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"An eighth-grade language arts teacher from Maryland has been placed on administrative leave after school officials learned he allegedly authored two books containing questionable content under a pseudonym.
Local network WBOC News reports that the investigation concerns two books published by McLaw under the nom de plume “Dr. K.S. Voltaer,” and one is about a fictional, futuristic school shooting that goes down in history as being the largest ever in the United States.
http://rt.com/usa/182964-teacher-leave-shooting-book/"
This is lunacy. School administrators are terrified there will be another Columbine or Sandy Hook and are overreacting, or are they. What could they do to prevent one. Nothing, nil, zero. No need to ask yourself 'why', say thank you to the traitorous NRA , the propaganda arm of the small arms manufacturing industry, for blocking any form of gun control. They have successfully infected the country with The American Disease™ almost unfettered access to weapons of war that kill with brutal efficiency. Sadly there appears to be no cure.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The preceding paragraph was not up to our standards. The comments to this story are spot on. You expect better than this and we let you down. There are so many comments referring to this paragraph, we cannot just delete it, hence the strike-through. More to follow.]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by RevGregory on Saturday August 30 2014, @11:15AM
Got a recommendation to check this site out. This was the first post I read, it will be the last and only one I read here. The ability to conflate that article into a completely biased and unfounded attack on a totally uninvolved entity is a rare talent and one I avoid no matter what direction the political bias is skewing. I have little doubt that the poster has zero clue about current firearms laws, the lack of enforcement being done, and the actual trends in firearms related crime and death. I am also convinced that the poster is absolutely determined to not learn anything that doesn't conform to their assumptions or engage in a serious debate. I for one will take "The American Disease™" over The European Disease of rampant violent crime and a concerted effort by government and law enforcement to bury the actual numbers to preserve the illusion of security. When seconds count, the police are only minutes away...if you wish to be a VBC (Victim By Choice) that is fine with me, I chose to learn to defend myself and to use effective tools to do so...and I also choose to train others to do the same.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Marand on Saturday August 30 2014, @11:25AM
To be honest, you probably couldn't have joined at a worse time. I'm not sure what happened here, but it's atypical for the site, so don't judge the entire site on one bad submission. I suspect there's going to be an outcry over this from the regulars like myself, too, because we've gotten accustomed to higher quality than this.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Kell on Saturday August 30 2014, @11:34AM
Hi RevGregory. I agree with sibling poster - this is a terribly unfortunate summary for an introduction to SN. Soylent is usually much better than this (and certainly should be much better than this!) Like Slashdot of old, we have our share of biases, crazy and wtf contributors and posters. I hope you'll try SN again sometime in the future and have a better experience. Regardless, this is wakeup call for the editors and community to keep things professional.
Scientists ask questions. Engineers solve problems.
(Score: 4, Informative) by maxwell demon on Saturday August 30 2014, @04:52PM
Do you also make your other decisions on a statistical sample of one? Then you're bound to have many misjudgements.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @06:48PM
Are you a nine-year old? Here's a full-auto Uzi with a full mag. It's super effective.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @08:31PM
Laydees and gentlemen, we have a WINNER!