This is sick, and something needs to be done to help this poor kid.
He has done nothing. I have two, real guns in my closet. If I were to write a questionable story, would I go to jail for it because I had guns in my room? Is that evidence that I am going to use them? No way in hell! I don't care what anybody says, America is no longer the land of the free!
Sad, but true.
Zero Tolerance=Zero Thought.
Literally--with a zero-tolerance policy in place, you don't have to think about it at all. You don't have to review the evidence, you don't have to make any judgement calls, you don't to basically do your job as a teacher or administrator. And if it's a bad call and parents get pissed, you have the rulebook to fall back on.
That's why in Georgia a student was expelled for having a "Tweety Bird" keychain on the grounds that it coule be used as a weapon. Another student was expelled for bringing a weapon to school--an eight-inch wooden bat from a baseball trophy.... and as a member of the baseball team he had several aluminum real baseball bats, designed and weighted specifically for striking things, in the trunk of his car, that they never had a problem with. Another student was expelled because she'd moved the previous weekend and accidently left a steak-knife in her car. I don't know if anyone's compiled all the incidents yet, but there are a lot
And Redneck, the fact that all of that has happened is just unacceptable. It is because of this that 'Zero tolerance' policies should never be put into place anywhere.
It's OK if you're rich. You can write books, direct movies and make video games about murder, rape, terrorism and whatever else you please. However, if you're poor, it's wrong.Originally Posted by nik0tine
Or something.
I would have to disagree with you here D. (To some degree at least.) It doesn't matter if you are rich, it only becomes "right" when you can make it sell (And then become rich.)
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