Post by subdjoe on Mar 25, 2011 12:15:15 GMT -5
Portrays Conservatives As Terrorists.
One wonders why they have to set up some background story in the first place? Seems like they could go with just the tactical situation, something like "OK, we have two suspects, at least, white males, armed and shooting people. There may be more, we don't know yet. They have shot (pick a number) that we know of, some dead, some wounded. We need to stop them."
The good Mr. Elwood seems to be clueless about the concerns people are voicing. It isn't that there may be "crazy people running around...shouting inappropriate things" that has people upset, but that people who express some core American values are being demonized as terrorists. People understand the scenario perfectly well.
Simply staging an incident in which a student would shoot someone because they are unhappy over a grade or have an altercation with a teacher doesn't meet the definition of a terrorism incident, Reed said.
One wonders why they have to set up some background story in the first place? Seems like they could go with just the tactical situation, something like "OK, we have two suspects, at least, white males, armed and shooting people. There may be more, we don't know yet. They have shot (pick a number) that we know of, some dead, some wounded. We need to stop them."
Kevin Elwood, superintendent of Treynor Community Schools, said today he has received about 30 emails from people throughout the Midwest who have seen plans for the crisis drill and have asked, "What is your school district thinking?"
Elwood said he has been involved in the planning of the exercise for about two months, but the first he learned of the fictitious scenario was Wednesday when copies of the plans were circulated. He noted that a disclaimer on the plan says that details and circumstances of the scenario "reflect no actual conditions, attitudes or current threat assessments in or around Pottawattamie County, the City of Treynor, its citizens or the Treynor Community School District."
"It is unfortunate the kind of black cloud that is hanging over this because of the misunderstanding of the scenario that was painted," Elwood said. "This is not applicable to anything we have intended to portray or utilize as part of the drill. We are not going to have crazy people running around the building shouting inappropriate things. There is no need for that. We wouldn't condone that."
Elwood said he has been involved in the planning of the exercise for about two months, but the first he learned of the fictitious scenario was Wednesday when copies of the plans were circulated. He noted that a disclaimer on the plan says that details and circumstances of the scenario "reflect no actual conditions, attitudes or current threat assessments in or around Pottawattamie County, the City of Treynor, its citizens or the Treynor Community School District."
"It is unfortunate the kind of black cloud that is hanging over this because of the misunderstanding of the scenario that was painted," Elwood said. "This is not applicable to anything we have intended to portray or utilize as part of the drill. We are not going to have crazy people running around the building shouting inappropriate things. There is no need for that. We wouldn't condone that."
The good Mr. Elwood seems to be clueless about the concerns people are voicing. It isn't that there may be "crazy people running around...shouting inappropriate things" that has people upset, but that people who express some core American values are being demonized as terrorists. People understand the scenario perfectly well.
