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The Genius of Zero Tolerance

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"I'd rather it be dealt with more severely than not," said Gherard.



Gotta love those liberal school officials:S
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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I'd like to think that there's more to this than meets the eye ...but I'd probably be wrong. What ever happened to our educators using common walking-around sense? That BS "zero-tolerance" crappola is nothing more than an excuse to avoid responsibility. That same attitude is why it is a really bad idea to allow some mindless bureaucrat to determine who is or isn't sane enough to assert their 2nd Amendment rights.

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You should thank your Lord for living in such a protective, small, tight world, if this is all you guys are forced to deal with.

Insularity at its best. [:/] Any you guys still believe you're a world power .... bwahahahahaaa

Ever heard about Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia .... ?

:|

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Insularity at its best. [:/] Any you guys still believe you're a world power .... bwahahahahaaa



it's not in question. Any notion that the Euro was going to replace the dollar immediately got dashed by Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium....it just goes on and on.

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Insularity at its best. [:/] Any you guys still believe you're a world power .... bwahahahahaaa



it's not in question. Any notion that the Euro was going to replace the dollar immediately got dashed by Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium....it just goes on and on.


That was whose notion, again ... ?

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dudeist skydiver # 3105

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You should thank your Lord for living in such a protective, small, tight world, if this is all you guys are forced to deal with.

Insularity at its best. [:/] Any you guys still believe you're a world power .... bwahahahahaaa

Ever heard about Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia .... ?

:|


We are cool with things over here

Posts like yours make us wonder what the hell it taught over there
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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I'd like to think that there's more to this than meets the eye ...but I'd probably be wrong. What ever happened to our educators using common walking-around sense? That BS "zero-tolerance" crappola is nothing more than an excuse to avoid responsibility. That same attitude is why it is a really bad idea to allow some mindless bureaucrat to determine who is or isn't sane enough to assert their 2nd Amendment rights.



Agreed. Zero tolerance is an excuse to not to have to make a decision. If you got people on one side saying "he's a criminal" and people on the other side saying "he's just a kid," it gives the bureaucrat a chance to say "it's out of my hands."

Never mind the kid or what really happened, or if he is a good kid or not or any facts in the matter. As long as the Bureaucrat has his ass covered. Thank a lawyer for that.
"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
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I'd like to think that there's more to this than meets the eye ...but I'd probably be wrong. What ever happened to our educators using common walking-around sense? That BS "zero-tolerance" crappola is nothing more than an excuse to avoid responsibility. That same attitude is why it is a really bad idea to allow some mindless bureaucrat to determine who is or isn't sane enough to assert their 2nd Amendment rights.



Agreed. Zero tolerance is an excuse to not to have to make a decision. If you got people on one side saying "he's a criminal" and people on the other side saying "he's just a kid," it gives the bureaucrat a chance to say "it's out of my hands."

Never mind the kid or what really happened, or if he is a good kid or not or any facts in the matter. As long as the Bureaucrat has his ass covered. Thank a lawyer for that.



Thanks Andy!
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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Too lazy to actually research this...

How often do well-meaning students bring actually dangerous weapons to school and the result is an injury or fatality?

I know the "if it bleeds it leads" mantra but really all you ever hear about are school shootings (too late for ZT, people already dead) and people getting busted with completely non-dangerous items like in this story (ZT punishes someone who was not a threat to safety.)

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Just more "law and order" right wing school officials flexing their puny, conservative brains.



If you have ever watched law and order you would know that the writers and actors are left wing.....

And if the school officials were right wing then:

a) there wouldn't be teachers unions full of lawyers righting these crappy laws and

b) the real issues in schools that are causing the problems would be addressed, which is lack of discipline.

Why do you think that 1 teacher was able to teach kids how to read, write and do arithmetic using only a chalk board 60 years ago? The kids were paying attention.

If the teacher didn't beat that ass, there would be a mother and a father at home with a belt that would. Bring back the paddle!!!!:ph34r:
"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
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"We are just very vigilant and we feel that if we draw a very strict line then we have much less worry about someone bringing in something dangerous," said Blachford.



Yes, because drawing a strict line will definitely stop someone bringing in something dangerous ... :|

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Deseire Gherard, a parent of one of the students at the school, agrees with the policy.

"I'd rather it be dealt with more severely than not," said Gherard. "I would rather them go a little bit too far for the safety of all the children then to say 'okay, it was probably nothing.'"



Grab a slide and take a ride down the slipper slope. [:/]
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More goddam liberal school officials.

Oh, wait. Spotsylvania is a largely conservative county of Virginia.
Well. So much for brainless fucking idiots who label everything they disapprove of as "liberal".

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So much for brainless fucking idiots who label everything they disapprove of as "liberal".



How about brainless fucking idiots who label everything they disapprove of as 'racist'?



"Racist honky motherfucker!"

Even though it was said in all seriousness, the first time I heard that I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe. This did not go over well with the author of the aforesaid statement, but I could not help it.


BSBD,

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Citing the school's 'zero tolerance' policy, Assistant Principal Lisa Andruss at a December 21 disciplinary hearing said that Mikel presented a danger and that the boy's behavior was indicative of a trend because he was disciplined in seventh grade for shooting rubber bands with a ruler and suspended for three days in 8th grade for bringing a comb to school that resembled a pocket knife, his father said.



This kid has a record. Best to just shoot him now... :S
Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
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So much for brainless fucking idiots who label everything they disapprove of as "liberal".



How about brainless fucking idiots who label everything they disapprove of as 'racist'?



"Racist honky motherfucker!"



I'll go on record as saying I disapprove of motherfuckers.

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I'll go on record as saying I disapprove of motherfuckers.

I'd have to qualify that; it all depends on whose mother they're fucking.

After all, the vast majority of mothers got to be that way by fucking :P

Wendy P.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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I'll go on record as saying I disapprove of motherfuckers.

I'd have to qualify that; it all depends on whose mother they're fucking.

After all, the vast majority of mothers got to be that way by fucking :P

Wendy P.


Hmmm - That would make all naturally conceived children the off spring of one mother fucker or another.
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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