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7 Year Old Raped On School Bus - School & Court Don't Care

rational-outrage.com — A 7-year-old girl was repeatedly raped, molested and sodomized on a special needs school van in Ohio by a 16-year-old boy. The school says the bus is basically Vegas and the court says the mom can't sue.

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  • nominalgeek, on 03/26/2008, -56/+34Ohio, what a state!
  • JackStowe, on 03/26/2008, -17/+88They are supposed to take care of its citizen. Ohio wake up!
    • LongShlong, on 03/26/2008, -50/+10School bus? More like Party Bus!
    • dOOBiEx213, on 03/26/2008, -28/+5@longschlong
      i lol'd
    • clickmyface, on 03/26/2008, -0/+14I don't think this is going to fly once it hits the Supreme Court. They constructed a legal argument that seems to have satisfied some lower courts in Ohio, but the "we did not see it so it did not happen" argument has a good chance of being ripped apart. Their argument in reality is "We now know it did happen, but we are not liable" and the Supreme Court may very well fault them for not presenting a realistic argument for the case.
    • malonesm, on 03/26/2008, -2/+43I'm not sure enough of you are seeing this. This is a repost from below.

      http://jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/

      Cheryl Haschak - Superintendent
      haschak@sparcc.org

      District Offices
      7984 Fulton Drive
      Massillon, OH 44646
      330-830-8000 P
      330-830-8008 F

      Board of Education
      President
      Kenneth J Douglas, CPA
      ken.douglas@ey.com
      (330) 833-0657

      Vice President
      Barbara TalleyBarbara Talley
      BTalley@jackson.sparcc.org
      (330) 497-4109

      Other Members: http://jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/district/board_of_e ...
      Homer Travis - Transportation Superintendent

      News Story http://youtube.com/watch?v=DR0FRHd62GU&feature=rel ...

      By the way, I'm from Ohio - this state isn't all bad.
      • DteK, on 03/26/2008, -8/+17meh, you are responsible for our current president
        • jcims, on 03/26/2008, -5/+15your line of thinking is why we got him twice
      • WNW3, on 03/26/2008, -3/+4Ohio has roller coasters and WKRP...aside from the raping (rapeing? rapping?) problem it's a-okay in my book.
        • Mooshee, on 03/27/2008, -2/+0Oh yay, roller coasters!... Because rape isn't really that bad right?
      • keraneuology, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3Your state makes it painfully easy to allow businesses to post for general knowledge and enforce policies of "bad guys - easy pickin's in here.... victims guaranteed to have no means of self-defense"
    • robbob, on 03/26/2008, -0/+24Odd, when I got into fights after school, I got suspended because I was in route to/from schoool. I had to reach home first. Apparently its a little convenient to interpret the law for different situations
    • YoureAllSoDumb, on 03/26/2008, -10/+1ICANN has cheezburger?
    • Dragular, on 03/26/2008, -0/+12Someone go steal a school bus in Ohio. You're responsible for your own property, and if no one is responsible for these buses then it seems to me that they're no one's property.
    • jman8888, on 03/26/2008, -9/+2this happened right NEXT TO ME. im 5 minutes away..
    • Boohickey11, on 03/26/2008, -1/+6Actually we're supposed to take care of things ourselves. This in not supposed to be a Nanny State. If the court doesn't give you justice then you TAKE IT.
    • ryuujinusa, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5As an Ohioan I'm ashamed. We let G W in, it's time to put an end to our epic fail.
      • zacharytelschow, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2What twisted logic makes GW somehow responsible for this?
        • adrianmonk, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1He's saying Ohio is responsible for GW, as in voting for him.
    • PenileCommander, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1next time they just need to call the proper authorities:
      http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=-MWSGbh-bi4&feature ...
    • wayn0x, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0.
  • socialpyramid, on 03/26/2008, -6/+342"Ohio courts have repeatedly protected the schools by ruling that they do not have a duty to protect students while they are being transported on school buses and vans." - I see Ohio's Bulliers Lobby is in full force
    • BruceDude, on 03/26/2008, -9/+64I agree with this. The school has no representatives there so its out of their control.

      The problem is with the company supplying the bus service. They should come down on them with a hammer.
      • form3hide, on 03/26/2008, -5/+34Out of their control? I'm under the assumption that the school district hired this bus company, and therefore, the district should be responsible for anything that happens on the bus.
        • SinisterBunni, on 03/26/2008, -4/+23EXACTLY!!!! I am so ***** tired of seeing organizations point to an outsourcer or contractor and the cause of an issue instead of examining their oversight processes to see how broken they are.
          • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -15/+3What would Ron Paul do? Certainly not ask for outside oversight.

            Let the market decide?
          • theodenking, on 03/26/2008, -4/+9Who mentioned Ron Paul?
          • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -9/+1Nobody did. I just want to hear the libertarian view on this.
          • MadOtaku, on 03/26/2008, -2/+7The libertarian view would probably be to blame the company that provided the bus service.
          • MellerTime, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3I'm a Libertarian, and I blame them all. Contracting out the work to another company doesn't give the school district a cop-out for anything that happens as a result. The service is provided through them, they are responsible for it.

            Put it this way: If it were the owner of the bus company raping children, of course we would go after him for doing it. We would also go after the school district for employing an inept, sadistic, immoral, etc. company.
        • BruceDude, on 03/26/2008, -3/+6So if you contract someone to do a job for you, and they screw up royal and run an old lady... is it your fault?

          Their equipment, their employee = their problem.


          If the bus driver was an employee of the school district, then its the school district's problem. Which is not the case.
      • liquidpele, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Bus drivers are hired by the county in every school district I've every heard of.
        Assuming that's the case here, this would get overturned by a federal judge in about 2 seconds if they accept the appeal.
    • solesoul, on 03/26/2008, -2/+14Wow, who is running Ohio, nowadays?
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -2/+11Jackson Local Schools - "Our Mission for the future is: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE."
      The pluck they are!
    • BlueScreenOD, on 03/26/2008, -4/+13I work with tort law for state government, and all states in the US have these laws; it's not unique to Ohio. In order for a government entity to be held liable, it must have known about the condition and had adequate time to prevent it. If the bus driver claims he never saw it, then, as a government entity, the school district can not be held liable.

      These laws are in place to protect the state's assets. Otherwise, people could sue for slip and falls, potholes, and a plethora of other fun things that non-government entities get sued for on a daily basis. Just imagine, my office gets about 100 claims for slip and falls a week, and each one alleges about 1 million dollars in damages. If you payed all those out, you'd be out 1 billion dollars every 3 years in slip and fall claims alone. Also, it should probably be noted that the State doesn't assume liability for School Districts, the counties usually do.

