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From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:23:09 -0400
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On 4/12/24 9:25 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <uvb2ta$2a8hd$1@dont-email.me>, Gary McGath
> <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

>> Then maybe someone who was banned spread the litter-box stories to 
>> gullible audiences in retaliation?
>> 
>> The litter boxes for my cats have always been gender-free.
> 
> As I recall, it turned out some classrooms in the Jefferson County
> Public School District in Colorado do or did have litter boxes but
> not for the reason the alt-right claimed. It was so that during
> routine school mass shootings, kids waiting their turn to be murdered
> would have somewhere to relieve themselves without spoiling the game
> by making a run for the bathroom.

You've just illustrated another way such stories can come up: by the 
game of telephone, where each retelling gets a few more points wrong.

Here's the actual story:

https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/jeffco-schools-have-emergency-buckets-where-people-can-pee-during-lockdowns/73-481198424

There weren't any "litter boxes" in the normal sense. The school set up 
what they call "emergency go buckets," effectively an improvised revival 
of the old chamber pot, with cat litter at the bottom.

The school district never claimed school mass shootings were routine. 
What may have become routine in some places is lockdowns on the 
slightest excuse.

Then there's this detail: "Food and candy are also included in the 
Emergency Go Buckets to help those who may need sugar during the wait." 
*In* them? Yuck, even if the buckets haven't been used yet.

If a shooting was in progress, I wouldn't want to come out of hiding to 
reach the bucket. If my pants needed changing afterwards, I doubt anyone 
would blame me.

-- 
Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com