http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/04/threat_level_pr.html

This is extremely disturbing.
From the page: “Chicago high school student Allen Lee, 18, was arrested and charged with “disorderly conduct” for writing an essay in creative writing class that his teacher found disturbing. He’s also been barred from classes at Cary-Grove High School, where he’s reportedly been a straight-A student. The Chicago Tribune reports that the teacher had “encouraged students to express their emotions through writing.””
Personally I don’t see how anything someone can write can be deemed one iota as distressing as this reaction to writing. I’m sorry, but I believe screaming “bloody murder” or yelling “Fire!” in a theater shouldn’t be against the law. And anyone should at least feel able to WRITE anything they please without fear of retribution. I’m sure it was a creepy threatening narrative; but we let this slide, and tomorrow it’ll be an essay criticizing the status quo that lands the author in jail. What the hell is happening to us? As it is, we can’t even threaten each other anymore. Verbal assault. BULLSHIT! Sticks and stones!