Gonzaga Kairos Vandalism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

[Anonymous]

Would you have been fine if the Washington Post never reported on this matter, and it had remained completely unknown to the general public forever?

[Anonymous]

Yes but I am content to mind my business. What happened is not right, but it is hardly of vital importance. I am sure much, much worse things occurred in the world that went unreported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

Good for you. The property owner in this case is free to make his own decisions. Thank the Constitution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes but I am content to mind my business. What happened is not right, but it is hardly of vital importance. I am sure much, much worse things occurred in the world that went unreported.

Why can't it be both?

[Anonymous]

It could, it just isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

Good for you. The property owner in this case is free to make his own decisions. Thank the Constitution.

I don't think you understand what PP is saying. The property owner would not get to make the decision as to whether the students would be charged with, for example, reckless endangerment or illegal dumping, for throwing a fridge in the river. At that point, it would be a police matter and it doesn't matter who the owner of the fridge is. In terms of the destruction of the fridge itself, yes the private property owner would get to decide how to handle that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

Good for you. The property owner in this case is free to make his own decisions. Thank the Constitution.

I think the other posters' point is throwing the fridge in the river is actually a misdemeanor offence (illegal dumping) with nothing to do with the property owner and everything to do with throwing crap in the river. Learn the difference between private and public land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could, it just isn't.

But why would world news be in the Metro section, where this was reported?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

Good for you. The property owner in this case is free to make his own decisions. Thank the Constitution.

I think the other posters' point is throwing the fridge in the river is actually a misdemeanor offence (illegal dumping) with nothing to do with the property owner and everything to do with throwing crap in the river. Learn the difference between private and public land.

Learn to read. The same or multiple pps have accused the private property owners of negligence and cover ups. The private property owners have done nothing illegal or underhanded. You have the right to exercise such freedoms yourself. Issues relating to polluting the river do not dictate or mitigate or alter the rights of the property owner(s).

[Anonymous]

Post made such a big deal about this because it totally blew the Covington story by jumping to preconceived sterotypes it happily pushes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If my home was destroyed, I would not be content with the "meaningful conversations" mentioned in the article.

Dozens of students from Washington’s prestigious Gonzaga College High School, on a spiritual retreat in southern Maryland, ransacked a cabin and an unoccupied home, shattering windows and cabinets, punching holes in walls, throwing a toilet into a yard and destroying property throughout both dwellings, according to several Gonzaga employees who were told of the incidents at a staff meeting at the school.

A number of the students pulled a refrigerator from the cabin and pushed it over a cliff into the Potomac River, which runs along the property, the employees said.

The acts took place during afternoon breaks at the retreat on two consecutive days, Jan. 30 and 31. Approximately 40 to 50 students, mostly juniors but some seniors, took part in the vandalism, according to the employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retribution.

What kind of retreat was this? Where the hell were the chaperones? Not only should kids be expelled, but staff should be fired. 40-50 kids? That’s not a few bad apples. That’s a school culture gone to hell.

Where did this description come from? It isn't in the WaPo article. The article was silent about what actually happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If my home was destroyed, I would not be content with the "meaningful conversations" mentioned in the article.

Dozens of students from Washington’s prestigious Gonzaga College High School, on a spiritual retreat in southern Maryland, ransacked a cabin and an unoccupied home, shattering windows and cabinets, punching holes in walls, throwing a toilet into a yard and destroying property throughout both dwellings, according to several Gonzaga employees who were told of the incidents at a staff meeting at the school.

A number of the students pulled a refrigerator from the cabin and pushed it over a cliff into the Potomac River, which runs along the property, the employees said.

The acts took place during afternoon breaks at the retreat on two consecutive days, Jan. 30 and 31. Approximately 40 to 50 students, mostly juniors but some seniors, took part in the vandalism, according to the employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retribution.

What kind of retreat was this? Where the hell were the chaperones? Not only should kids be expelled, but staff should be fired. 40-50 kids? That’s not a few bad apples. That’s a school culture gone to hell.

Where did this description come from? It isn't in the WaPo article. The article was silent about what actually happened.

The quote above is literally the first three paragraphs of the article. Looking at it right now on my kitchen table Saturday, front page below the fold of the metro section.

[Anonymous]

Ah, the original online story omitted what actually happened. See link on page 1 of thread.

Thanks for clarifying. Didn't think it was possible to get a thread this long without someone actually reading the article, but you never know these days.