Girls Threaten Bunny's Ability to Keep "Going and Going and Going"

Six teenage girls (all 9^th graders) from the rural town of Dunlap, outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee stand accused of “Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Homicide” (is there such a thing as non-criminal homicide?) after a list of people they intended to kill was found in a trash can at their high school. At first the list was considered a prank until police read postings on the girls’ MySpace pages that further alluded to their homicidal plot. The list contained the names of 300 classmates and high school faculty members along with Tom Cruise, Oprah Winfrey, and the Energizer Bunny. A detention hearing is scheduled for today and the teens are expected to plead “Not Guilty”.

A few things struck me about this story. 1.) When will kids learn to NOT POST CRAP THEY CAN GET ARRESTED FOR ON MYSPACE?? 2.) These girls threatened to kill the richest woman in entertainment (I think, but don’t feel like looking up), a guy everybody wants to strangle 98% of the time, and a battery company’s fictional mascot (and 300 people at their school). They are facing criminal charges. In front of millions of television viewers*, Pat Robertson suggested we kill THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. Then he suggested it again on TV the next day. Then in a written statement a few days later. Then he said it again on FOX News a year after that. Pat Robertson, not in trouble at all. Seems odd.

This is not to say that those girls shouldn’t be punished. Joke or not, I think some time in the clink could serve them well. Maybe they could blog about the communal showers and knife fights on their MySpace pages.

*I have no idea how many people actually watch the 700 Club. The number is probably closer to 8, but I’ve got some other things to take care of and don’t have time to check this particular fact.