      All in all it's a ***** situation, but there's really nothing anyone can do about it unless the new legislation is passed.
      • parallax7d, on 03/26/2008, -5/+6These laws are in place to protect the state's assets. Otherwise, people could sue for slip and falls, potholes, and a plethora of other fun things

        Well last time I checked, the state is here to serve the people, not protect itself against citizens which it hurts. If the state is responsible for accidents, they should be held accountable like everyone else.
        • thebigbradwolf, on 03/26/2008, -2/+3Under normal circumstances, if you crash your car on the way to school should the school be liable?
        • BlueScreenOD, on 03/26/2008, -0/+11That all sounds good, and I agree with you to an extent. But I pay taxes to fund my state government, and I don't want them spending it on some lady who sprained her ankle and wants millions of dollars in punitive damages.
        • TheGreat0ne, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2perhaps you should convince your state to allow others to be in charge of most of its current property so that it is not responsible for those accidents to begin with.
        • stabbingkittens, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Correct in theory, naive in practice.
        • ThugThrasher, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1The thing is, I'd be willing to bet that without this law, people would be suing the state/county/whoever if they swerved off the road (to avoid an accident, for example) and hit a street sign because if the sign hadn't been there, they wouldn't have had as much damage on their car/as many injuries. Just an example of things people I know want to sue the government about. (Yes, I did yell at her about it...a lot)
        • Mooshee, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0People are greedy. State officials and state citizens are people. If I tripped and could get a few thousand dollars for it, I would be somewhat compelled to sue also.
      • jeffiek, on 03/26/2008, -2/+3"Otherwise, people could sue ...."

        Sure, they COULD sue. But they could only collect if they're successful. Just like anyone could sue you for just about anything.

        Those laws are not there to protect the state against frivolous claims, the courts can do that for the state just as easily as they can for any individual or business. They're there to protect the state against LEGITIMATE claims.
        • BlueScreenOD, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7I understand the frustration with the way the system is set up. Believe me, on a daily basis I explain to people that the State will only pay the deductible on their car insurance if a State Trooper rear-ends them (we pay whatever your insurance wont pay). I just can't think of a good way of giving people money without bankrupting the State.
        • MellerTime, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1You're assuming our judicial system still placed any emphasis on common sense... That was the point of having judges, y'know - so there was an actual human presiding over cases, rather than having cold hard laws laid out for every single circumstance.
      • keraneuology, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1I've always believed that while the government may be afforded sovereign immunity, the employees of the government should not. All it would take is *ONE* of these twits in the school system to be held personally liable and the system would improve overnight.
      • LocalDocal, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1While I agree that, sometimes, certain institutions needs protection from people's stupidity; it should not apply in this situation. A rape case should be taken into consideration a bit differently than a slip and fall case, don't you think?
        • liquidpele, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0If you get raped in a dark ally, do you get to sue the city? Location should not matter, the boy should be held accountable, not the school.

          The real tragedy here is that the boy will probably get off because he's "disabled" and they will put him in a new school, and since schools don't share information, they won't even know about his violent past....
          • LocalDocal, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0I can't believe I even have to say this, but being sexually assaulted in a dark alley is different than being sexually assault on a school bus. If this was a reasonable case (i.e. a well hidden, one time rape), then perhaps the school should not be vilified.

            However, under no circumstances is this reasonable. The rape happened 2-3 times a week for an entire year in a small school bus. Furthermore, when news of this finally gets out, the school apparently couldn't get much more out than 'You can't sue us for this'. Either the school or the bus company should definitely be sued for this.
      • the14thjoey, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1I agree. The state is here to serve the people, and paying out when somebody gets a boo boo is not serving the interest of the people, it's serving the interests of one person and hurting the rest of the population.

        If your suspension is ***** because of a new pothole, you have insurance to pay for it. Now, if the pothole was a year old and it still hasn't been fixed, then you'd have a case.
      • Tweekster, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0They still have school owned buses? I thought they were all sueable private companies. Like decades ago
      • Mooshee, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0"In order for a government entity to be held liable, it must have known about the condition and had adequate time to prevent it. If the bus driver claims he never saw it, then, as a government entity, the school district can not be held liable."

        I don't think he can get away with that... For a year and a half he didn't see or hear anything?
    • altinnovation, on 03/26/2008, -0/+13So why not travel on the bus one day and brutally beat the boy? It's legal, no?
      • the14thjoey, on 03/26/2008, -3/+0Do you do things just because they are legal?
      • Luminoth, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1No, it's not legal. If you were paying attention, you would know that if one were to do that, they would be charged with assault and the school would not be held responsible for it.
    • deadmann, on 03/26/2008, -3/+2Why is she trying to sue the school for a crime committed outside?
      • the14thjoey, on 03/26/2008, -0/+0You might be able to make an argument that the child is still in the custody of the school. I think the argument would fail, but there you have it.
        • deadmann, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1If the school owns the buses in America then it is a different issue.
    • arcticsoft, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3If they dont have the responsibility to protect, why put the money into the cameras. Looks like a school dist that screwed up and now wants to blame somone else.

      They could of cleared their name so much easier by siding with the little girls family and expelling the 16yo and paying for attorney fees for the girls parents to sue the crap out of the 16yo's parents. Would have been much easier and the school dist wouldn't look like such a douche.
    • luvkit, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I don't know. Something doesn't seem right in this report... at least the local news report as the original link's dead. There seems to be no evidence, besides an emotionally disturbed boy admitting to a crime. I'm not sure if the little girl said anything or not either. Plus, the 'bus' driver drove a van with like seven seats, and heard and saw nothing. This all seems to be going off the word of unreliable sources. I'm not really sure the crime even took place, let alone whether or not the school should be sued.
  • GemStar38, on 03/26/2008, -8/+259I have 2 young girls who take the bus and this report sickens me. Who's duty is it to protect students while they are being transported on school buses and vans? They should not be called 'school' buses if it does not fall under their realm of responsibility.
    • RobotLeAwesome, on 03/26/2008, -5/+17The company supplying the bus service.
      • NoCt1, on 03/26/2008, -0/+17Its the County supplying it for the school system. Not a company.
        • RobotLeAwesome, on 03/26/2008, -0/+10The county doesn't hire someone like Laidlaw? well in that case the county is to blame.
    • tman84, on 03/26/2008, -28/+4If the socialist system we are currently under wants to remove our civil liberties using the common law of "in loco parentis", then they should be prepared to face consequences when they fail.
      • cmdrNacho, on 03/26/2008, -2/+23you are ignorant.. please look up socialism
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -3/+11This is corporate "pass the buck" attitudes at work. Not a "socialistic" problem.
      • Locke23, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Because Bush and his neocon minions are socialist right?
        If this gov't were socialist, we'd all be better off in all ways possible.
        I think you meant fascist and right-winged system.
    • Emnsta, on 03/26/2008, -10/+3dey gon get raped
    • Awsomo6, on 03/26/2008, -2/+2The Schools obviously aren't responsible for anything they do since they get the same public money no matter what goes on (a tiny bit more or less because of grades). If this isn't a perfect place to start the argument for the privatization of school then i don't know what will be. If a school was private and hired this bus company they wouldn't have 1 student. Not 1 ***** student. This is the only way we can truly make schools be accountable and responsible for their actions.

