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- SeventhSon, on 04/20/2008, -14/+232Peanut-free policy? If we outlaw the peanuts, only the outlaws will have peanuts.
- fitqueenb, on 04/20/2008, -36/+215At 13 yrs of age, the should know better. Not to mention, why did the even have cookies with peanuts in them at school? Or, did they just bring them to put in this other kids lunch?
The should be dealt with strictly, they know how serious it is, it is not new in the schools to be peanut free. - diggface5000, on 04/20/2008, -16/+174This school already had a peanut-free policy and had made that information clear to students and parents. The boy who received the cookies was well-known to have a peanut allergy. He didn't even just place the cookies in whole so the boy could see what they were and laugh it off. He crumpled them so that unless the boy brought the box to his nose to smell it, how would he know they were peanut butter cookies? We know what would have happened at that point... The officials definitely made the correct call here.
- surasshu, on 04/20/2008, -4/+126Yeah... it's nuts!
... Ugh, even I cringe at that one. - sovereign3, on 04/20/2008, -14/+125It's been a long time since I've been in middle school, but is it not permissible to bring peanut butter cookies to school now?
- jmpeagle, on 04/20/2008, -7/+115wtf is with peanut allergies. It seems so random for so many people to be so deadly allergic to it.
- ichbeineinrcg, on 04/20/2008, -6/+109I'm totally with the school on this one. A few years back I had a kid with peanut allergy in my class; one day he broke out in hives all over his body, and we eventually figured out it was because another kid had eaten the PB cookies they served with lunch, and somehow a few crumbs had ended up on his tray and been eaten. It could have been much worse, and that was an accidental transfer.
Here, when the criminal seeks out the kid with peanut allergy and tries to make them sick on purpose, I think they've earned everything they have coming to them. That's not funny. - Superperson, on 04/20/2008, -12/+110No, it's a felony. The kid with the allergy might have died and the 13-year-old ***** damn well knew it.
- infernoskull, on 04/20/2008, -4/+83ive heard of people taking peanut extract and going into public places like the lobbies of stores, dumping it, and rubbing it on the door handles.
people are sick. - aliengoods, on 04/20/2008, -12/+82Giving peanut butter to a kid with a peanut allergy is trying to kill the kid. What if they instead brought a loaded gun and shot at the kid, but missed? How would you feel about the charges then?
- Retnuh730, on 04/20/2008, -0/+70There's this one kid at my school who's allergic to tomatoes, and some kids got suspended for throwing some at him. People can be dicks about anything, apparently.
- ozid, on 04/20/2008, -17/+77I agree he should be punished, but it shouldn't be severe enough to ruin this kids life. The other kid will live and move on, this kid should definitely have consequences, but give him a chance to live a normal life after he pays for what he did.
- Jeveran, on 04/20/2008, -3/+61I believe the defining line on FARK regarding this story was, "It's Peanut Butter Jaily time."
- schnikies79, on 04/20/2008, -4/+57Expel him and be done with it.
I knew a girl at my Univ that died from her peanut allergy. She just breathed the dust too, didn't eat them. No foul play though. - frieddonuts, on 04/20/2008, -4/+50No school I've ever been to has had a rule like that.
- superkendall, on 04/20/2008, -12/+57Would you all feel so apathetic about punishment if she had used rat poison? To someone with a peanut allergy, she might as well have.
- czeman, on 04/20/2008, -6/+48He crumpled up the cookies and put them lunch box. He didn't want the cookies to be noticed and wanted a reaction, an allergic reaction. That doesn't sound like a harmless prank to me.
- gahal, on 04/20/2008, -4/+45Sounds like he is being charged appropriately.
- Whackly, on 04/20/2008, -6/+43This kid needs to be punished and punished severely. However, I still think it's hilarious a kid can't have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because some other kid, in another class, who takes lunch at a different time has a severe peanut allergy. Years ago, if the parents didn't feel the child with the allergy and the adults who supervise him at school were not responsible to manage exposure and treatment that child would stay home. Now everybody gives up peanut butter, or eggs, or whatever just because of one kid's allergy? WTF.
- AZTriGuy, on 04/20/2008, -10/+45You're right, he should know better. He knew exactly what he was doing, and I agree with the zero-tolerance stance on this. There was a story just a few days ago about this same thing about kids bullying a girl with peanuts and another kid being threatened with peanut butter because the other kid simply wanted to see him have to jab himself with an epi-pen.
My daughter has a severe peanut allergy, and I swear if any kid knowingly tried to pull this crap on her it would be very hard not to come after them personally. My autistic son has a tree-nut allergy and has wound up in the ER on two occasions now, while my youngest is allergic to eggs and has gone once, all occasions were simply people not realizing that what they were giving them had their allergic trigger in it. Mistakes happen, we can deal with that. This story is much different, pre-meditated endangerment, lock that kid up. At 13, you know better. - ichbeineinrcg, on 04/20/2008, -1/+36If you commit a crime, you're a criminal. Vandalism is a crime; I don't remember ever reading about the magical lunchbox exemption. The joke goes all the way if, instead of freaking the kid out, the kid dies on the playground because his throat closes before they get to an epi pen or hospital. Ha ha! How funny! They really busted his chops!
If you think that this is about hostility and being a police state, you're a fool. - llama5492, on 04/20/2008, -2/+33What a douche bag.
- hseldon, on 04/20/2008, -10/+41I think the city is responsible. Had mandatory peanut sniffing dogs been part of the school policy, this sort of thing would not be happening.
- kingvik, on 04/20/2008, -6/+36Kids aren't beaten enough, back in my day we would beat the alergy out of you.
