Of course they should. Most of the rules a school has in place (and needs to keep a random bunch of teenagers in line enough to learn) would not pass muster as general laws - nor should they.
They laws in a general public society are generalities. Meant for all use at all time. Specific rules, which do not have the force of law, but are real non-the-less, are needed for specific situations. In this particular case, though (from what I know) the school is wrong in this punishment. But that in itself may be a great life lesson for the kids doing the tackling: doing the right thing sometime has unfair consequences; be willing to pay the price, and work to fix the system. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Schools, public schools at least, shouldn't be like that. > On Mar 3, 2013 3:57 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "Right not to cooperate" applies to the police. It does not apply to > school > > administrators. > > > > Much like the military, when you enter a school, you enter a different > rule > > set. (suspensions/detentions/locker > > searches/sexual harassment rules/bullying/respectful speech to teachers) > > > > They cannot arrest you for not cooperating, but they can punish you > within > > their system. > > > > (same as a mall or courthouse or airport, or any self-contained system > with > > its own rules) > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:28 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > We have a right to not cooperate. > > > > > > Well, we did... > > > On Mar 3, 2013 3:16 PM, "Justin Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > A 16-year-old Cypress Lake High School student, who wrestled a > loaded > > > > > revolver away from a teen threatening to shoot, is being punished. > > > > > > > > Please allow me to take this opportunity to apologize for all of the > > > > asshats here in Florida (there seem to be a lot of them). The stuff > > > > you hear on the news, "Florida Man", and the "Florida" tag on Fark do > > > > not necessarily represent the rest of us normal, law abiding, sane > > > > Floridians. Kudos to these kids for disarming a threat. The school > > > > apparently claims they were suspended for "not cooperating" with the > > > > investigation, so they may have a valid reason, but damn, give the > > > > little heroes some leeway until things have settled down a bit. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