      And digg me down because privatization of schools would make them unfordable. There can be a government safety net given out at the parent level and not the school level which still keeps schools accountable.
      • reelmkonol, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2How many oxen would you be willing to risk to cross these unfordable schools?
    • paloooz, on 03/26/2008, -10/+1Drive your kids to school. Take time out of your busy day to drive them to school. Then you won't have to worry about them on the bus. Problem solved. Public transportation = for lazy people.
    • Locke23, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I remember when I took the bus to school, you were liable, if you got in a fight, insulted, or cursed at the driver the school could go as far as to issue a suspension and bring authorities into it, If they can do that, I expect them to protect me when the time comes
    • mrynit, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1how about be responsible for your own children and don't rely on the government to take care of them.
  • AnokK, on 03/26/2008, -12/+217OK I Dug, and now I am sad and angry. If I were the parents, I would go vigilante, but hey, that's me just a silly Anarchist tendency!
    • NoCt1, on 03/26/2008, -1/+56Thats not anarchy. Thats being a vigilante. Anarchy and Vigilantes are a little different. But agreed.
    • RadiatedAnt, on 03/26/2008, -22/+5vigilante, the new trend word for digg users that mean nothing.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+13Better be careful, or he'll stand outside your house with a Guy Fawkes mask and a poster that says "picture unrelated".
      • Jones82, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure vigilante means something
    • lovesguitar, on 03/26/2008, -10/+2quick call the justice league!
      • t4ll3y, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Batman (Dark night batman, specifically) would ***** this guy up.
        • ProfessorFoo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1I'm sorry but batman would get overwhelmed by this guys molesting powers.
        • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Batman is a ***** character. Shut up.
    • SmpleJohn, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8I completely agree... if he's doing this now, imagine what he'll do if/when he gets away with it.
      • LocalDocal, on 03/26/2008, -0/+0When/if? You do realize that he's been doing this on a weekly basis for an entire year, don't you?
      • kthxbai85, on 03/29/2008, -0/+0Wait til he's older and can think to do things like another top story here on Digg....the guy charged with raping a 5 month old baby.
    • bobartig, on 03/26/2008, -1/+19Well, apparently, if you rode along to school with your daughter, asked her who had raped her, then pulled out a gun and shot them all, you'd just get away with it, as long as it took place on the bus.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -0/+11And the school shouldn't be held liable when you get charged with that, either.
    • lgreengrrl, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3That's the parent in you
    • HyperJack, on 03/26/2008, -2/+2At which point, all V needs to do is keep his word. And then....
  • dacardworld, on 03/26/2008, -29/+71yet another reason for me not to have kids
    • bomarizza, on 03/26/2008, -21/+9o-h, that is one stupid reason, how about you just don't want to have any responsibility!?
      • fxu1989, on 03/26/2008, -1/+7That was my first reason not to have kids.
      • thailand1972, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Look around you and you'll see plenty of parents who aren't even aware of their responsibilities.
    • nebbo, on 03/26/2008, -5/+43more like another reason not to send them to public school now days
      • julienbh, on 03/26/2008, -15/+8Yeah so they can end up even worse going to private schools. bravo.
        • smackafiyah, on 03/26/2008, -7/+7Whats so bad about private school? I went to one from Kindergarten to 10th grade, and never had a single problem (aside from wearing a uniform)
        • Ender008, on 03/26/2008, -6/+7I haven't had any problems with private school, save for the fact that some kids are COMPLETE pricks.
          • LocalDocal, on 03/26/2008, -1/+0There are even more pricks in public school.
        • ranalicious, on 03/26/2008, -1/+13some kids are complete pricks in public school too, there are pricks everywhere.
          • Clumber, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8and, sadly, some adults are pricks too. We live in a prick-filled society.

            (Never imagined that sentence being part of my day...)
        • dlllb, on 03/26/2008, -1/+6I have a friend who went to a private school and was bullied by not only the pupils but the teachers too. Sending your child away to private school means putting every ounce of faith in the school and its employees. How can you know for sure they are safe?
        • julienbh, on 03/26/2008, -4/+2OK maybe I have not made myself clear, I was talking about private schools in Quebec. And I think Dllb is spot on.
          But either way I'm pretty sure the situation anywhere in the world is similar.
          The private school elitism is bad in my opinion, that's all.
          My girlfriend * I swear I have one!!! * teach'd in a private school for some time and what she told me was awesome:
          A kid decides to clog the toilets with papers, then flush it until the water flows everywhere. He draws grafitti on the wall "all that for FUN". The principal stops him, he goes to his office and call the parents. The parents pay for the damage and the kid comes back to school the day after with a big smile on his face.
          Try to do that in a public school. I know the parents are responsible, but I'd estimate at 10% the parents that can't educate their kids, and that's 10% too much.
          End of the chapter 1.
        • emalen, on 03/26/2008, -2/+5not fair to generalize public or private schools as they vary greatly across the world
        • mdcarso, on 03/26/2008, -6/+2Homeschooling FTW
        • moush, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Have fun developing a personality at home school. Maybe you can ask your mom to the prom.
        • kthxbai85, on 03/29/2008, -0/+0I was home schooled through 7th grade and then went to a private school close to home where a parent would take the children to and from school every day. My homeschooling experience did not turn out so great, due only to the fact that my mom had cancer throughout grades 3-7(before she died, which is why we went to a private school after that), and she was trying to teach while going through treatments. She had taught school before she was married, and was good at it. All went well til she got sick. And then she couldn't seem to stand the thought that she just couldn't handle it anymore, and wanted to keep trying. I guess to sum up my whole thought here, I think home schooling is great as long as it's done well. Not everyone does it well, and those who don't, shouldn't.
      • moush, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1On the retard bus?
    • hurtsdonut, on 03/26/2008, -8/+13Honestly, I dont think we really needed another reason for you not to have kids.
    • RetroEvolute, on 03/26/2008, -2/+41Because they'd rape people on buses?
    • theodenking, on 03/26/2008, -15/+7Because they might be born with "special needs"?

      ...man is this gonna get buried.
      • rrbest, on 03/26/2008, -0/+15don't use your reverse psychology on me. Buried.
    • MrErr, on 03/26/2008, -7/+9So what was the other reason for not having children? Your genes?
    • LongShlong, on 03/26/2008, -3/+6If it was an older chick 'raping' a younger guy, this story wouldn't even really have any weight.
      • Vindexus, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3It might if it was a 7 year old mentally challenged "younger guy."
        • LongShlong, on 03/26/2008, -1/+7No, then it would just be plain awesome and maybe even on the cover of Time.
        • thailand1972, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1On Digg, if *any* guy has sex, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how old he is, you can guarantee the majority of Diggers will comment along the lines of "at least he's gettin' some", "lucky guy" etc.
    • michael43, on 03/26/2008, -5/+4Still the biggest reason would be that you need to have sex to have one. Sex with yourself doesn't count either.
    • smutsmut, on 03/26/2008, -3/+2I agree, the world today is getting crazier and crazier. If i did have kids, I have no idea what they would be exposed to or even what kind of environment they would be left in after i'm gone.
  • wilderr67, on 03/26/2008, -6/+31This is horrific!!
    • Westford, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2The thing is I'm not even fully shocked. I hear about ***** stories like this every damn week. What the ***** is wrong with this world...
      • xero9, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I agree. After the puppy being thrown over the cliff, I'm sort of numb to this kind of crap. What a sad day, really
    • robocop1, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1This is hawt.
    • ulaelable, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!
  • DarKnight90, on 03/26/2008, -5/+121This is *****. It takes a lot to sicken me but this is truly an outrage. Dugg so this can be brought to peoples attention.
    • muniak, on 03/26/2008, -10/+2Apparently it doesn't take that much.
  • alexmcone, on 03/26/2008, -4/+82I hope they string those bastards. They say she imagined it !!!!

