N.J. student banned in torching of kid's turban

Lock him up for attempted murder.

That's a public school education for ya. What will they think of next? Forced tolerance benefits no one.

Public school education? I guess it is alright for a private school's students to drink underage and smoke pot then threaten to harm a student that supposedly reported it!

So they will give him home schooling instead of allowing him on the school grounds. They should give him a caning and expell him permanently. Why does the school system reward him with home schooling?

Greg wrote:

Public school education? I guess it is alright for a private school's students to drink underage and smoke pot then threaten to harm a student that supposedly reported it!

Greg, I don't know where you went to school but this is typical teenage behavior.

Class of 82 wrote:

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Greg, I don't know where you went to school but this is typical teenage behavior.

I don't know that I would call this "typical". This guy set somebody on fire for crying out loud! The headline makes it sound like this kid was banned from school for insulting the kids religion, which really isn't the case here. Sure he may have been insulting the kid because of his religion, but he set him on fire!! That goes way beyond teasing or religious intolerance, right into the realm of psychotic.

zeronine wrote:

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I don't know that I would call this "typical". This guy set somebody on fire for crying out loud! The headline makes it sound like this kid was banned from school for insulting the kids religion, which really isn't the case here. Sure he may have been insulting the kid because of his religion, but he set him on fire!! That goes way beyond teasing or religious intolerance, right into the realm of psychotic.

Well put - I agree!!!

Class of 82 wrote:
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Greg, I don't know where you went to school but this is typical teenage behavior.

zeronine wrote:

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I don't know that I would call this "typical". This guy set somebody on fire for crying out loud! The headline makes it sound like this kid was banned from school for insulting the kids religion, which really isn't the case here. Sure he may have been insulting the kid because of his religion, but he set him on fire!! That goes way beyond teasing or religious intolerance, right into the realm of psychotic.

Ah, zeronine, you missed the context there. Go back and re-read it. I was saying that kids smoking and drinking and then threatening the kid who turned them in as being typical teenage behavior.

zeronine wrote:

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I don't know that I would call this "typical". This guy set somebody on fire for crying out loud! The headline makes it sound like this kid was banned from school for insulting the kids religion, which really isn't the case here. Sure he may have been insulting the kid because of his religion, but he set him on fire!! That goes way beyond teasing or religious intolerance, right into the realm of psychotic.

I agree totally with you and Irreverent One... I was baffled when I read that they were providing the student with private homeschooling-- when what they should ahve done is expelled him the school district completely.

As for the charge of "criminal mischeif"... setting another student on fire goes wayyyyyy beyond "mischeif" Thank God that the worst damage was singed hair-- if he hadnt been able to douse the fire or remove his turban fast enough he could have been very seriously burned and injured! I dont care who you are-- criminal battery and aggravated assault charges would have been much more fitting.

Irreverent One wrote:

So they will give him home schooling instead of allowing him on the school grounds. They should give him a caning and expell him permanently. Why does the school system reward him with home schooling?

Great question!! I hope the schmuck realizes that he is damn near getting a mulligan for this prank. Had he been an adult, and done this on a bus or other public place, he would be in, as H.W. used to say, in deep doo-doo. If he learns from this and gets on with his life we all win. If he learns nothing and goes on attempting to immolate others, we'll have to house him for decades in the graybar hotel.

I went to a graduation where the kids in one row pinned together all of the robes in the row in front them. Pretty funny when they tried to go up and get their diplomas. That's a teenage prank. Assault with bodily harm is not.

i think that he should be thrown in jail without trial

Glue pubes to the kid's face and make him wear a turban for 30 days.

Pretty scary when you see the realities of intolerance in our society reflected by the acts of youth. This vile act was not only dispicable, but warrants criminal prosecution in my opinion. We can't just go around lighting people on fire, are you kidding me?

Sorry for the double post, meant to correct to spelling of despicable.

your spelling is despicable

Owl Gore wrote:

your spelling is despicable

Coming from someone who doesn't know how to properly write a sentence with capitalization and punctuation, I'm no losing sleep over it.

I'm losing sleep about our planet having a fever.
YoU'd BetTer be tOo.

The kid should be expelled, period. What he did was assault pure and simple. Assault...a criminal act. He should go to prison for it.

Forget the homeschooling. If he wants a degree he can get a GED...after he gets out of prison.

you all dont know garrett ive grown up with him. yes i agree what he did was very wrong and stupid it was NOT a hate crime... and attempted murder? seriously? garrett is a very nice kid he made a very stupid mistake. the kid was not injured. expel him dont jail him