- LegoLooney27, on 04/20/2008, -3/+32I'm one of those people with a severe allergy to peanuts (also tree nuts and coconut). I know what it's like to nearly die from anaphylactic shock... I spent 7 hours in the hospital last week. The punk deserves the felony charge. This is a very serious matter.
- logpony, on 04/20/2008, -2/+30Dugg for best usage of sound-byte argument, ever.
- Wesside, on 04/20/2008, -4/+32a lot of kids with peanut alergies can die just from the smell.
- smotpoker, on 04/20/2008, -3/+31Attempted murder IS a felony, fool! Luckily there are different implications with children and I'm pretty sure that in most states juvenile records are inaccessible to general public. It's fair to charge him with a felony assuming they have enough evidence he really was trying to harm the kid and not just doing something stupid he didn't really fully understand/believe. Attempted murder is a worse charge than felony endangerment, btw...
- Onyxblaze, on 04/20/2008, -11/+38Natural Selection? That is a little harsh though...
- Legacy23x, on 04/20/2008, -1/+28I'm happy to hear this. I'm tired of so-called juveniles getting slaps on the wrists for things they know are wrong.
- diggdiggerid, on 04/20/2008, -1/+26Having been a thirteen year old, you can be damn sure a 13 year old knows what they are doing. They aren't autonomous beings living off instincts anymore.
- Flummoxer, on 04/20/2008, -1/+26Allergies are the result of an overly sensitive immune system, not the lack of one. It's not the allergic child's fault in the least.
- inactive, on 04/20/2008, -11/+35There is a difference between a gun and a cookie. Was the intention to be like "haha! i'm a dick and you have to go to the nurse now!" or "i want you to die!"? That's quite a difference maker.
- DaDrake, on 04/20/2008, -2/+26People got to remember something about US law. The status of being sentence as an adult or a child depends on the TYPE of crime you do. If you murder someone in cold blood, you will be judged as an adult. Naturally, the courts consider your age (and how mentally developed you are) but nonetheless... its the crime that matters.
Even children who are sentence as adults go to juvenile prison first..... their treatment is the same. There is nothing cruel or unusual about the DA's action. - debtman7, on 04/20/2008, -8/+31My understanding is that most schools who have a student with a severe peanut allergy (or other life threatening food allergy for that matter) will typically not allow any student to bring peanuts to school. I know at my kid's school, when we send in food items for parties and such they have to be peanut free. On the one hand it seems harsh, but on the other hand, if a student could die from coming into contact with a certain type of food, it makes sense to ban that food.
- blankb, on 04/20/2008, -1/+23this reminds me of that episode of freaks and geeks
- Jade456, on 04/20/2008, -1/+23Last time I checked, attempted murder is serious. At 13, he knew what could happen to that boy if he ate them being severely allergic. There is more than enough information on television and movies about it...
- schrutefan, on 04/20/2008, -2/+24This kid needs to get his ass whooped.
- Niten, on 04/20/2008, -0/+22If that kid grows up to be a comedian, he'd better make damn sure that he has a good act.
- BOFH2, on 04/20/2008, -2/+23Peanuts don't kill people; people kill people! :)
- inactive, on 04/20/2008, -4/+244 years old is a child. 9 years old is a child. At 13, I certainly had the intellectual capacity to recognize whether something I was doing could/would have had harmful consequences or not. They knew that this person had an allergy and that exposure to peanuts could be harmful, and they did it anyway. No sympathy from me.
- santaliqueur, on 04/20/2008, -3/+23It seemed like nobody was allergic to peanuts 15 years ago. I'm no doctor, but I think it might be from all the things (peanuts included) that you're not "allowed" to eat whilst pregnant. 30 years ago, you could eat anything during a pregnancy. Now, doctors prohibit peanuts, cold cuts, and all sorts of other *****. It's a guess, but I figure this has something to do with it.
- Ursapater, on 04/20/2008, -2/+21This was NOT vandalism. This was a deliberate attempt to introduce something that the kid KNEW would either seriously harm or kill another. His knowledge of the consequences of his actions makes all the difference. Making it premeditated, attempted murder.
Worse, to my mind, this was someone with whom he had no beef, he just wanted to watch the kid die. That's not funny, nor can it be excused. - jaspr180, on 04/20/2008, -11/+30I know I am going to sound like a prick after staying this but you have poor genes. I hope by child #3 you have now realized this. My girlfriend loves the show "Extreme home makeover" so whenever she's controlling the remote I sometimes see families with 8 kids and every one of them has some sort of serious illness and it really annoys me. I will bet you child 9 has some sort of defect that makes them a burden to society too! Next time how about we throw on a condom please.
- inactive, on 04/20/2008, -7/+25The article said the kid was well aware that even trace amounts of peanuts can cause severe reaction and even death. I'm on the fence on this one because I do think he needs to be punished, but at the same time he's 13. If he's thrown into a place with other young criminals he's just going to come out an even bigger criminal. Move him to another school, talk to him about how he did a bad thing, but what they're doing is a bit much.
- kingcorran, on 04/20/2008, -1/+19No... she did that knowing the kid was allergic. The world would be messed up if she didn't get the felony charge.
- Tyorant, on 04/20/2008, -5/+23As a nut allergy sufferer this sort of thing would make me laugh if I opened my lunch box to fine a very obviously placed nut...but this is just stupid. I've nearly died several times from eating nuts and it's not fun...lol
Punish the kid, let him know exactly what he did was wrong and why. Felony charges aren't necessary IMO. - Lutremi, on 04/20/2008, -1/+19As long as you have a doctor's note
- kingcorran, on 04/20/2008, -2/+20You must have no idea how serious peanut allergies can be. That's the only explanation I can think of for your response.
This isn't like a kid getting in a fight. This is like a kid spraying poison on another kid's sandwich. -
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