    Its a seven year old kid for crying out loud. Have they no shred of decency ?
    • KtehSpynx, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7It isn't even likely that a seven year old girl could imagine such things
      • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1It IS possible, though. Stupid women let their kids be in the room while they watch lifetime movies.
    • zacharytelschow, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Is there any mention of verification from a doctor that the girl had indeed been raped? I believe that such actions, taken by someone so much older, would leave obvious physical damage. This seems a huge missing piece in this story that I wish were there.
  • herkimer65, on 03/26/2008, -12/+211Her father needs to remedy this situation - with a baseball bat.
    • positron, on 03/26/2008, -4/+200He should do it on the bus, that way nobody is responsible and he can't be prosecuted. Right Ohio?
      • purplehaze420, on 03/26/2008, -0/+14Sooooooo bang-on with that comment.
      • Clumber, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7Hurrah! Damn fine point. I'd recommend an aluminum rather than the usual Louisville Slugger. Easier to wipe prints from, and less likely to splinter into toothpicks before you are done.
        -hypothetically, natch.
        • tchynerd, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Coldsteel makes an unbreakable baseball bat.
        • Goombellaofgoom, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1But it's so expensive and hard to find... this guy's not worth the trouble.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -18/+10Not with a shotgun, herkimer? 1. Shoot him in the extremities- letting him live with great pain is more gratifying than killing him and relieving him of all that pain instantly. Give him something to live with and think about for the rest of his long and repulsive life.
      2. I just arrived in Fukuoka, Japan on the 25th. Now I hope to never need to go back to the United States! Japan has already been too good to me.
      • NoCt1, on 03/26/2008, -7/+3Or... Steel grate and slowly force his body to push through it. But far enough to where it almost kills him than let him heal
        then do other things.. Like maybe Chansaw and take an inch of his body ff a day
        starting with the index finger.
        • benbfree, on 03/26/2008, -2/+15You're one sick dude.
          • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -5/+3What do you expect? It's in the movies, media, games and music. These types of things don't "shock" them anymore, and become comfortable thinking.

            And some of them think about it a lot.
      • TheZorch, on 03/26/2008, -8/+2I HATE YOU!!! I wanna live in Japan!!! :-)
        Hey, but that's cool. I'd use a barbed wire whip actually, or a nice long branch from a thorn bush with big thorns. The kind that causes big gashes rather than just scratches. The point is, you don't want to kill them instantly but prolong the suffering.
        • InspectorGadget, on 03/26/2008, -3/+2GTFO weeaboo.
        • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -2/+2Who the heck is weeaboo?
        • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1You're the weeaboo, Mr. Romaji Username. Zorch seems like an annoying wap as well.
      • com2, on 03/26/2008, -2/+51) Sandpaper his balls raw
        2) Add salt
        3) Let it congeal
        4) Repeat
      • alclone, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1You just ruined the joke.
      • NuclearFalcon, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1You sicken me.
      • skeptic42, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1+10 Non Sequitur
    • mapkinase, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8With a butcher knife. Go for the balls.
    • absurdist, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2Who? Not the mentally handicapped kid. He needs to go after the idiot officials and the bus driver who are engaged in the rounds of ass covering.
      • herkimer65, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3I don't care if the kid can't count to 1. If he did that to my daughter, there would be another story on digg.
    • Wakuko, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1So, if a parent gets on the bus with a loaded shotgun and kills all on board will nobody care?
    • Jones82, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Beat on the brat
    • MasterChief4134, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2He needs to be introduced to big bubba...
    • Greg535, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat?
  • TrevaLVF, on 03/26/2008, -29/+29Yet another reason why I chose to home school my kid (although he didn't and does not attend school in Ohio). I can't trust the bus drivers, school Admin and I can't even trust the court system.
    • DarkSamus, on 03/26/2008, -19/+29A little too paranoid there.
      Kids need to learn with other kids, there are some social things you can't teach at home
      • oldhick, on 03/26/2008, -21/+15No. Kids need to do whatever parents want them to do. There's no compelling reason to educated kids one way or another. Everyone has an opinion on the subject and everyone should be free to educate their own kids as they see fit.
        • mywhitenoise, on 03/26/2008, -8/+9***** that, I do whatever the hell I want.

          Joking aside, every kid needs to rebel every now and then...parents aren't always right.
          • oldhick, on 03/26/2008, -4/+11I know this. I simply meant the government and opinionated neighbors should let parents educate their kids how they want. Of course kids should still rebel and ***** off their parents as much as possible. Thats the human condition!
        • Logicwax, on 03/26/2008, -6/+6I think you missed DarkSamus' point. Kids need to learn with other kids. Very true, every person I have ever met who has been home schooled lacks a lot of social skill that is especially required in modern working atmospheres. This effects not only career success, but relationships and even personal happiness.
          • Orion682, on 03/26/2008, -5/+1I've known a few home school kids as well and have to agree. One thing that they especially seem to lack is tact. They don't alwayus know when something is inappropriate to discuss in public, and a lot of times, even if they have a lot of friends, they just don't have the same social skills that other kids have. It's unfortunate, and usually takes years to overcome :/
          • ConNERD, on 03/26/2008, -1/+9The homeschooled kids you met are in the minority. Most properly homeschooled kids go off to lead very fulfilling lives. A child doesn't need to be immersed in a school with 500 other children to socialize.
            It always ***** me off when people tote public schools as "the real world" when it is everything but that. The real world is not run by mentally under-developed teenagers. If you want your child to experience "the real world", make him or her get a job.
          • lisaawesome, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4I'm with ConNERD here. They can really go either way. I've met homeschooled kids who were socially inept and others who were were socially in tune. I went to public school most of my life but after my freshman HS year I had to drop out to save my sanity. Between the ***** HS drama and the pathetic curriculum there was nothing there for me. Getting the hell out of public school was the best thing I ever did. Public schools are nothing like the real world in my experience. I've had plenty of "real" jobs and like 5 years worth of university work and nothing I ever experienced in public school helped me prepare for what I have encountered in the "real world." I don't know if I would send my future children to elementary school but I definitely would not put their education in the public school's hands after elementary.
          • gettophilosophr, on 03/26/2008, -2/+1One critique I'd throw out is visibility; quite frankly, the ones that are running around with "I'd rather be homeschooling" on their bumper aren't going to be the normal, well-adjusted, socially adept ones.

            All the normal homeschoolers out there aren't running around going "Hey guyz! I'm homeschooled! Isn't that rockin' awesome!".

