I'm heartened by this news, largely because stuff like this went on all the time in my high school, and precious little was ever done about it. If we can set a precedent for zero tolerance for this sort of thing, then we can move forward.

Yeah there where a few students on the bus that the driver couldn't do anything about when I was in school.

One their parents had some sort of legal injunction against the bus company because they threw the kid off the bus for misbehaving. The one kid finally got my goat, by threatening my little brother and sister, I tossed him around the bus by his ear. He never did ride the bus again after that. I was worried that I would be thrown off the bus for that act. I was thanked by the driver because of the injunction he couldn't do anything about the kid.

The next one I'm not that proud of because there was a 10 year difference in age, but these two trailer court kids would get on and sit behind my friend and I and pulled our hair constantly the entire ride. I asked them to stop and reported them the first day. Was told that they had to pick poor and special circumstance children and they could do next to nothing to them. Well this went on for 2 weeks: they pull my friend and my hair and I ask them to quit, they laugh and do it again a few minutes later. I finally snapped one day because I had a migraine and was getting sick of death of the routine and I went off and pummeled the little brat while telling them "Are you enjoying because you deserve this." amound other things. They were perfect little angels the rest of the year. And I was thanked again because they couldn't do anything to correct their behavior. And for reference they where 1st graders, I was a sophmore in High school year. I did find out that I was legally right. Even though there are laws in my state that protect from child abuse there are provision in the law for self defense, I could of technically whacked them after the third time they did it.

do you mean the professional poker player i was talking about? i have no clue why you are talking about a gambler gambling his life away or whatever but you can be pretty sure that was not the case

ok then you are saying the same about me, ty! in poker, maybe 0.1% are addicted and gamble their life away, it's not like roulette where many do that percentual. poker isn't something for addicted gamblers, there is way too much strategy involved. at least the variants i'm talking about and not what they played in wild west (draw poker)^^

How about the money go to get some trained bears that could maul the kids?

I believe the U.S committed a task force of around 100 troops and specialists to get Kony.  I believe also that the African National Congress, or some other multinational African organization is on Kony also.

Mauled by Pedo-bear... hmm... now THAT is an interesting take on things.

Well, I guess the Bible verses which are normally seen as VERY offensive (cruely mocking someone for being bald, and then getting mauled to death), doesn't seem to be too much out of line now.

In regards to the money, which seems to be the focus of this thread now, I am finding it troubling that there appears to be an increasing lottery mentality towards things.  Barely squeak by unless you hit it big, via the lottery, a lawsuit, or getting into the news (or going viral on the Internet), then you end up making off real well.  It is increasingly hit it big, or go home.

I would be ashamed to be their parents. I would put them up for adoption immediately.

It isn't unbelievable.  There are kids who get so horrible, and so sociopathic in nature, that if situaion in life led them to getting mauled, it would seem fitting for them.  Individuals who show no signs of mercy and compassion, who end up piling on as bullies and act as the worst vermin on the planet, I don't see deserve mercy.  I am always in favor of redemption,  but if such happened, am I supposed to feel sorry for the individuals with no compassion who end up dying as a result of their lack of compassion?

Besides showing a lack of compassion, such said individuals show no respect for authority either.  They neither will look after those who are disadvantages, or respect those who have more power than them.  Such individuals are dangerous to humanity, and are sociopathic, which makes them dangerous.

Have you in your life ever been the subject of bullying, or see others who have?  Such individuals end up causing individuals to get so depressed they will take their own lives.  This is a reason why bullying is considered a big social issue now, and there is initiatives going on to counter it.