Arson... Whats the point!?

[apollos]

ARSON ATTACK

LOUISE THOMAS

12:00 - 14 October 2002



Police were today hunting arsonists who set fire to a Plymouth school and destroyed a block of classrooms.

St Boniface's College, at Crownhill, was this morning counting the cost of the fire which tore through a block of four English teaching rooms last night.

Thousands of pounds of further damage was caused to the main school by offenders who ran on the roof, smashing skylights.

Devastated staff and pupils were today returning to the school to view the damage which is the culmination of a summer ofcostly vandalism attacks.

The destroyed classroom block was cordoned off by scenes of crime officers and fire investigators to enable lessons to continue in the main school.

Jim Murphy, deputy head of the school, which has just celebrated 21 years on the site, said there were fears that coursework produced by students had gone up in smoke during the blaze.

Mr Murphy, who attended the fire last night along with the school's headteacher David Kavanagh, said he felt 'sick to the stomach' as he watched the block become engulfed in flames.

"We are absolutely gutted," he said. "We are assessing whether GCSE coursework has been destroyed in the fire."

The fire is believed to have been started in a single classroom at the end of a temporary block of four teaching rooms which has stood on the site since the school was moved from Beacon Park to Crownhill in 1981.

Six fire crews battled flames which raced through the roof space carried by strong winds. Station officer Jim Willey, at Crownhill, said: "At one stage the fire looked like it threatened the whole school, but we were able to prevent this."

He said the blaze was a 'suspected arson'.

Mr Murphy said the school suffered vandal attacks during the summer. Windows and skylights were broken and windows of the school's minibus were vandalised twice.

In last night's incident, five skylights were broken in the dining hall, and glass panels on many doors smashed.

Police and fire investigators were today at the school.

Contact police on 08705 777444.

Why do people bother doing things like these?
What benefit do they get from it...
I really don't understand why people do these things..

there goes all my english coursework...

[patroclus22]

You know, most people I know would pray for their school--or a part of it--to burn down.

[Cameron221]

agreed.

But arson is teh ghey

[ElChevelle]

Unfortunately, irregularities exist in everyone's brain activity.
Some are child molesters, some are serial killers, some sexual deviants (Bilbo)
Fire fascinates MANY people but to some it is a simple means to an end. While fires behold many clues to who set them, unless they are perpetrated more than once, the odds of getting caught are nil.

I once played with matches with friends and nearly burnt an entire ballpark to the ground
Very stupid mistake made by very stupid teenagers.

[binary hero]

Aren't the terachers meant to keep all coursework in FIREPROOF safes?

[Tarron_D]

To tell you the truth, i really like fire. I burn shit all the time, and its fun. But to go a far as to burn down the english wing of my school? Thats not only stupid, but they are gonna wish they didn't once they have to make up al of their work.

[InvisableMan]

yeah, im a serious pyro too, but, there are places i draw the line.

[apollos]

Originally posted by binary hero
Aren't the terachers meant to keep all coursework in FIREPROOF safes?

BH, should it really be necessery?
My coursework was locked in a cupboard in a filing cabinet.
Luckily though, the examining board (EdExcel) have accepted the grades my teacher had in his mark book for our coursework marks.

/me bribes teacher to bump up marks to A*

My teachers were really gutted though.

Loads of new books, resources and stuff was burned.
Looks like we won't have to read the new lord of the flies books
The American adaptation of that film was burned to, thank the lord...
I just don't see any reason why little children on an island should be saying things like fuck you...

The police has been collecting evidence and it is likely that a group of rough kids from a nearby school kicked in the door, poored petrol in the middle of the room and set stationary exuipment on fire.

[binary hero]

Originally posted by Apollos
Loads of new books, resources and stuff was burned.
Looks like we won't have to read the new lord of the flies books
The American adaptation of that film was burned to, thank the lord...
I just don't see any reason why little children on an island should be saying things like fuck you...

lord of the flies is possibly the best book you will read in education ever.

Haven't seen the film (but there was a theater performance of it which i went to).

they say 'fuck you' because they can...That's the point of the book, there are no adults to enforce any rules at all, and the children are not experienced enoug, so anything goes (basically, and then the kids try to emulate adult behaviour with swearing)

[rm']

A) I know where you live. Bad move.
B) You missed the point of the book. The both of you. It is a study into the origins of evil. bh was close though.

[binary hero]

Originally posted by rm'
B) You missed the point of the book. The both of you. It is a study into the origins of evil. bh was close though.

I was only explaining why they swore, on a more superficial level. I sat through hours of listening about that book.

(btw...i have his phone number if you want it)

[rm']

Originally posted by binary hero
(btw...i have his phone number if you want it)

Naw, I think I have enough goods on him...

Real name Andrew Sanders, lives in Plymouth England. Enrolled at St. Boniface's College... doing GCSE, eh? That'd make him somewhere in the upper years of secondary school... aged 16-17, although at a mental capacity of 14 to 15. He claims to be half Greek, although he's likely just another pasty-faced, wirey-haired Limey with poor complexion and bad teeth. Indicative of a severe cultural identity problem, and possible social isolationism (resulting in an obsession with online chat rooms, and a sense of belonging in an aquatic environment). His infatuation with the sea, in addition to his homosexual tendencies, will probably lead to a career at SeaWorld, or as a Navy seaman. He likes to tell people that he'll be going into computers though, probably in some IT capacity.

on second thought, too much information is never a bad thing :-D

[binary hero]

you have been away faaaar too long. Your brain seems to have regenerated somehow...

[Bilbo Baggins]

He has also got a lot harsher. Which is kinda disappointing.

[apollos]

Originally posted by rm'


Naw, I think I have enough goods on him...

Real name Andrew Sanders, lives in Plymouth England. Enrolled at St. Boniface's College... doing GCSE, eh? That'd make him somewhere in the upper years of secondary school... aged 16-17, although at a mental capacity of 14 to 15. He claims to be half Greek, although he's likely just another pasty-faced, wirey-haired Limey with poor complexion and bad teeth. Indicative of a severe cultural identity problem, and possible social isolationism (resulting in an obsession with online chat rooms, and a sense of belonging in an aquatic environment). His infatuation with the sea, in addition to his homosexual tendencies, will probably lead to a career at SeaWorld, or as a Navy seaman. He likes to tell people that he'll be going into computers though, probably in some IT capacity.

on second thought, too much information is never a bad thing :-D

damn, and there was me rejoycing in you being banned... oh well...
I dont claim to be greek malakismeno katra..., i AM Greek and very proud of it to. I brish my teeth well every morning and night and in between if i eat something which is especially sugary. I do have a problem with socialising yes after being beat up constatly by my dad as a child therefore resulting in me losing confidence in socialising with people and I am homosexual yes.

Today has been a particular bad day for me, its mother fuckers like you that piss me off, i hope you choke on your coffee tonight...
Why dont you just fuck off to whatever shit hole you came from you pathetic son of a bitch.