            It's the tactless and socially retarded ones that do that. The rest of us learned better by the 2nd time we got the ***** beat out of us. ;-)
          • metric7, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2You must be a public school teacher
        • siszam, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Wow, you couldn't be more wrong. Children who are home schooled are well socialized without turning into little monsters that public school children are. Home schools teach more in less time and produce a more well rounded student.
        • fredmv, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Shut the ***** up, "oldhick". I don't think I've ever seen a comment from you that WASN'T in the negatives. Seriously, get a clue you *****. Everything you say is wrong.
      • texpundit, on 03/26/2008, -8/+17They don't need to *learn* with other kids. As long as they have neighbors with kids, all they need to do is play with other kids...socialize...when not studying.
      • mdcarso, on 03/26/2008, -6/+5*****, the socialization myth was disproven long ago.
        • akh4x0r, on 03/26/2008, -2/+2Whatever makes you feel better her saying no.
        • ThugThrasher, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0her saying no, indeed.

          wait...what?
    • tightscrummy, on 03/26/2008, -8/+9But you can trust in sweet Jesus.
    • Modizzle, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Author hasn't expressed enough for an informed person to draw a conclusion about what's going on. Consider, in a civil action, nobody would even bother suing the rapist, because the school has the deeper pockets and the rapist is probably broke and poor. Furthermore, for this reason, the legislature may have adopted statutes that grant immunity to schools, and it would be a violation of local separation of powers for the courts to disregard specific legislative intent.
    • papipablo, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Dugg down for socially retarding your children.
  • equilibrium7, on 03/26/2008, -0/+35WTF!?!? ...They ever hear of "Duty of Care"? Typical officials... push it all back onto the parents. *****.
    • nebbo, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3sovereign immunity sucks
    • DangerCollie, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Way to go red states!
    • sk8ngame, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Okay, so if they're not even supposed to help us IN AN EMERGENCY, then why do I get in trouble if I say "*****" on the bus? i hate the government...
  • protogenxl, on 03/26/2008, -6/+288Call the cops and charge the kid with rape and school as an accessory
    • PJ1967, on 03/26/2008, -9/+9I dunno, the cops might taser the victim.
    • zacharytelschow, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Is there any mention of verification from a doctor that the girl had indeed been raped? I believe that such actions, taken by someone so much older, would leave obvious physical damage. This seems a huge missing piece in this story that I wish were there.
  • Needles13, on 03/26/2008, -2/+45How can you just say it didn't happen because a bus driver can't see 5 rows back? (remember it's a short bus) This is pretty ***** up, it's one thing to say you didn't see a kid standing up or throwing a piece of paper out the window, but getting raped for over a year and a half?! Come the ***** on! They even both had the exact same story! I'm as outraged as I've ever been.
    • FoghornLeghorn, on 03/26/2008, -0/+20Raped and sodomized? If the bus driver didn't notice that, either he/she's full of ***** or it never actually happened, seeing as it was confessed to I'm assuming it happened. No one is that absent minded.
      • NoCt1, on 03/26/2008, -3/+5Maybe the bus driver was in on it?
      • kingmanic, on 03/26/2008, -2/+1Might be a little finger action and it may not have been visible to the driver.
  • oldhick, on 03/26/2008, -3/+30I would imagine this an attempt to avoid an extremely costly lawsuit. If there were civil caps on lawsuits then maybe organizations would be more likely to fess up... This is disgusting and awful and I hope the outrage in Ohio reaches a boiling point soon.
    • oldhick, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2I just read a great article in the NY Times that seems relevant, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/us/26punitive.ht ...
      It appears the rest of the world frowns heavily on the notion of "punitive" damages.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Interesting article, thanks for the link.
    • oldhick, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4Damn, wrong link, use this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/us/26punitive.ht ...
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Both of your links worked for me. But again, very good article. Worth the read.
    • MrErr, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3First off, people or organizations should tell the truth for the sake of telling the truth. Punitive damages cannot be used as an excuse for denying the truth. I do not believe in caps. What we need to make sure is that the jury awards need to be more just or fit the crime.
    • lurkerz, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1It's the freaking UNIONS! They are saving their own tail at the expense of another.
  • Totz83, on 03/26/2008, -1/+70http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0FRHd62GU

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    • CAPITALLETTERS, on 03/26/2008, -12/+25It's worse than a rick roll(fox news).
      • PHiZ187, on 03/26/2008, -5/+2I agree, but inappropriate in this serious thread. I'm not going to digg you down, just saying, use better judgment.
        • CAPITALLETTERS, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4Serious thread? Digg? You must be new here.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4At least it's an affiliate, and not the central headquarters broadcast. Our local Fox news affiliate covers local news very well. But the national stuff from them is utter *****.
    • mlvassallo, on 03/26/2008, -1/+21I know this is a totally tasteless time to bring it up, but how many of you watch the bus footage at around 4:29 more than once? How insane is that?
      • aprestia, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5Dude I know what you mean, that was disturbing.
      • graduisic, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2What the heck happened there anyway? Did the bus flip over?
      • lebreezy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I kept replaying that part. They were tossed over to the other side of the bus at like 100 mph. Crazy
    • chrgrose, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8Should I be concerned about the fact that I was actually hoping it was a rickroll? :
    • sgtpppr, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Unbelievable. The kid admitted to sexually assaulting her and everything and the bus driver and school still deny it even happened. Disturbing on many levels.
  • logicalnoise, on 03/26/2008, -20/+9Ohio and Boston....Two ***** up places to live.
    • Happy_Phantom, on 03/26/2008, -5/+5Ohio. The best place in the world to be from.
      • logicalnoise, on 03/26/2008, -0/+9because anywhere else is better?
      • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -7/+4C. Miller of C. Miller Chevrolet of Willoughby Hills (Cleveland) used to bang a young Asian secretary broad in a restroom. He's (likely) dead now and his dealership is now a location of Pat O'Brien Chevrolet. Weird guy. (C. Miller ran his business from roughly the '40s to the early '80s, I think.)
        • MsArtGeek, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3I'm looking for a point here... nope, can't find one. next.
        • Happy_Phantom, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2pics or it didn't happen

          and what's so weird about wanting to bang your hot asian babe secretary, no matter where?
        • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2That was just random enough I had to digg it up. I couldn't resist.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -3/+1The worst of this moral disease has its epicenter there. IT IS SPREADING FASTER THAN THE COLD. I lived in Kansas, and left for Japan earlier this week. I'd better not need to come back! I'd rather stay here now.
      • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Get away from Digg for a while so you can experience being a "gaijin".
  • jaydedragon, on 03/26/2008, -3/+36i wish they would give more information other than just "ohio" narrow it down so that we can all start tying up their phone lines and letting them know just what pieces of crap they are
    • jman8888, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5canton ohio jackson township. Jackson Local Schools.
  • MasterThief117, on 03/26/2008, -11/+303How backwards can this ***** country get? First it's "oh, your girlfriend is a minor. You are now going to be a convicted sex offender at the age of 16." to this, "Oh, your seven year old daughter was sexually assaulted on a public school bus? Oh, sorry there is nothing we can do about it, even though the boy involved confessed."

    This ***** sickens me. You know, if the legal system won't deal with this, why don't we give some Internet justice?
    • FoghornLeghorn, on 03/26/2008, -3/+62You're misinterpreting what happened, there's very much something they can do about it, the boy can be charged with criminal charges. What they can't do is sue the school for liability, which I think makes some sense.
      This is obviously an extreme case, but if you open the door to the school being responsible for your child's safety on the bus you're setting an easily corruptible precedent. What happens if kids are rough housing on the bus and one breaks an arm, should the parent then be able to sue the school district? Where is the line drawn between what the school is held accountable for? Just criminal acts? Any sort of of injury?
      Here is what I think the school can be held accountable for when it comes to the bus, anything resorting from negligent or reckless driving that causes harm to the children, that is all, and that is assuming the school district hires the drivers.
      Punish the boy as you would any minor who rapes or molests minors, but I really don't know if you have a case for suing the school over it. If you want to sue someone, make it the boys parents since he's not of legal age.
      • AgentVladimir, on 03/26/2008, -1/+9Got to agree with Foghorn here. Unless the school was being negligent then it's not really liable. I'm assuming the boy will face criminal charges but that doesn't mean the school should face a civil suit.
      • Cyberbladewolf, on 03/26/2008, -2/+25The school is accountable for the bus. Hell, they claim it all the time, then disregard it when it's suitable. When I was bullied throughout elementary, and Jr High school, I'd constantly hear, "It happened off of school property, so there's nothing we can do." then when I fought back I heard the phrase, "We're responsible for you from the moment you leave the school until you step foot on your own property." and I got punished for fighting back. The school systems are fickle and sickening in their lack of justice. Not only do acts such as bullying go un-punished, and standing up for yourself gets punished, but horrid teachers get away with crimes, or not teaching because of the teachers union, and then horrible atrocities such as these happen and they claim they're not responsible.

