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Friday, 09 January 2009

Mother bought guns, grenades for son's planned school massacre

25/09/2008 8:02:00 PM.  | LIVENEWS.com.au
An American mother faces jail after buying guns and grenades for her bullied 14-year-old son, who was planning a school shooting.

Michelle Cossey, 46, pleaded guilty to child endangerment after buying an assault rifle with a sniper’s scope, a 9mm handgun a .22 rifle and gunpowder to make grenades.

Her son Dillan had left school at 12 after being bullied about his weight.

He had planned a massacre at his school in Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania, but was arrested after a friend he asked to help him told the police of the plan, The Sun reported.

Dillan was sentenced to seven years in a juvenile detention centre this year.

This week, 22-year-old Matti Juhani Saari killed 10 people and before shooting himself in a school shooting in Finland.

COMMENTS

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Wouldn't it make more sense if she used all the money she spent on guns and ammo to put the little porker into a Weight Watchers or a Jenny Craig programme??

Posted by: Peter C, Sydney

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Yeah or maybe a home gym so they can BOTH use it and LOOSE it......Talk about Morons in the world..

Posted by: Nick Again, Maryborough

 

Friday, 26 September 2008

I just can't believe this woman. She tries to mitigate her kid's taunting by buying him an arsenal....for what? To actually kill her son's tormentors?? Or, was it an attempt to show support for her chubby little tyke. Any way you look at it, she made a serious error in judgement. She should be in jail, too. This could have been worse than it was if the " friend he asked to help him (not) told the police of the plan. That friend is a hero, if you ask me. And, should be rewarded.

Posted by: Pithy Opiner, Stockton, California

 

Friday, 26 September 2008

Shame on you for your insensitive remarks. Is there any group of people more humiliated and discriminated against than obese people? If the diet industry would spend their profits in finding genetic and hormonal reasons for metabolic causes for obesity and overeating, we could cure the problem. They never will because, just like Wall Street, every industry is so greedy today that we can't trust anyone to do the right thing. Obese kids would be better off being segregated from normal weight kids.

Posted by: Janet Sinclair, SLC, Ut

Friday, 26 September 2008

Are you serious - Peter, Nick and Pithy are absolutley correct & I personally think the guys were very restrained in their comments....did you read this article. This women purchased GUNS for her child to take to school to deal with the bullies! As for segregating obese kids, the only people that they need to be segregated from is their parents who are clearly incapable of teaching their children (except of course for those kids with legitimate incurable obesity - of which their are very few).

Posted by: Concerned Liberal, Minto

Saturday, 27 September 2008

Obese children are no different to anorexic children, but they seem to gather sympathy for their eating disorder. Obesity can also be an eating disorder...or a medical condition, very few with incurable obesity, but many other things can be in play, even medications.Strange, if they starve them selves to death how people speak in sensitive terms, sympathetic and caring, but obese attracts assumptions and ridicule. Be thankful it isnt you or yours.I work with children like these, tormented daily.

Posted by: susan lawe, gippsland

 

Friday, 26 September 2008

Mr Nick Again from Maryborough, Before you call anyone a moron, learn to spell. You LOSE weight, not LOOSE weight. LOOSE is what your belt does when you LOSE weight.

Posted by: Janet Sinclair, SLC

Saturday, 27 September 2008

The mother needs jailing, she is off her rocker...having said that the comments e.g porker/ chubby etc here are just a small sample of the torment these children face every day..strange when many of you preach tolerance to others that you cant find a little empathy for tormented children. Were they to be disabled or coloured you would defend them.No need for adults to show their insensitive side , lead by example, and maybe teach your 'perfect sized" children some empathy for those not perfect.

Posted by: susan lawe, gippsland

 

Saturday, 27 September 2008

I preach tolerance to others. And, I don't defend the disabled or the colored. They have huge entities to do that for them. I encourage judgementalism. And, I'm happy to report my perfect-sized children are still perfect-sized as adults. Not as quick to judge as I am. But, there is still hope for them.

Posted by: Pithy Opiner, Stockton, California

 
 

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