I Think
--yes, I can do that more than once in a century--that I would not want to be a writer in Kentucky. Especially a writer of dark fantasy or horror.
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614&nav=EQlpWjof
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614&nav=EQlpWjof
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That's old news, and a subsequent investigation showed that the kid was basically full of shit, that his grandparents turned him in because they were afraid of him and found detailed plans of his attempts to recruit other kids to carry out killings at the school. If I have the time I'll try to find pertinent links -- this was a very big deal a few months back when it happened, and people were at first outraged by what they saw as a PC overreaction until the truth came out. There were no zombies. This kid was very dangerous.
David,
Nice to see you.
Thank you very much. If you find the time to look up the info, please do post it here.
I actually pulled the article from another friend's journal, and would be happy to pass it on to that friend as well.
zara_elis
Hi Zara,
Will do. It may be a few days before I have a chance to find the articles -- I'm going to be out of the house most of today and tomorrow. I was really upset when I first read about this as well, wondering where this madness would end, but it seems the authorities, in this case, had justification for their actions.
Take care.
Zara,
Here are a few links I dug up. Sorry I don't have time for more. It seems that the police may have overracted somewhat (my memory was a little foggy about some of the details), but it also wasn't as innocuous as the kid tried to make it out to be. His grandmother turned him in and said he needs psychiatric help (but don't tell Tom Cruise!). The troubling aspect for me is that this involved actual attempts at recruiting other students for his "soldier" group, not just writing bad zombie fiction (which did not actually contain any zombies).
All this started back in February, by the way....
http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3046416
http://sayanythingblog.com/2005/03/12/follow-up-on-student-arrested-for-zombie-stories/
Thanks David.
I haven't had a chance to look at these yet, but I will be certain to share them with my friend and get them posted on her journal.
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