Kids draw the darnedest things.EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives posted the winners of their Kid's Art Contest online at atf. gov/kids/kids_art_main.htm. The agency "requested artwork from ATF employees' children under the age of 14 that depicted what they thought their parents did at work." Pictured above is a winning entry drawn by a 6-year-old. Ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. a drawing of an ATF agent investigating a church arson, the image, especially the ambiguous child-like figure on the left side, eerily calls to mind the ATF'S central role in the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians Branch Davidians Religious sect that believes in the imminent return of Jesus Christ. It was founded in 1935 near Waco, Texas, by Victor Houteff as a breakaway group from the Seventh-Day Adventists. outside Waco, Texas For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see . For other uses of "Waco", see Waco (disambiguation). Waco (pronounced: /ˈweɪkoʊ/) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. . That confrontation--which started with a bungled bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. ATF raid and ended with a firestorm--was the deadliest law enforcement operation in U.S. history. When it was over, 86 people (including nearly two dozen children) were dead. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the ATF, this drawing will be part of "a permanent kids' art wall exhibit decorating the new ATF headquarters building in Washington, D.C." One hopes also it will serve as a daily reminder to ATF agents to learn from the past and not to repeat their mistakes. |
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