now this is messed up!!

[kevin d]

They just arrested some guy over in Hilton Head a week or 2 ago for calling in a bomb threat at one of the schools. The guy did it to get his brother out of class.

[Joe]

I don't blame ya, I'd want to know if there was bomb.

But you just learned the most important lesson of your high school years: Don't follow people blindly. And don't put your life in anyone's hands unless you have taken an oath to do so. Below there is little story about what happens to those who let other people make life-and-death decisions for them.

As people were leaving the second tower at the WTC (after the plane hit the first one) there was announcement telling the people to go back to their offices. One company, a Japanese software firm, had all Japanese managers who promptly went back up the stairs and encouraged their American employees to do the same. To a person, the Americans refused to go back and got out in plenty of time before the second 767 came down the corridor. We still think for ourselves in America - that has not changed.

[Bob Thomas]

Katie....

I'm sure it had something to do with keeping everyone calm at the time. It may sound out of wack but if they said they found a "device" then one kid would tell mom, who would tell 40 other people and the press would swarm on the school touting "remember Columbine" stuff and getting everyone riled up even more.

It's very unfortunate in this day and age that this is happening every day. We even get it in our small 4,000 resident town....downright shameful!

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

I'm sure it had something to do with keeping everyone calm at the time. It may sound out of wack but if they said they found a "device" then one kid would tell mom, who would tell 40 other people and the press would swarm on the school touting "remember Columbine" stuff and getting everyone riled up even more.

Its called a "need to know basis"

You didn't need to know. Period.
The ensueing panic that it would have caused would have been worse than the current situation.

[Redsoxticket]

The superintendant of schools probably recognizes a negative public relations if the school was evacuated thus creating a lower supportive voter turn out upon the next superintendant of school election.

Everything worked out well that way it went which is good.

[Raider Ronnie]

There is a story about a kid who died while choking himself to get a high!

Sounds like fun !!! NOT !!!

[Backbeach Jake]

Katie, I gotta tell ya : What I think is messed up is that they piled you kids in the auditorium and didn't get you all out of the building. Suppose the bomb was in the auditorium. They would have helped the bombers. Question authority, at least they'll have to think of an answer.