        BTW, I live in Ohio, and attended elementary and Jr High school in Ohio, just to make this more relevant.
        • Orion682, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5I live in NY and had the same problem with getting into fights on the bus. When I didn't fight back and complained, I was told that nothing can be done. When we went to the police, because it was getting really bad, I was told "Maybe you should learn some martial arts or something." I DID know martial arts, but I didn't want to fight back because finding ways to solve problems without violence is something that's always drilled into your head during martial arts.

          It finally ended when they broke my glasses (3 of them against me) and I sent one of them through a car windshield when we stepped off the bus. I got lucky for not being reported because they were too embarrassed to say anything...
        • linkdj, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4I completely agree, I got in a fight while I was in middle school in Georgia, it happened at the bus stop, and they still claimed it was school property and I was punished for it.
      • drvcr, on 03/26/2008, -0/+6While your points are valid Foghorn, the school district was negligent in placing her on a bus alongside a teenager with known hyper sexual activity and proclivity to violent acts.

        So in this particular case the district is responsible for her safety and wellbeing. This extreme case which must be decided properly by a jury. While this might set a dangerous precedent, it remains in the judges' power to determine whether future cases match in severity and extremity.
      • shasbarg, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4I can see the school not being liable if they have the bus service contracted out, but in that case the bus service should be held accountable. If the school does not contract out the bus service then there should be no reason that they cannot be held liable for this.
        Back when I was in grade-high school I was once told by one of the administrators that they we responsible for the students well-being from the moment they stepped on the bus until they entered the door to their home after school.
      • MrErr, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Whoever decides who gets to be on the bus and who canot be on the bus should be held accountable. I can see if this were a public place where anyone has access like a store, you cannot hold the store owner resposnible for the crime committed in his store. But in this case it was not a public place, it was a school bus for specail needs children. The school makes a choice who gets to be on the bus and who does not get to be on the bus, so they have to responsibility for what happens in the bus.
      • dracflamloc, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7i think a major thing people are missing here is that it happened for OVER A YEAR. either the bus co. or the school IS negligent for allowing this to continue repeatedly for so long. One thing I dont get though, is why the parents didn't take their kid off the bus... unless even the parents couldn't tell for that whole time
    • Jawmht, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Internet justice?
  • mikeman10001, on 03/26/2008, -4/+40How the hell can you not sue? The school makes them take that bus.
    "You have to take our bus.. But we're not liable for anything that happens on this bus that we made you take."
    Sounds like a load of bs to me.
    • Enfenestrate, on 03/26/2008, -1/+6They really shouldn't be liable, unless you can prove that they had knowledge of illegal happenings with the busing and chose to do nothing. The first thing to do is go after the bus company. If it turns out that they were in the wrong, or whatever, then you can determine if the schools knew and did nothing.
      • MrErr, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2They should be held responsible if they did not take adequate precautions. I think seating a girl next to a teenage boy with a known history of sex and violence is just plain stupid. If there a sexual offenders in our neigborhood we want to be aware of it so that we can be watchful. Why shouldn't the school be watchful for the safety of the little girl.
    • bryan879, on 03/26/2008, -1/+9Shouldn't the rapist and his parents or guardian be liable for this? Now, if you can prove gross negligence by the school district that is different. Like if they knew of threats before this, saw it happen and didn't attempt to stop it.
    • ChildeRoland420, on 03/26/2008, -7/+2Nobody makes them take the bus
      • laserblazer, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7If you can't get to the State-mandated school otherwise, then yes, they make you take the bus - by force if needed.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Are you saying the parents of the victim should have known about this ahead of time and pre-arranged to either drive the victim to school every day or arrange an alternative transportation method?
    • LacY, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5At the very least the bus driver needs to be fired. With that few students, if he seriously (and I highly doubt it) didn't know what was going on, then he doesn't need to be driving a bus/van full of children. I think someone also needs to look into why any "normal" student--especially a young girl, would be forced to ride the bus with violent students like that (or for that matter why someone who's pulled a knife on students and threatened to kill people is still in schools at all, much less allowed on a clearly unsupervised bus).
    • scamper22, on 03/26/2008, -1/+0sounds just about right for public schools.

      You have to go the mandated public school, and you have no right to sue the school for poor performance / teaching / waste...
  • goodposter, on 03/26/2008, -36/+7yeah.... i dont really care
    • Chassit, on 03/26/2008, -1/+9You care enough to post....
    • amoirae, on 03/26/2008, -4/+17That would be because you're a worthless piece of *****.
      • Diorhomme, on 03/26/2008, -9/+2go ***** yourself Jew, it's totally up to him to care about someone or something or not, just because mighty YOU thinks it is important doesn't mean everyone does.
        • Isileth, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3This isnt some post about how a dog learned to surf.

          This is a 7 year old being raped. It matters.
          When these things happen, especially when it isnt dealt with, people need to know about it. If you dont care about the protection of others, especially young children what exactly do you care about?
          • Diorhomme, on 03/26/2008, -3/+1there's much MUCH more ***** up things happening every ***** minute, like today many hundreds of innocent children in Africa D-I-E-D in their parent's hands simply because there's NOTHING to eat, yet you decide to concentrate on a single abused child because oh OH *****, ITS ON DIGG. Don't get me wrong, Yes it is sickening, yes it it bizzare, yes the parents and the guy himself should be held accountable, but this ***** isn't NEARLY important and as you claim it to be. Think outside of the box for a second will you.
          • Isileth, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1@Diorhomme

            Right lets ignore everything less important. Lets just allow these things to carry on because it could be worse right?
            Im not suggesting we stop everything else to focus on this. But that doesnt mean it should be ignored. This is serious and its something that can be prevented a lot easier than world hunger.
          • Diorhomme, on 03/26/2008, -4/+1I never once said this should be ignored. Heck no. This is important and certain actions should be taken, but attacking a guy just because he prefers not to care is just wrong. You don't know him, maybe there are much, much more important things going on in his life like a dying relative or any other tragedy. I repeat, there are much worse things happen on daily basis which you and I don't even hear about, that doesn't stop them from happening. I recently submitted "The Kelsey Briggs Story" which is a thousand times more important than this one, you know how many diggs i got? 2, yes, TWO. See it for yourself:
            http://digg.com/health/The_Kelsey_Briggs_Story
          • Treason, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4@Diorhomme

            You're a ***** tool, stop comparing apples and oranges. If you don't care, than don't post.
          • LocalDocal, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4Diorhomme,

