Comments on: Morning Notes

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:18:58 +0000

I think it is / was a winking rabbit.

Wouldn’t want to try falling asleep with that thing in the room.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:49:55 +0000

Found it on the Patrick Henry listserv, and, yes, it was an attempted abduction:

The Arlington County Police Department is currently investigating an attempted enticement of a 10 year-old boy as he was walking home from Patrick Henry Elementary School yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred in the 2800 block of S. 8th Street around 3:45 p.m., when a light-colored sedan driven by a Hispanic male approximately 40-45 years of age with short dark hair approached the child and attempted to lure the boy into the vehicle. The boy was able to run away and reported the incident to his father.

By: drax

drax — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:51:05 +0000

Bullying is a problem. Good assumption.

Someone who was arrested for something must be guilty because they were arrested for it. Bad assumption.

By: Anon2

Anon2 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:12:30 +0000

Or maybe it was an Arlington parent/taxpayer/citizen documenting excesses of the school bus system(load factors etc) or the difficulties of walking to school due to new bus restrictions. My, my, why is everything assumed to be a crime. Turn off your crime shows and consult actual data. Crime is down but fear is up. Also, assuming all men are criminals does not bode well for our sons…they too will have to live in this society biased against the single male at the park etc. Not all are criminals!! And strangers are not bad! Remember, YOU are a stranger too!

By: ArlingtonWay

ArlingtonWay — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:20:53 +0000

While I am interested in seeing some good books on the bullying problem, I’m not sure I want to go the the library to get them. I mean, does anyone know how infrequently they disinfect these libraries!? It’s a damn petri dish with bookshelves! Shudder!

By: sunflower

sunflower — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:16:36 +0000

excellent article, but so sad……

By: drax

drax — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:51:50 +0000

Of course assumptions can be made sometimes. Never said otherwise.

And sometimes they can’t be.

By: Id

Id — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:26:21 +0000

Something that got away from the Petri dish.

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:20:53 +0000

Sweet. Just wanted to make sure you’re in agreement that sometimes reasonable assumptions can be made even in the absence of extensive studies. And it seems like you are… today.

By: drax

drax — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:26:50 +0000

Mine?

Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and assert that bullying has been a problem for a while, and that victims of bullying often couldn’t fight back (not that they should be expected to fight just to protect themselves from assault) and that victims are often weak or disabled, without citations to back me up.