We don't need a 'mixed-demographic tribunal', just a little bit of common sense. Which was the point of my post to begin with.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > im saying the PARENTS should be taken care of here, reprimanded, not > the child, the 6yr old doesnt know this. > > and if a parent lets their kid fly with a pockey knife, yes, they > should get fined. > > i do not believe they should prevent people from flying if they > innocuously mis-pack a knife... esp not a pocket knife. > i think they should also handle ALL of these things in a > mixed-demographic tribunal rather than a black and white rule. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> 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:305554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
