# Remember the kid injured by canon that recieved threats? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415 "2007-01-18T03:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/1 "2007-01-18T03:33:46Z")
We discussed the deplorable situation where this poor lad was being threatened after a canon explosion seriously maimed him. A woman has been charged for harassment, and hopefuly more will follow. [Article on woman charged.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299622_cannon13.html) ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/2 "2007-01-18T04:38:05Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] We discussed the deplorable situation where this poor lad was being threatened after a canon explosion seriously maimed him. A woman has been charged for harassment, and hopefuly more will follow. [Article on woman charged.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299622_cannon13.html) [/QUOTE] I think making anonymous threats is the most chickenshit thing a person can do. I’m very glad. I don’t want anyone harassing her…but I want her prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/3 "2007-01-18T07:45:12Z")
I’m relieved to see this thread _isn’t_ about rampaging religious officials maiming kids … had me wondering when I clicked the title. ---
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/4 "2007-01-18T07:48:53Z")
Thanks for posting the update. Its good to hear that those around him are being nicer about the whole thing. I hope that he will be able to walk again someday. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/5 "2007-01-18T07:54:03Z")
Awesome! 41-year old “woman,” PWNED! Threats are pathetic, but I thought it might be some kids in the school or overzealous 15th graders. But a 41 year old? You fucking loser! Good to see the kid is getting support from the community. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/6 "2007-01-18T10:18:22Z")
Would the kid or his family even have any effect, one way or another, over the cannon’s ultimate fate? Were they suing the school district, or decrying the cannon tradition? Or were they simply an ::ahem:: easy target? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/7 "2007-01-18T13:30:31Z")
[Article reporting incident showing kids leg in picture.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296584_cannon20.html?source=mypi) [My original non pit thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=401109&highlight=cannon) [Original pit thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400963) ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/8 "2007-01-18T14:08:07Z")
May she burn in hell with two shattered legs. It seems from the article that “the town” expected them to not cooperate with an official investigation. It is not that they were actively asking for any action against the cannon/school/town. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/9 "2007-01-18T15:40:05Z")
I think you meant “cannon.” Canon means: > [@](#): > > 1. A member of a chapter of priests serving in a cathedral or collegiate church. > 2. A member of certain religious communities living under a common rule and bound by vows. So that would be a really weird way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/10 "2007-01-18T15:42:18Z")
[QUOTE=ratatoskK] So that would be a really weird way to go. [/QUOTE] Hence, post #3. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/11 "2007-01-18T16:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=ratatoskK] I think you meant “cannon.” Canon means: > [@](#): > > 1. A member of a chapter of priests serving in a cathedral or collegiate church. > 2. A member of certain religious communities living under a common rule and bound by vows. So that would be a really weird way to go. [/QUOTE] And here I thought this thread was about an exploding printer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/12 "2007-01-18T16:49:47Z")
Myself, I was wondering what Alan Bloom was up to these days… ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/13 "2007-01-18T17:19:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] I’m relieved to see this thread _isn’t_ about rampaging religious officials maiming kids … had me wondering when I clicked the title. [/QUOTE] I was kind of picturing someone getting brained with an Anthology of English Literature, myself 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/14 "2007-01-18T17:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] But a 41 year old? You fucking loser! [/QUOTE] Back off. The woman is a saint. She should be cannonized. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/15 "2007-01-18T18:00:48Z")
I wondered how Johann Pachelbel’s famous work could possibly be injurious to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/16 "2007-01-18T18:14:39Z")
I’m happy that someone was arrested, but reading the article it seems like it was far more than just one person making threats. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/17 "2007-01-18T18:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] I wondered how Johann Pachelbel’s famous work could possibly be injurious to anyone. [/QUOTE] Honestly, if you ever played in an elementary or high school level orchestra, you’ve played that stupid, simplistic piece enough times to make your eyeballs bleed. (It’s been nearly three years since I even played in an organized group, and I can still play it from memory). ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/18 "2007-01-18T18:43:39Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] I wondered how Johann Pachelbel’s famous work could possibly be injurious to anyone. [/QUOTE] That was, of course, written as the background music for the ill-fated attempt of young Sandra of the '60s beach movies to break into serious acting, a dramatic movie about an affair between a cathedral official and a nubile young parishioner, the movie’s working title being “Canon in Dee” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/19 "2007-01-18T18:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] Honestly, if you ever played in an elementary or high school level orchestra, you’ve played that stupid, simplistic piece enough times to make your eyeballs bleed. (It’s been nearly three years since I even played in an organized group, and I can still play it from memory). [/QUOTE] [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JdxkVQy7QLM/hqdefault.jpg "Pachelbel Rant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415/20 "2007-01-18T19:01:58Z")
Years ago I spent a football season firing the old 4 pound cast bronze cannon at University of Cincinnati games. This is an actual cannon not some home made piece of shit. The reason I got the job; I was in Army ROTC but more importantly had spent 3 years in the US Army Artillery firing fire real howitzers. They’re letting children shoot a cannon made by other children in shop class!!! Holy Crap. There is a reason Artillerymen have their own patron Saint, St. Barbara. Cannons even modern ones have a nasty tendency to explode. This tendency is reduced by proper maintenance, and monitoring for tube wear. Here they just looked the other way. They X-rayed the tube and knew it was suffering from wear and still used it!! This kid was a victim of horrible incompetence and disregard for safety. Sue the bastards. And from professional experience I want to know, how the hell does 5oz of gun powder cause a metal tube (even a poorly made one) to fracture? There should have been no projectile or other obstruction to cause a build up of force in the tube. Either that tube had the structural integrity of a cracked egg shell or somebody shoved something down the muzzle after the powder. I’m willing to bet someone shoved some streamers or confetti down the barrel to be shot out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kid-injured-by-canon-that-recieved-threats/388415.md?page=2)