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53. Well, only because the story says "aliases" instead of "pseudonyms"

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 09:09 PM

Aug 2014

I may have read wrongly into it, but when I see "alias", I'm thinking he has a driver's licence/SSN/passport/etc. and presented himself in public under those names...

If all he's done is write some online sci-fi fanfic, then yes this is an overreaction...

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Maryland teacher gets disappeared for writing fictional book about school shooting [View all] Boreal Aug 2014 OP

another article... Boreal Aug 2014 #1

Evidently the thought police have him. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #2

Very 1984. nt valerief Aug 2014 #4

Wow. Frightening. nt valerief Aug 2014 #3

That is scary! 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #5

OMG Boreal Aug 2014 #13

I checked and it says its still working its way through the courts. cstanleytech Aug 2014 #72

More here about what they did to him Boreal Aug 2014 #74

In addition to Boreal Aug 2014 #6

^^^^^^^ ReRe Aug 2014 #87

Something does seem to be fishy here marions ghost Aug 2014 #7

Pinochet's back! nt valerief Aug 2014 #8

+1 million Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #104

Given the amount of children killed in recent shootings... Lancero Aug 2014 #9

BS tea and oranges Aug 2014 #12

Right on! Disappearing people is Kafkaesque. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #105

The books were two fantasies set 900 years into the future. pnwmom Aug 2014 #22

Wrong rpannier Aug 2014 #35

Whatever was in the writings certainly terrified them. Chemisse Aug 2014 #84

Is it possible he DID have mental-health problems, and they're protecting his privacy? ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #10

That was my first thought ... etherealtruth Aug 2014 #15

HIPPA, etc., was also my first thought. n/t ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #16

That would make sense ... there could be some horrid conspiracy,but ... etherealtruth Aug 2014 #17

Ocaam's Theorem. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #19

What theory? Boreal Aug 2014 #34

Did I say that? ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #36

That's why I'm asking Boreal Aug 2014 #42

That the man may possibly have been had a mental-health problem, when the LEO's encountered him. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #46

No, that the simplest explanation is usually the right one. Occam's Razor. n/t nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #38

And what would the simplest explaination be? nt Boreal Aug 2014 #41

In this case, I'm not sure. Seems kind of sinister at first look, though. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #54

I think the simplest explanation, given the known facts, is that some concerned citizen pnwmom Aug 2014 #82

I certainly think the authorities overreacted here, to say the least. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #90

Yep. Simple fascism. nt valerief Aug 2014 #117

I don't see a large conspiracy Boreal Aug 2014 #96

I agree with all of that. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #98

The simplest explanation is that some idiot got suspicious after learning about the book, pnwmom Aug 2014 #85

That's life in a fascist police state. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #106

HIPAA not HIPPA. But I bet you're right. Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #79

Hmmmm...possible marions ghost Aug 2014 #18

One reason it ocurred to me is something that happened here, just this week. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #20

He published his school-shooting novel -- set 900 years in the future -- three years ago. pnwmom Aug 2014 #23

Yup. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #25

True. But so what. He's had three years to become a crazed school shooter, and yet pnwmom Aug 2014 #28

That wasn't what I meant. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #30

Anyone can claim "mental health problem." joshcryer Aug 2014 #56

None of us *know* that 'they found nothing'. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #60

Well, weapons wise. joshcryer Aug 2014 #64

I agree with you. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #69

The police acknowledged that their searches yielded nothing. n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #80

Yielded nothing criminal, yes. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #92

They probably found a young man who was scared to death by their SWAT team, pnwmom Aug 2014 #103

A plausible scenario marions ghost Aug 2014 #113

We only have 897 years to prevent it then!!!! Waterboard that mfer! elehhhhna Aug 2014 #57

Doubt it rpannier Aug 2014 #33

Whatever it is, these actions must have a writ, or Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #37

Law enforcement protecting black people? Really? nt valerief Aug 2014 #116

Where did my country go? Are we in the Twilight Zone or what? rickyhall Aug 2014 #11

They want us to blame it all on 9/11. Uh huh. blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #14

Too many missing facts... ReRe Aug 2014 #21

They are available online. The school shooting novel, a fantasy set 900 years in the future, pnwmom Aug 2014 #24

Key word tooeyeten Aug 2014 #26

I'm wondering if this story is more about Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #43

Writers often use pseudonyms. What's so scary about that? n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #45

Well, only because the story says "aliases" instead of "pseudonyms" Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #53

