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What if someone was hurt by this incident? How would this change your outlook on the situation?

dserodio 13y ago
Yes.
greghinch 13y ago
"What if" is a pretty silly game to play, as the possibilities are infinite. That being said, the punishment would be more severe. We even have a crime called "manslaughter" for accidental deaths. But no one was hurt. And she's being treated like a potential terrorist.
InclinedPlane 13y ago
You're being ridiculous. What if she brought a nuclear bomb to school? What then? As far as this specific case. Even if she had held the "bomb" next to another student's face the likelihood of any significant injury would be low. People have held dry ice bombs and draino bombs in their hands as they have gone off with the only consequence being momentary pain and perhaps some bruising. People get hurt worse playing school sports. And in this case nobody was hurt, not even a little.
- DanBC 13y ago
  > People have held dry ice bombs and draino bombs in their hands as they have gone off Drano contains sodium hydroxide. (Different amounts in different drano products.) Sodium hydroxide is really fucking nasty. A chemical burn from sodium hydroxide is difficult to irrigate. Chemical burns need to be treated by a hospital. They may need skin grafts. So, when making a "drano bottle-popper"[1] please please wear nitrile gloves. I agree that it's ridiculous to call the police; charge her with a crime; try her as an adult on federal charges; try her for a crime that carries any kind of prison sentence. Any punishment should have been kept in school. [1] Perhaps we need to define bomb a bit better. This reaction is just creating steam?
  - droithomme 13y ago
    Please note it was not drano, it was HCl based toilet cleaner. The reaction of HCl and Al results in hydrogen gas and aluminum chloride salt.
    - DanBC 13y ago
      Ah, thanks for the correction.
HCIdivision17 13y ago
Then you respond as though someone was hurt. But since no one was, don't. Letting the law react to things that haven't happened as though they did creeping terror. Not to say no lesson is learned, but the damage is clearly reversible, since _none happened_. You don't need to ruin someone's life to learn them some respect for safety.
alexqgb 13y ago
Um, if the situation where different, then intelligent people would respond differently. This has do do with the definitions of "different" and "intelligent".

Yes.

"What if" is a pretty silly game to play, as the possibilities are infinite. That being said, the punishment would be more severe. We even have a crime called "manslaughter" for accidental deaths. But no one was hurt. And she's being treated like a potential terrorist.

InclinedPlane 13y ago

You're being ridiculous. What if she brought a nuclear bomb to school? What then? As far as this specific case. Even if she had held the "bomb" next to another student's face the likelihood of any significant injury would be low. People have held dry ice bombs and draino bombs in their hands as they have gone off with the only consequence being momentary pain and perhaps some bruising. People get hurt worse playing school sports. And in this case nobody was hurt, not even a little.

DanBC 13y ago
> People have held dry ice bombs and draino bombs in their hands as they have gone off Drano contains sodium hydroxide. (Different amounts in different drano products.) Sodium hydroxide is really fucking nasty. A chemical burn from sodium hydroxide is difficult to irrigate. Chemical burns need to be treated by a hospital. They may need skin grafts. So, when making a "drano bottle-popper"[1] please please wear nitrile gloves. I agree that it's ridiculous to call the police; charge her with a crime; try her as an adult on federal charges; try her for a crime that carries any kind of prison sentence. Any punishment should have been kept in school. [1] Perhaps we need to define bomb a bit better. This reaction is just creating steam?
- droithomme 13y ago
  Please note it was not drano, it was HCl based toilet cleaner. The reaction of HCl and Al results in hydrogen gas and aluminum chloride salt.
  - DanBC 13y ago
    Ah, thanks for the correction.

HCIdivision17 13y ago

Then you respond as though someone was hurt. But since no one was, don't. Letting the law react to things that haven't happened as though they did creeping terror. Not to say no lesson is learned, but the damage is clearly reversible, since _none happened_. You don't need to ruin someone's life to learn them some respect for safety.

alexqgb 13y ago

Um, if the situation where different, then intelligent people would respond differently. This has do do with the definitions of "different" and "intelligent".