If you're already in a bad mood, don't read this.

[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17030722/[/URL]

"Teachers and administrators at Central Elementary School knew they had a problem with F.H., a 12-year-old who had been accused of going into a bathroom stall and sexually assaulting a first-grade boy.

But instead of calling police and removing F.H., district officials covered up the attack and allowed him to remain in class, leading to the sexual assault of three more first-graders, parents say."

"In federal court last month, the district’s lawyer, John Freund III, argued that under the Constitution school officials cannot be held responsible simply for failing to protect youngsters from assaults by other students.
He cited federal court rulings that say school systems are generally immune from paying damages unless it can be shown that they actually took “affirmative” steps that put youngsters in danger, and that the action taken “shocks the conscience.”"

"The assaults began in December 2003, a few months after F.H., a special-education student with a history of behavioral problems, was transferred to Central Elementary from another school in the district, according to court papers.

The final assault, for which F.H. was found guilty in juvenile court of rape and sent to a detention center until he turns 18, took place after he was put on “hallway detention” — out of view of any teacher and next to a bathroom used by first-graders, the lawsuit said. That is a key point in the plaintiffs’ case."

Let me get this straight:
Lawmakers and others are implying that violent video games influence children to commit violent acts and therefore video game companies should be held responsible for influencing kids to commit violence.

But they don't feel that schools and their authority figures, who technically have guardianship over our children on a temporary basis, shouldn't be held responsible when they fail to protect children or even conspire to cover up criminal acts?

I'm so pissed over this... really, I can't be more forthcoming on my feelings right now.