Remember how the media twists things. Someone used the word aliases quite deliberately, I bet. pnwmom Aug 2014 #59

matter Montecore Sep 2014 #125

There you go... ReRe Aug 2014 #63

Yep--and some under the pen name Richard Bachman--or as this article tblue37 Aug 2014 #83

+1 Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #97

"who would even entertain the thought of writing a book about school shootings?" Boreal Aug 2014 #29

Oh, a few score screenwriters, a documentarian, others. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #39

My bad... ReRe Aug 2014 #73

It's completely lawless Boreal Aug 2014 #76

Ummmmmm rpannier Aug 2014 #32

"Arsenal." What evidence of something, somewhere, somehow. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #40

Stephen King wrote a great one Codeine Aug 2014 #66

Given the content of much fiction... malthaussen Aug 2014 #27

I think there may well be both more AND less to the story. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #31

+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #44

I wasn't going to go there, but yes. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #47

Writers use pseudonyms all the time. Why would that make your eyebrows twitch? n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #50

As I read the story, the a/k/a's weren't noms de plume. n/t ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #52

Right. That's what the accusers obviously want us to think. But the articles say pnwmom Aug 2014 #62

Pretty difficult to conclude anything else from this sentence: ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #68

I've learned enough by now to know how often articles get details wrong -- and then repeat pnwmom Aug 2014 #70

I agree with you about that. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #71

This other article says he had a legal name change 5 years ago, from Beale to McLaw. pnwmom Aug 2014 #78

I realize that's not the same as using an alias. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #94

It's one more sign of either very sloppy reporting or deliberately misleading statements pnwmom Aug 2014 #102

If it was recrimination, there will likely be a quiet settlement. joshcryer Aug 2014 #112

Kenneth Bulmer published under at least 15 pen names. Downwinder Aug 2014 #75

He teaches language arts and he's written novels under pseudonyms. Since when has that been pnwmom Aug 2014 #48

Authors use pseudonyms. I'm on my 3rd. And I know someone who had valerief Aug 2014 #118

If there's not more to it, there's a lawsuit waiting to happen. joshcryer Aug 2014 #51

Yeah, that guy ought to sue. Freedom of expression and all. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #107

Hmm. I wonder, I wonder, -- what teachers fantacize about... immoderate Aug 2014 #49

This is going to be one hell of a lawsuit. joshcryer Aug 2014 #55

In one of the articles Boreal Aug 2014 #91

Amazon isn't giving out an anonymous pseudonym without cause. joshcryer Aug 2014 #111

"Luke, we gotta get your mind right." Hoppy Aug 2014 #58

fwiw he's a 23 year old black man elehhhhna Aug 2014 #61

That'll do it. joshcryer Aug 2014 #65

Having the police go after him was like having his worst nightmare come true. pnwmom Aug 2014 #67

I agree, especially if he was exploring experimental narratives. joshcryer Aug 2014 #88

HIs next book will be VERY interesting. Imagine. elehhhhna Aug 2014 #114

Bingo! ReRe Aug 2014 #81

I like to think I can discover personality traits from the face. joshcryer Aug 2014 #89

With the settlement he gets from his lawsuit, he'll be able to quit tblue37 Aug 2014 #77

I hope that's how it works out for him Boreal Aug 2014 #93

You are seriously dreaming marions ghost Sep 2014 #126

This is the sort of case the ACLU is often willing to take, tblue37 Sep 2014 #127

I'm skeptical marions ghost Sep 2014 #128

His books can be purchased on Amazon, if anyone is interested in tblue37 Aug 2014 #86

I have not read the entire thread. Jenoch Aug 2014 #95

writers write Boreal Aug 2014 #99

True. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #108

Actually, he wrote the novel when he was a college student. I'm sure he had heard of a number pnwmom Aug 2014 #110

It's one of two novels about a repressive militaristic government and a tblue37 Aug 2014 #100

He was a student. A writer. He published under a psuedonym. Who though it was a good idea to Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #101

^^^THIS^^^ valerief Aug 2014 #119

He published the book three years ago when he was a college student. pnwmom Aug 2014 #109

At least schools are equal opportunity police states. Trillo Aug 2014 #115

Update. Downwinder Aug 2014 #120

Notice how it says Boreal Aug 2014 #121

What exactly is the crime? ClarkeVII Aug 2014 #122

Thought crime nt Boreal Aug 2014 #123

look Montecore Sep 2014 #124

Okay, a different story has emerged Boreal Sep 2014 #129