It's a slippery slope since the next thing you know, you'll want judges to have discretion when doling out sentences and you know how horrible that would be. :)
On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Sending a kid to reform school because he brought a camping tool to > class WITH NO INTENT TO HARM ANYONE is fucking ridiculous, regardless > of race, or anything else. > > Honestly, if it was a black kid, it never would have gotten this far > as Rev. Al would have gotten involved already and started spewing his > bullshit. > > Tony, lets take your attitude to a larger level. Lets say you are > flying somewhere and forget you had a pocket knife in your backpack > and TSA finds it at security checkpoint. Using your logic, you should > not only be not allowed to fly on that date, you should be banned from > flying for 6 months. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> put this same "tool" into the hands of a black kid wearing an >> anti-white shirt... same reaction? >> put this same "tool" into dylan klebold's hands... same reaction? >> >> what MORON lets their kids take a knife to school? seriously? i have >> no sympathy for a condemning >> here, i think it should be the parents fault, not the kids tho... >> maybe fine the parents, but not affect >> the kid... not his fault they are dumb. >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Scott Stroz wrote: >>>> http://is.gd/4htWG >>> >>> Yes, is it really so hard to understand that "ZERO TOLERANCE" does >>> not >>> have to equal "MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT" for all offenses. There is a >>> difference in making sure that rules like this are enforced in every >>> case and expelling a kid who has a different understanding of what >>> makes >>> a eating utensil and what makes a weapon the the school district >>> does. >>> >>> This could have so easily been handled with a confiscation of the >>> tool >>> to be returned to the parent with an explanation of why the student >>> should not bring it to school again. That is still zero tolerance >>> and >>> leaves the school the option of expelling the kid that tries to >>> bring a >>> katana to slice his 'sushi' i.e. the big kid bullying him. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
