You have no idea the sheltered, warped and naive world some children live in. Children of certain backgrounds believe things like demonic possession and witchcraft are real, not just the benign things like Santa and the Easter Bunny. If the kid who was the "victim" is one of those types...and with Texas the likelihood is much higher than some states... then it is quite plausible that they would take a magic ring threat seriously.

When you always look at situations through your own lens of truth you will often dismiss other people's concerns because they have a different perspective on the world. What if the kid had threatened voodoo doll pinning rather than The One Ring disappearaing act? To my mind that is an equally ridiculous and empty threat, just as magicky and full of fantasy as the One Ring. But to some people voodoo is serious shit. If you threaten the wrong person in the wrong place with voodoo you are likely to have a bunch of people track you down and burn your house down with you in it. Perhaps in Texas you shouldn't threaten little kids with ring magic.

Was it an overreaction? Probably. It is as straight forward as most of you want to make it out. Almost certianly not.

Why would you fire the supernintendo? Is it because it never got a Hobbit game?