Teacher killed in Leeds

[Pontius Pilate]

When they say "teachers detained the student", do they mean "teachers kicked strawberry float out of the student"? I hope so.

[1cmanny1]

If only the teacher had a gun.

[Death's Head]

When they say "teachers detained the student", do they mean "teachers kicked strawberry float out of the student"? I hope so.

Unlikely, they'd probably be sacked as you are no longer allowed to discipline kids.

[Irene Demova]

Yes, physical violence is a logical and effective form of discipline

[Death's Head]

It isn't so much the actual punishment, but the threat. In my school days (18th century) we had none of today's problems.

[MagicMarker]

The boy in custody comes from a middle-class family in the Halton area of Leeds. His mother is a human resources director and his father is a civil servant. He has a 19-year-old brother.
Neighbours said that after his parents split some time ago, the boy would rarely speak to anyone outside his immediate family.
He was predicted to gain good grades in his GCSEs and excelled particularly in art.
One neighbour said: “He was very quiet and a bit of a dweeb, but never caused any trouble. This is the last thing you would ever have expected from him.”
Police were piecing together the boy’s background, including a Facebook page with a prominent image of the grim reaper.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... death.html

[Dual]

This is what happens when you're raised by a single mother.

[Lagamorph]

Genuinely surprised they've opened the school today.

[captain red dog]

What kind of sentence can he expect then? I assume he will be tried as a child, what sentence can a kid get for murder?

[Hypes]

Detention at her majesty's pleasure

[Mockmaster]

It was all about the violent videogames on LBC this morning.

[KK]

Daily Mail taking the videogame angle too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615694/Loner-schoolboy-murder-suspect-enjoyed-ultra-violent-video-games.html

[SEP]

I find myself wondering how many 15 year old boys there are who DON'T like violent video games.

[Imrahil]

Cue daytime TV segments showing 'health experts' explaining how games like Doom can turn your child psycho.

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Number of 15 year old boys who play violent video games = Pretty much all of them.
Number of 15 year old boys who have stabbed teachers = Just the one.

Stupid strawberry floating tabloid strawberry floating banana splits.

[MagicMarker]

Dark souls is a new one. Thought they'd stick to the customary GTA.

[Lagamorph]

Daily Mail taking the videogame angle too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615694/Loner-schoolboy-murder-suspect-enjoyed-ultra-violent-video-games.html

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Gee, I wonder if that's anything to do with the fact that every time they try to blame computer games there's just a massive surge of people pointing out how ridiculous an idea it is.

[Memento Mori]

Dark souls is a new one. Thought they'd stick to the customary GTA.

They were blaming Dark Souls for a recent attack in America too.

[Victor Mildew]

Poor woman, horrible thing to happen

£10 on the daily mail linking this to gta5.

I wasn't far off.

[MagicMarker]

Dark souls is a new one. Thought they'd stick to the customary GTA.

They were blaming Dark Souls for a recent attack in America too.

Huh. I never would have put those things together.