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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Behalf Of </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Adrian Tymes<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] local crisis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>My advice: let her be. Or if you're too concerned<br>for her safety to let it go, tell the police all the<br>information you have - in particular, name the<br>witnesses - and let them handle it, then back off<span style='color:#1F497D'>…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That’s what I did. However, just as I expected, the story is leaking out like a furious blast from a fire hose.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>This is one high school kid bullying another<span style='color:#1F497D'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hmmm, well actually it is one high school kid bullying at least two others, one of which spoke up and at least one which did not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>That happens all the time; even death threats<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>aren't front page national news<span style='color:#1F497D'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This one has a special quality. Apparently the principal tried to squelch the story and excuse the kid because he is a recent immigrant from a place where abuse of women is generally tolerated (both known victims are female.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I intentionally did not offer all the details, for I agree with the following comment:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>- and ironically could put the girl in<br>even more danger, from previously uninvolved<br>teens desperate for attention<span style='color:#1F497D'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So I didn’t do anything more. There are enough who know of it now, firsthand witnesses, I predict this story will make the national level before the moon is full.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span> Further, even<br>if this did show up in the media as you are<br>imagining, it would be disproportionate<br>retribution…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hmmm, ja, but the term retribution would apply only if the victims themselves are doing anything to promote the story, which they are not. The reason I expect this story to be broadcast widely is that it carries so much emotional currency that news agencies so desperately crave. The news agencies are not seeking retribution, but they damn sure are eager to seek news copy that can sell ad space. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We have seen several recent cases of innocent elementary school children suffering severe punishment for things like chewing a pop tart into a shape that vaguely resembled a gun, a child in big trouble for drawing a picture of a gun, a child suspended for bringing a gun- shaped bubble maker to school, a child in deep trouble for having a piece of paper shaped in the letter L. But now a recent immigrant from Egypt makes an explicit death threat, with witnesses whose stories match, specifically stating he has a gun and intends to use it with fatal consequences, and somehow he gets a pass? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Absolutely regardless of what the victims do or do not, this story has legs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>