But I still say the T-shirt is a clue, because I can’t recall a single mass murderer, or prospective mass murderer, that advertised his plans in advance by ordering custom T-shirts announcing his affinity for slaughter. I suppose we might postulate a mass murderer in the planning stages who sought to camouflage his intent by ordering a shirt and relying on just that sort of inference… (“If i really meant to do it, I wouldn’t have this shirt, now would I?”)
I would just like to point out that Bricker is flaming this college; flaming is something that dragons do; and it has been established in the OP that “dragon” is a code-name for an AK-47. Ergo, Bricker is threatening the college professor with an assault weapon.
Do we call a mod or the cops to investigate this criminal threat?
Before now, the only thing in Daenrys Stormborn’s favor was a nearly perfect ass. But now that I know that Bricker is pro-Baratheon… Roast 'em and toast 'em, Khaleesi!
Wow, I used to wear a shirt with this image on it to work – and this was before the dark period where I was the only admin rat too lazy to flee the sinking ship. No one said anything about it specifically, but I have been referred to at work as “that violent psychopath”*.
I’m glad I don’t work at a school for a lot of reasons, paranoia like this is just the icing on the cake.
*My response was, “Hey! I’m not violent!” They didn’t disagree with me, for what that’s worth.
Well, if nothing else, they’ve managed to prove that it is possible for even usually antagonistic Dopers to agree on something. All it takes is stupid that burns like dragonfire.
Now if he had actually sent the photo to the administrators in response to having his application for leave rejected, well then that might be grounds for a little questioning. But it seems that the photo posting was completely unrelated to his grievance.
Why the security officer thinks “fire” is code speak for AK-47s specifically, I can’t imagine.
Perhaps he’s read the books and is dropping a spoiler?
Looking at the photo, I suspect that the real threat that the school was worried about was the little girl who appears to be possessed with the spirit of Pazuzu…
So, he didn’t send the picture to the school, they acquired it through social media?
And in order for the school administration to respond, adult administrators must have been collecting, reviewing, and sharing pictures of his underage daughter? I’d say this calls for zero tolerance. Let the legal overreaction begin!
The same security officer who arrested a Fire Department Fire Code Inspector while she was on campus determining Fire Code Compliance and proper operation of all buildings’ Fire Alarms?