You have to leave most of them on for a long time to get damage requiring a skin graft. Sulphuric does dissolve some organics (including skin) but even the most concentrated does it slowly unless it is boiling.

Sulphuric acid IS occasionally used in clearing drains (they mention drain cleaner).

The most common drain cleaner is Sodium hydroxide (lye) It is a base — alkaline when mixed with water. NOT an acid.
And Lye IS much nastier than acids. It can easily cause burns requiring skin grafts. So maybe it is just that the reporters (and/or law enforcement spokespersons) never took basic high-school chemistry.

I bet there were two nine year olds that burned up there homes bathroom over the last week, and one was living on the east coast and one was living on the west coast….
Coincidence??? I don’t think so!!

gary on April 17, 2007 at 5:45 PM

Yes, because stealing chemicals and pouring them on playground equipment is just as common as playing with matches among today’s kids. Way to put things in perspective there, Gar-bear.

Two teenagers looking to be mischievous, and not considering the harmful consequences of leaving the chemical residue behind is still awful, still punishable, but not apprently malicious. They wanted to see a plastic slide melt, not a child’s legs.

Knee-jerk emotional reactions are the domain of ‘the other side’, let’s not lock and load until we hear some facts.

Just 10 years? Not enough, imo.

“released in the parents custody”??? Weren’t they in the parents custody when they broke into the school and poured the acid on the slide???

We’re supposed to feel safer now???

Ah geeze!

Coincidence or enemy action?, as Goldfinger would ask…….

Will the MSM cover it if it turns out the suspects are of a certain religion, acting supposedly in that religion’s name?

DavePa on April 17, 2007 at 10:38 AM

Could we dispense with making muslims the bogeymen for every problem? This is HotAir, not the John Birch society.

I agree that the two attacks look suspiciously well-coordinated, but let’s not fling allegations of jihad unless the facts support it. Thus far we have no facts on the perps.

If this is in fact a coordinated terror plot to harm our children, I really hope the media will at least have the guts to call it what it is this time.

Justification for capital punishment.

DAT60A3 on April 17, 2007 at 9:45 AM

While I’m sickened by the act, I don’t think it should be a capital crime, unless it includes Muslim terrorists.

That doesn’t mean a good (good as in long) 10 years in jail isn’t deserved.

It seems awfully coincidental that two nearly identical attacks using acid poured on playgrounds, happening a couple thousand miles apart on the same day, aren’t related somehow.

Naw, I think the best connection you would find would be another party discussing this on a web site somewhere.

Is there anyone out there in the HotAir commentariat with a background in law enforcement who can explain the psychology or motivation of such a sick crime?

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3048108&page=1