Abused boy ate feces, drank urine to survive
Friday, Feb. 13 2009 @ 3:19PM
Just one of several YouTube videos wherein a teenager tells viewers how to make a soda bottle bomb. This video has no direct connection to the following story -- it's just an example of how easy it is to find this sort of thing.
An explosion inside Chestnut Accelerated Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts has sent an Assistant Principal to the hospital and forced an evacuation. Two devices were found, but only one went off. The injured administrator suffered a "minor injury" as a result of the blast. According to WWLP Television, police are currently questioning two 8th graders in connection with the case.
The Worcester Telegram reports that the 'bomb' may have been a soda bottle bomb, "made from a household chemical and a soda bottle."
Here's the thing about soda bottle bombs like the one described in the Telegram -- you can find instructions on how to make one on YouTube. For now. I have a feeling that won't last long. Just watch the video at the top of this post to see what I mean.
YouTube? Um...anyone that watches MythBusters would've known how to do this. Or any science program. Or had any kind of high school chemistry or access to "fun with chemistry" books at the local library.
The Net is not the boogieman. Knowing how to do something is one thing -- having the common sense to NOT do it where folks'll get hurt, that's what we need to be teaching kids.
Posted 02/16/2009 at 12:18:46 PMI think that such videos must be forbidden in the Internet. They can entail serious consequences.
Posted 05/18/2009 at 11:46:56 AM