            You ***** idiot. If there are more important things in his life, then perhaps he should go do them instead of taking the time to tell everyone how much he doesn't care about child rape.
        • usaf1984, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1angry forum argue troll ignore
      • dynelol, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Are YOU gonna do something about this and cause justice to be served? Didn't think so. You can think or feel whatever you like, but you're not helping by bitching in the comments. You're just hoping to impress people with your point of view. He isn't gonna help because he doesn't care at all. YOU aren't going to help because you're either a pussy or you're only pretending to care very much.
    • theAlice, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3then get the ***** off the earth, asshole.
  • linkin2, on 03/26/2008, -28/+13fake story, who the ***** is rational-outrage.com?
    • rmtatum, on 03/26/2008, -2/+9Read the whole story. There is a link to a YouTube video of Fox 8 covering the story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0FRHd62GU
      • RadiatedAnt, on 03/26/2008, -3/+4I would normally make a joke about someone referring to fox news as a reputable source but nows not the time.
        • mlvassallo, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5That is a local news station on a Fox affiliate. Very different from Fox National news.
        • typicalusername, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1So, when they report on a sensationalized story, you believe Fox and don't make a crack about them. Huh, seems like a double standard to me.
    • Persian5Life, on 03/26/2008, -9/+3why is this digg getting negative comments? he has a valid point.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2I would hope its fake. So far, no one's posted a mirror so that's a good sign, isn't it??
    • aprestia, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Obviously the Fox story is real, but that doesn't exactly validate it. I'd like to see another news outlet's opinion before I make a judgment call. I wasn't really given enough to convince me it DID happen.
    • typicalusername, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Dude, it's ***** propaganda. I think diggers are going overboard believing everything they see.
  • SpookyApplePie, on 03/26/2008, -3/+16dugg...and then WTF

    IS THE SCHOOL ***** RETARDED? I thought the name "school" bus meant something
    • FoghornLeghorn, on 03/26/2008, -2/+7"School" bus doesn't mean they're legally liable for everything that students do to each other on the bus. It's not realistic, this is an extreme case and I understand it sounds bad, but suing the school is not the answer. It's sad, and tragic, and the boy deserves punishment, however the parents don't deserve money from the school.
      • LacY, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5If students got into fights on our school buses, they were punished at school (with suspension or whatever). To my way of thinking, that means the school is "in charge" of the buses, and as such is liable for things like this. But if they do contract out to a bus company, I'll agree that perhaps the company they should be suing is the bus company, who obviously employs unobservant, incompetant, and incredibly offensive/rude people (if you watched the video posted above).
    • keraneuology, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1No, suing the school *IS* the answer. When the government can use the force of law to ***FORCE*** you to attend school (don't attend school? You're arrested. Want to homeschool? Jump through every hoop or you're arrested) then they should accept full and total liability for all associated activities.
  • wexmajor, on 03/26/2008, -7/+18Finally something that Democrats and Republicans can agree is insane.
  • wynja, on 03/26/2008, -3/+111God Bless the USA. It's amazing that parents can be put in jail for refusing to send their children to school, but the school cannot be held responsible for what transpires during their forced journey to school. This is outrageous.
    For that matter, why are 7 year old children being transported with 16 year old children that have a history of being abusive. Setting aside the sexual abuse, this is still ridiculous. When I was in elementary school, we were bused separately from the high school kids to avoid bullying.
    Ohio you have lost all of my respect.
    • emotecontrol, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5You had respect for Ohio?
      • wynja, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Now that you mention it, no not really.
    • gannina, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2"why are 7 year old children being transported with 16 year old children that have a history of being abusive"

      Well, there's an experiment going on in North America and it's to see how far Political Correctness and completely illogical crap can be taken before it arouses anger, protest and a complete change in ideology. So far, it looks like we have a long way to go before that happens, so don't be too surprised when you read about these stories, they are becoming more common as the years go by; it's almost everyday news.
    • MrPeterBrown, on 03/26/2008, -1/+0I think it is about time there was a safety office on all buses. That'd cut down incredibly the amount of bullying, crime, smoking, grafitti, etc. that occurs on school buses, and give the parents some peace of mind.
      • wynja, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Really dude, did you read this article at all? A 7 year old girl was molested by a 16 year old boy on the bus.
        Buried for being a retard troll.
    • fwuzzle, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Many times all mentally-handicapped children for a district all go to one school for easier socialization, support, and so that multiple centers don't have to be built since they're more expensive.
      Since all the kids are going to the same place, despite an age difference, it's cost-efficient to put nearby kids on the same bus.

      Doesn't excuse what has happened at all though.
      • wynja, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Actually, since Bush passed his "Every Child Left Behind" Act, handicapped children are forced into general population with everyone else. No treating them different..... even if they can't wipe their own ass. Never mind that we have to put an ass wiper in every classroom now.
  • ShinRaTDR, on 03/26/2008, -1/+45I would hate to know what the hell happens at the back of a long bus.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -9/+3Young elementary schoolers french one another for the first time??? If it's between two 7 year olds and NOT a 7 and 15 year old, then it's more ok than the latter.
      • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Maybe i was wrong. You might actually fit in over there.
    • texpundit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+6I had an hour ride to and from school on the bus...and I'll tell you right now, when I was in high school...all kinds of crazy stuff went on in the back of the bus. Mostly sexual between HS students.

