You won't believe what these London high schoolers did
Good morning from the Forest City — yes, the other London. The one that actually matters to us. Let's get into it.
We've got something today that makes you just shake your head and wonder, *what were they thinking*? This isn't just a Richmond Row problem, folks. This is a "we need to talk to our kids about basic human decency" kind of problem. Police in Ontario are having to issue warnings about this "Senior Assassin" game, where high schoolers chase each other with water guns. Sounds like harmless fun, right? Well, not when someone in one of our communities thought it was a good idea to spray an unhoused man with a water gun. Seriously. An *unhoused man*. That's not just a game gone wrong; that's a profound lack of empathy, plain and simple.
What This Means for London
Look, I've been covering this city for a decade, and I've seen some head-scratchers. But this one? It hits different. This incident, while it happened elsewhere in Ontario, is a stark reminder of what can happen when games cross the line into real-world harm, especially when it targets our most vulnerable.
* **The Game:** "Senior Assassin" involves students "eliminating" others with water guns. * **The Incident:** An unhoused man was sprayed with a water gun by a student. * **Police Response:** Authorities are warning students about potential charges and the danger of the public mistaking water guns for real firearms.
We've got plenty of high schoolers running around London, from the folks at Beal to those up at Lucas. And while I'm sure most of our kids here have more sense, it's a conversation we need to be having. We see folks experiencing homelessness every day, particularly along Dundas Street and around Victoria Park. They're not props for some game. We talk a lot about making London a compassionate city, and incidents like this, even if they're not *our* kids directly, remind us that compassion starts at home, and in our schools. It's about respecting everyone in our community, full stop.
That's the buzz for today.
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