The ABC's of prison

Let me get on my soapbox a little, if you will. I was looking around online today and in between the porn and checking my Facebook, I ran across an article about a substitute teacher who showed her students the horror movie The ABC’s Of Death during her Spanish class and was just convicted of 4 felonies earning her 90 days in jail and 3 years probation. It gave me pause. The charge she is convicted of is “disseminating harmful materials to minors.”  Yes, the movie is graphic and has nudity and language and violence but how do you prove harm? What is harm? I got a killer hangnail once watching a approved movie in high school. I sure as hell have nightmares over the movies we were shown during Drivers Ed. So it’s the sex, isn’t it? That’s what is getting everyone’s panties in a bunch. To that claim I’d ask, is it porn? Is it something so far beyond the pale that it destroys families and creates school shooters. Let’s say she had shown Nasty MILFs In Leather. Is it obscene? Yes, and anyone who has seen that movie knows there are some scenes you can’t unsee so it might be a somewhat valid claim. She didn’t do that though. She showed her class a horror movie that she didn’t even watch. That seems harmless in and of itself. Can you convince me that kids aren’t seeing this stuff online? Are you saying that she is a criminal for showing a movie that is readily available online to minors who can watch it whenever they want? Sure, fire her ass for being a moron. Fire her for showing a movie and don’t let her near a school. Her time as a teacher should be over. Send her to prison? For a movie? I get that parents don’t want their children to watch movies like that but sending a woman to jail? Cause she’s stupid? How about the school district that hired this lady to teach a class that she can’t teach? I think it’s time to stop being so damn sensitive to our children. If this is the straw that turns your kid into a school shooter, I’ll wager something was gonna pull that ripcord soon enough. If your child is so damaged that he/she can’t sleep, then maybe you need to toughen your children up a little bit. Either way putting this woman in jail is not gonna help the kids unsee the movie and honestly, being a moron is not a crime. It should be...but it isn’t... yet. The teacher plans to appeal. Meanwhile The ABC’s of Death is on Netflix Instant Watch. Sit down with your kids and enjoy.