Kids and cops, again.

glatt · 04-01-2005, 09:06 AM

Bangor News article

Here's an amusing one.

After watching a segment on Comedy Central's "The Man Show" three kids from Rockland Maine built stun guns from disposable camera bodies. They took them to school and tried them out on each other and on volunteers on the bus. In the stupidity that followed, they zapped 2 or 3 people who didn't volunteer.

Someone told the vice principle, and he called the cops. In investigating the incident, the cop tried the stun gun out on himself. The first stun hurt but wasn't so bad. So he tried it on himself again after letting the camera charge longer. The second time he tried it, his arm went numb and ached for two hours.

I don't know why, but I like this story. It has everything. Kids getting bad ideas from TV. Kids showing a little creativity by actually building something. Other stupid kids saying "Please zap me." Kids giving in to temptation, crossing the line, and zapping the unwilling. Stupid cop trying it on himself. And finally a cop who actually puts it all into perspective:

Quote:

"These kids are not bad kids," Bickford (the cop) said of the three who were charged. "They're not kids who have been in trouble. They're not doing it maliciously. They're being stupid."

Happy Monkey · 04-01-2005, 09:33 AM

And yet, someone will try to make a rule preventing kids from buying cameras...

BigV · 04-01-2005, 10:21 AM

Guns don't shoot people, cameras shoot people.

lookout123 · 04-01-2005, 10:37 AM

you must have considered that post to be especially poignant?

Griff · 04-01-2005, 10:51 AM

I thought it was clever... once.

BigV · 04-01-2005, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I thought it was clever... once.

Sorry, double clutched on the back button instead of edit. Corrected now.

lookout123 · 04-01-2005, 11:27 AM

just jacking with you BigV. i was referring to the double post.

Griff · 04-01-2005, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Sorry, double clutched on the back button instead of edit. Corrected now.

No troubles, just trying to maintain my smartass credentials.

BigV · 04-01-2005, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

you must have considered that post to be especially poignant?

no, not poignant, but punny, and an opportunity to use some new smilies.

I think the officer's remarks show restraint and wisdom seldom reported in today's news.

Maybe we need a smiley for non-applause... Ahh. :crickets chirping:

04-01-2005, 09:33 AM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And yet, someone will try to make a rule preventing kids from buying cameras... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-01-2005, 10:21 AM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Guns don't shoot people, cameras shoot people. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-01-2005, 10:37 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you must have considered that post to be especially poignant? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-01-2005, 10:51 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I thought it was clever... once. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-01-2005, 11:27 AM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	just jacking with you BigV. i was referring to the double post. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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