Neil D Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 Published: April 30, 2009 at 10:03 AM KESWICK, Ontario, April 30 (UPI) -- A small Canadian town in southern Ontario is divided over charges against an Asian immigrant youth who responded to a bully's punch with one of his own. The confrontation occurred April 21 in Keswick, 40 miles north of Toronto, between two 15-year-old boys during a game in the high school gymnasium. Neither boy can be identified, The Globe and Mail said. One student who immigrated to Canada from South Korea in 2004 told police a white student shoved him, called him an "(expletive) Chinese" and hit him in the mouth. The Korean youth had been trained in martial arts by his father, a former member of South Korea's national martial arts team. The youth told police he had been trained to only hit back with his left hand and, with one punch, broke the other youth's nose, the Globe reported. The boy was charged with assault causing bodily harm, suspended from school and may face expulsion. However, police reopened the case as a possible hate-crime after 400 mostly white students walked out of the high school Monday in protest of how the Korean youth was treated, The Globe and Mail said. York Regional Police said further charges against others were possible. Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Woody Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 My question is : Was he legal or illegal? Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
Planey Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 My question is : Was he legal or illegal? How could that make any difference in the "right or wrong" of this case? Does being "illegal" make void his humanity? Graeme Quote Graeme____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Twilight Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 The kids voted with their feet. :-) Quote The best wisdom is always second hand...
Liz Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 I don't understand why the kid who started it wasn't punished as well. Kudo's to all of the students who saw this as being unfair and were willing to do something about it. Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes.
carolaa Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 I just heard yesterday about a *legal* immigrant who got deported for mooning someone. Quote
carolaa Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 The kids voted with their feet. :-) Good for them!! Quote
Tallmark Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 I don't know why anyone even bothered with it. They're adolescents. That's what happens when you're that age. No one should be arrested. The Korean will never be picked on again, I can assure you! Wish I knew how to fight when I was that age. But, if I did, I'd probably be a fat couch potato today! I learned to fight later in life so I would never have to back away from a fight because of fear again. Now I'm an ultimate fighter. lol Quote
olger Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 Moonshine has been illegal for years.. Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
carolaa Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 LOL. I think that's something altogether different. Quote
Woody Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 Yes carolaa. One shines and the other doesn't. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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