If if was just a story about "Zombies" then yes, it is ridiculous. But that's what *he* says it was about. I think I'll reserve judgment until whatever he was writing about is (if ever) printed, rather than just accept his explanation. After all, it was his own family that determined something in his writings raised enough of a "red flag" to turn them over to the authorities.
If I was arrested for something like that you can bet I'd be trying to explain it away too. To put it in a different light, the reason cited in another news story was the family member thougt he was trying to "recruit a gang to take over the school." Seems a bit different than a story about "Zombies". For the other side of the story read this:
http://www.wkyt.com/global/story.asp...ientType=Print
I would hope the family has a better handle on the emotional stability of this student than what we have read in a couple of short internet articles.
Let's say that *his* version of the story is just an attempt to justify it as a misunderstanding. That the police had been given this information directly from a concerned family member and failed to act upon on it. Then go one step further and say some innocent students/teachers were actually harmed by his planned actions. The press would have a field day against the police for their inaction.
All I'm saying is that we don't know what he actually wrote about, his background, or the reason his family turned this info over to the police. Until then I think we should reserve judgment until we have all of the facts. Just my 2 cents....