Texas. 'nuff said.A 9-year-old Texas boy was suspended from school after pretending to have the magic Hobbit ring from "The Lord of the Rings" and its prequel, telling a schoolmate that he would make him "disappear."

to be fair, it doesn't help that 'make disappear' is a common euphamism for 'kill'Aiden Steward had recently watched “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” with his family when he took his imagination to school in Kermit, Texas, his father, Jason Steward, told the New York Daily News.
When he heard that his son was suspended for making terroristic threats — saying he’d make someone disappear — Steward told the Daily News it was "unbelievable."
"Kids act out movies that they see. When I watched Superman as a kid, I went outside and tried to fly," he said.
"I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence," Steward wrote in an email about his son’s claim that he could put a magic Hobbit ring on a boy’s head and make him invisible, the Daily News said.

anyone could simply by removing the ring-- oh wait, the FICTIONAL ring wouldn't be on his finger, so the invisibility wouldn't have taken effect in the first place"If he did, I'm sure he'd bring him right back."
searching Wikipedia for "The Big Book of Knowledge" brings up the school district as the first result :DThe Odessa American said the school refused to comment on confidential matters.
The Daily News reported that Aidan had previous in-school suspensions for referring to another child in the school as “black” and also for bringing "The Big Book of Knowledge" to school, according to his father.
according to the edit history of said Wikipedia article: "Added a recent fact happened in which the school adopted a ridiculous policy regarding suspension. I think whoever is contemplating sending a child to this school should know about this." it should be pointed out that the next edit by another user did NOT revert this“He loves that book. They were studying the solar system and he took it to school. He thought his teacher would be impressed,” Steward told the Daily News. But the book contained a section on pregnancy, including a picture of a pregnant woman in an illustration. That apparently got the boy in trouble.
The Internet was in an uproar over the school punishing a child’s imagination.
If I had gone to that elementary school as a kid then my overactive imagination would've gotten me expelled in less than a week.Magic Hobbit Ring Leads to 9-Year-Old's Suspension
Texas. 'nuff said.
to be fair, it doesn't help that 'make disappear' is a common euphamism for 'kill'
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MAGIC HOBBIT RINGS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!
not to mention that invisibility doesn't threaten existance. the mention of invisibility should've cleared that up right there-- oh right, Texas.
anyone could simply by removing the ring-- oh wait, the FICTIONAL ring wouldn't be on his finger, so the invisibility wouldn't have taken effect in the first place
searching Wikipedia for "The Big Book of Knowledge" brings up the school district as the first result :D
according to the edit history of said Wikipedia article: "Added a recent fact happened in which the school adopted a ridiculous policy regarding suspension. I think whoever is contemplating sending a child to this school should know about this." it should be pointed out that the next edit by another user did NOT revert this
You know what guys? You can tell whatever you want - you can tell that all cops in this country are dirty, that they are all corrupt... Police brutality and shit... But I can tell you one thing - I had like 5 encounters where I had to deal with cops in the US and every single time they proved that they really serve and protect.
Fucking bite me. Or, better yet, pack your shit and go to Russia (for example) and see how cops handle shit over there. Then, at least, you'll have something to compare with.
Cop responds to shoplifting report with help, not handcuffs
The problem is - people tend to see bad stuff and pay no attention to good moments.yeah, not all cops are bad - there's always bad apples but stuff like this happens more often than people might think, even around where I live
the following images are all from a single post on Tumblr that remembers the good:The problem is - people tend to see bad stuff and pay no attention to good moments.
My personal experience: as long as you're law-respectful citizen - cops are gonna tear their asses apart for you. And I live in Michigan. 20 fucking miles away from Detroit. You know what I'm saying?
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Sadly these are not the cops we hear about in the news. Ever. The world will always have a small handful of awesome nice people. Drowned out by assholes.the following images are all from a single post on Tumblr that remembers the good:
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