats
aren't front page national news.  Further, even
if this did show up in the media as you are
imagining, it would be disproportionate
retribution - and ironically could put the girl in
even more danger, from previously uninvolved
teens desperate for attention.


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:45 PM, spike <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> ExI friends, I have an interesting crisis in which I would welcome any
> advice you may offer.****
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> A dear friend from a long time ago posted me yesterday saying her 15 yr
> old daughter was threatened at her high school by a boy she didn’t even
> know, who was just in her class.  He explicitly threatened to shoot her in
> the back of the head, said he had a gun in his backpack.  He is 16.  The
> girl told her mother, who went to the principal, who tried to excuse the
> boy since he doesn’t understand the American way, being two months in the
> country from Egypt.****
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> As you might expect the 15 yr old girl is vigorously shunning the
> spotlight.****
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> I advised her to go to the superintendent, and if he didn’t immediately
> react convincingly to go to the local news agencies.  She posted back a few
> minutes ago saying Mohammad got a 3 day vacation from school.  He offered
> an apology, but my friend’s family refused, requesting no contact at all,
> for they understand the difference between a threat and an insult.****
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> There were at least two teenage witnesses whose stories match, and now at
> least three ranking school officials know about it.  I just replied back
> saying it absolutely does not matter what she does at this point: this
> story has legs; the whole sordid affair is likely headed for the front page
> on both CNN and Fox, among others.  Anyone here with children will get this
> immediately.  There are too many elements in it that stir far too much
> marketable emotion to just go away quietly.****
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> Any and all advice welcome.****
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> spike  ****
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