      Also, there were only two buses that went out as far as I lived, so everyone was on the same buses...K through 12. It went from youngest in the front to oldest in the back.
    • alfitzhugh, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2Smell my Face!
    • jman8888, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3truth or dare, anything goes (One guy got a BJ + More (i was a fith grader when it happened and ran when it began so dont know how it ended))
  • frenchi, on 03/26/2008, -18/+16Ohio is a waste of a state. Indiana also.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -16/+2No, no. The moral disease is at its worst in Ohio, and it is SPREADING. Soon, the whole of the US will get engulfed in this moral epidemic. I am SO GLAD I left for Japan when I did. It's to study abroad for at least a semester, but now, I hope never to come back!!!
    • tightscrummy, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5My current hypothesis is that the more the shape of a state approaches a rectangle the more ***** up it is.
      • Johnson10, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1i guess colorado and wyoming are really ***** then, huh?
      • Coyote47, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1so are you a fan of Florida ...
        • tightscrummy, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Well, California and Florida aren't as close to rectangle as Colorado and Wyoming are (as johnson10 points out) but definitely more so than NY. Wait a minute, NY is pretty ***** up...OK, this doesn't work. I'll need to add some epicycles or dark matter to the model.
      • ElBeh, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/185/
    • Gra7on, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0Thanks for including Indiana. I moved here from Cali (yea, I know...) and I can definitely attest to the worthlessness that is Indiana. 3 more years and I am counting the days.
      • scarymuffin, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Don't digg this guy down. It's true.
        God I hate Indy.
  • HenvY, on 03/26/2008, -28/+13These are the kind of people who vote for Hillary Clinton.
  • diggeon, on 03/26/2008, -4/+13What's good for the gander is good for the goose, if this were my 7 year old and the courts tied my hands, then odds are the court is gonna tie the hands of that 16 year old's parents when he in turn is sodomized by the 17 year old goon I hired.
    • Lehawk, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5That's vigilante justice and because the people in power fear it, they _will_ go after you to teach the other would-be vigilantes a lesson.
      • MrPeterBrown, on 03/26/2008, -1/+0If vigilanteism were a little more popular in this country, it would be the government serving the citizens instead of the other way around. Seems to work well for the citizens of France. If I were a parent of the abused child, I must admit I'd throw my Dalai Lama book out the window and try same aggresive resistance for a change. When the courts fail, the people must not.
    • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -2/+10Your violent homo-erotic vigilante justice thing is creeping me out. Please stop.
      • VeritasAequitas, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3Yeah I'm with you man, I'd prefer it if he said he was going to hire a 17 year old kid to beat the snot out of him. Then it wouldn't have that creepy vibe so much.
      • TheMadCow, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Yeah, and listening to spineless sheeple that would just roll over and take it makes me sick to my stomach. What we end up with is these youth that are filled with self entitlement and a wretched ability to deflect any sort of responsibility for their state of unhappiness. Our country is so very screwed.
  • louley, on 03/26/2008, -2/+8That was fast. Anyone have a Mirror?
  • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -25/+9I'm so glad I'm not in the United States anymore. Japan has been too good to me.
    I HOPE I NEVER COME BACK!
    • misfit410, on 03/26/2008, -3/+22We do too.
    • VegaObscura, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5The actions of one *****-up citizen do not represent the country as a whole. There are tons of messed up bastards all over the globe--they don't all live in America. If you're too pompous to recognize this, you're better off staying in Japan. We surely don't want you.
      • misfit410, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7Seriously, someone from the land of Hentai porn is trying to pass judgement.
        • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -4/+1I can avoid that. (There's porn even in Iran for all I know.) Hentai doesn't arouse me in the slightest.
          • misfit410, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I'm sure there is Child porn in Iran, I mean Muhommed did pork a 9 year old... what does that change?
      • texpundit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+6Ignore him. The only reason he moved to Japan is for loli porn and groping school girls in subways.
        • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -5/+1Oh, what are you? Freakofnurture of Texarkana? (Hasn't been active on Wikipedia since November, so maybe it's 'cause he moved to DC.)
          • texpundit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2#1 - Here's a quarter...go buy a sense of humor.

            #2 - I have no ***** clue what you're talking about. I've never been active on Wikipedia and I've been in DC for about 3 years...and I never lived in Texarkana.
    • itsbob, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4滞在
      • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -5/+1If I -get- to stay. The program's at least a semester, but I can get an extension if I have the finances. I hear it's easy for Americans to land jobs here, so I had better.
    • wedges, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5Bullying in Japan isn't any better. It isn't limited to sexual assault. Sometimes the victims die.
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6213 ...
      • alfitzhugh, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1But at least everything is blurred out.
    • wedges, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3it cut off my link: http://tinyurl.com/23h7gz
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -6/+2Vega, pedos and child molesters are probably most concentrated in the US. You may prove me wrong if you have some kind of stats to prove with.
      • bjornski, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3We don't care. Shut up about it already. You've stated that you've moved several times now. We don't care.
      • Orion682, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4Ummm, since you're making the statement, shouldn't YOU be giving stats? You can't just assume that the US has the most by default, especially considering that some countries don't even document many such cases of abuse either because they are legal, or because the law enforcement can't keep up with the crimes. Parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and some island nations have issues like that...
  • misfit410, on 03/26/2008, -3/+86That is funny, because when I was off school property and off school time a lady accused me of throwing a rock at her car when I was 7 years old, the school cared and suspended me for it.
    • logan074, on 03/26/2008, -2/+3Did you do it?
      • misfit410, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Actually no, it was one of those things where a big truck ahead of her was throwing gravel around and a tiny pebble hit her windshield,she stopped and freaked out claiming she saw "Either me or my little sister" throw it.. out of school suspension. So I know what it's like to be raped!!! oh wait, nevermind....
    • VeritasAequitas, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2yeah and if you drink off school grounds it affects you as far as being able to play sports, and some schools are policing myspace and facebook too. Hmm seems to be just whatever is in that particular schools best interests.
      • keraneuology, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Excellent point... I hope this seven year old creates a "my principal sucks" myspace page... let's see the school try to claim that what happens off school grounds isn't the school's concern then....
    • signal15, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1My buddy got in a fight several blocks from the school and the principle drove by, and put him in the car, took him back to the school, and then expelled him.
    • spineaches, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1lol thats funny i did the same thing in 6th grade, it was before school and off school grounds but i still got detention for smashing that car window in.. it was *****
  • LiquidIse, on 03/26/2008, -5/+99School district website and contact info: http://jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/district/admin/admi ...
    Do what you will.
    • TheZorch, on 03/26/2008, -1/+16Sick Anonymous on them.
    • veriix, on 03/26/2008, -0/+47I guess I'll start off with fixing your link: http://jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/district/admin/admi ...
    • rodbotic, on 03/26/2008, -0/+11I think the power of digg needs to strike again!
      this is much more important then somebodys stolen xbox.

      this time I think we should call the senator , the school , local media, national media, maybe even a presidential hopefulls(they like to raise a stink).
      • dshey, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2I ***** love the Digg Mafia.
      • Gemfinder, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Converge on the district with a citizens' posse and place the rapist, the driver, the school board and the commissioner under citizens' arrest.
    • phrogxix, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6This is an instance far greater in need of the Digg army than the Xbox Moron. Let's do this *****.
  • ChemiosMurphy, on 03/26/2008, -3/+47What if the Judge's children were raped? ***** would change REALLY quickly.
    • laserblazer, on 03/26/2008, -1/+7We're talking about a peasant here, not a patrician. America is a land of two Justices, and money is the best counsel one can retain.
    • X9001, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1Yeah go do that and find out for yourself
    • mattsegal, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1literally
  • DeFex, on 03/26/2008, -3/+11This happened in a third world country like north Vietnam right? oh wait...
    • n3demonic, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Whoa whoa whoa... when'd third world countries get buses...
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2They get 30+ year old buses that we export for dirt cheap when we're done with them. DeFex, you mean Cambodia?
      • dynelol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Too bad they can't have the flying ones from Japan.
  • skabyss, on 03/26/2008, -2/+1WOW :'(
  • bjs3171, on 03/26/2008, -2/+14the court says she can't sue? then press charges. and sue the ***** court.
  • joemofo214, on 03/26/2008, -1/+4***** sad and pitiful
  • InnerBlueAbyss, on 03/26/2008, -12/+10Where is the information on the boy? I think this needs to be another case of Digg-Justice!
    • dk911, on 03/26/2008, -4/+7The kid confessed and did his time. Yes he's a sick ***** for doing it, but this issue is about the SCHOOL getting the justice -- not the boy. Don't make his life miserable -- he's a special needs child.
    • frishack, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8If, as the youtube video about the story states, that he's had 20 or more sexual partners before the age of 14, then I feel like the boy probably had just about as terrible a childhood as the girl he raped. They both are going to need some serious counseling.
    • phrogxix, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4He did the right thing in a way, and admitted to it and served the paltry sentence his state gave him. I say leave him alone. You want to make some people's lives hell? Let's get on this school district.
  • RobotLeAwesome, on 03/26/2008, -16/+5I blame Hillary Clinton.