Monday, February 2, 2015

Texas boy suspended for saying he could make classmate ‘disappear’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’ sorcery

Via WiscoDave

Aiden and his family had just seen 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,' which led to his playful declaration that he too had magical powers.

Tolkien lore led a Texas boy to suspension after he brought his “one ring” to school.

Kermit Elementary School officials called it a threat when the 9-year-old boy, Aiden Steward, in a playful act of make-believe, told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom.

“It sounded unbelievable,” the boy’s father, Jason Steward, told the Daily News. He insists his son “didn’t mean anything by it.”

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4 comments:

  1. sjFebruary 2, 2015 at 2:57 PM

    Not content to make every adult guilty of at least 3 felonies a day, school " officials" now joining in the police state.
    And this isn't just stupidity...this is to instill fear of your Rulers.

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    1. Brock TownsendFebruary 2, 2015 at 4:31 PM

      .this is to instill fear of your Rulers.

      Probably.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM

    They just keep beating the war drums creating paranoid delusions. Incessant
    drills and a bogey man around every corner. Get back to basics and ignore the
    shrills and quit living under a rock. Live like its 1960.

    http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/109228782203/back-in-1960-nobody-panicked-when-this-kid-held-a

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