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High school teacher attacked by machete-wielding student
Garden Island News ^
Posted on 11/27/2004 9:46:33 AM PST by KAUAIBOUND
Tim O'Rourke, the Kaua‘i High School teacher attacked by a machete-wielding student, suffered only minor injuries to his hand in the Monday after-school attack, he said yesterday. His truck, however, suffered some serious damage.
"I feel all right," O'Rourke said in a phone interview. "He attacked, but I did what I had to do."
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: schoolviolence
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This is why we now need machete-control legislation, preferably machete registration and safety courses for machete owners.
To: KAUAIBOUND
There was a similiar attack by a student to 7 other students on the 24th of Nov.
It happened at Valporasio HS in Valporasio In.
No motive as of yet why this happened.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:53:29 AM PST
by
michwm
To: KAUAIBOUND
I love my machete. You better not try to take my machete from me.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:54:56 AM PST
by
Jemian
To: Jemian
I love my machete. You better not try to take my machete from me. Don't you just love the way it rings?
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:56:11 AM PST
by
unspun
(unspun.info | Did U work your precinct, churchmembers, etc. for good votes?)
To: Americanwolf
If only there had a game warden there!
To: KAUAIBOUND
Michael Moore will have to go into a lawn and garden department in an attempt to humiliate an hourly worker about any sales or buy-one-get-one free deals on machetes.
To: 101st-Eagle
Machete manufacturers are working on an electronic blade lock incorporating biosensors. The machete won't cut unless the properly authorized owner is holding it.
Ron Popeil
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:59:27 AM PST
by
ReadyNow
To: unspun
Yes! And it really is the best thing when you're hacking and slashing your way through a vine-ridden forest. No, I don't live in the tropics. I live in a residential area. But part of our yard has been neglected and if I had to have only one tool, the machete wins, hands down!
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:00:58 AM PST
by
Jemian
To: Tijeras_Slim
you are correct a game warden would have solved this issue in a flash. Perhaps we can get the Wisconsin DNR to send some to Hawaii. :)
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:02:07 AM PST
by
Americanwolf
(www.geocities.com/arizonapatriots/ArizonaPatriots.html.. Serving those who serve us.)
To: KAUAIBOUND
This kid has some serious problems if he is this uptight in Kauai. I was just there a couple of weeks ago, and it is about the most narcoleptically bucolic place in the world!
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:03:22 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(What's the difference between Joseph Goebbels and Michael Moore? About 150 pounds.)
To: KAUAIBOUND
Had a local there build me a machete I carried around the world a few times... AKI Knives...Jim Mattis was his name I believe. Outstanding workmanship......
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:17:43 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: KAUAIBOUND
I'm cerain it was the teacher's fault, he probably distressed the poor student's psyche by marking his spelling errors in red pen... /sarcasm
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:18:51 AM PST
by
Libertina
(We praise You Lord, You have granted America a Christian leader!)
To: KAUAIBOUND
Who manufactured the machete?
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:20:50 AM PST
by
expatguy
(Fallujah Delenda Est!!)
To: Libertina
Shameful. All ink should be color neutral.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:22:45 AM PST
by
expatguy
(Fallujah Delenda Est!!)
To: KAUAIBOUND
They can have my machete when they pry it from my cold, dead,... oh, wait a minute!
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:24:12 AM PST
by
Gritty
To: KAUAIBOUND
Not to mention a thirty day cooling off period before you can buy a machete.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:24:49 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Time to let slip the dogs...)
To: KAUAIBOUND
"He attacked, but I did what I had to do." What did he do?
To: expatguy
Actually one school has a policy statement about this; they are going with lavender and blues now. NO, sadly I'm not kidding.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:29:02 AM PST
by
Libertina
(We praise You Lord, You have granted America a Christian leader!)
To: lowbridge
If the teacher had a handgun, the sudent would have learned the valuable lesson -- not to bring a knife to a gunfight.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:30:14 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Time to let slip the dogs...)
To: KAUAIBOUND
Naaa. When we outlaw machetes, only students will have machetes.
Now... where's my Glock?
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:30:23 AM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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