Mike, any info on the car search or how the tools were found?
On Wed, 24 May 2000 14:21:17 -0700 Duane Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
>
>
> > I seriously question both the wisdom of the law and its
> application in this
> > case. Sure, that is what the law said, but it is not fair. The
> legislators
> > and school board involved should be suspended, receive a failing
> grade for
> > the term on their permanent record, and sent back to high school.
>
> *Well state yur case then in court to a judge and have yur say..
>
> The fact's are they got a "law" or "Policy" and the reasoning is that
> enough is enough! The business of education is paramount and the
> safety and welfare of the students is above the actions taken against
> this (I assume innocent ) Eagle Scout!
>
> > I remember in the "good old days" when I went to public school,
> and carried
> > my official boy scout pocket knife with no concern whatsoever that
> I might
> > be breaking a rule. Nobody stabbed anyone, but I did use my pocket
> knife in
> > electronics class to strip wires with.
>
> *Yup... me too *and..that's compelling in your remembrance.. However-
> Professional administrators of this school district instituted a
> Zero-Tolerence
> policy.. (sometimes they even make the students sign contract's
> ect.) and
> are serious!
>
>
> > I remember last year, when a girl in my neighborhood got kicked
> out of
> > school because her lunch bag accidentally got switched with
> mother's, and
> > her mother had put a small paring knife into her lunch with which
> to cut
> > her fruit. The young lady involved saw the knife, knew it wasn't
> supposed
> > to be there, and gave it to her teacher. She was summarily
> suspended. Zero
> > tolerance leaves no room for common sense, discretion, or an
> evaluation of
> > any real or imagined threat to safety in a school.
>
> *Now yur talk'n... Zero is zero!
>
> *Justice is BLIND!
>
> Some of you "Social Conservitive-Christian Rightwingers" started
> complaining the Judges were getting too soft and going easy on
> Drug dealers and "criminals" when sentenceing them to prison...
>
> *So among others- Sen.Orrin Hatch of Utah legislated something
> called "mandatory sentencing" to tie the hands of Judges, when
> handed a conviction.
>
> A lot of BAD GUYS are in prison... *Cool!
>
>
> *Now when a person is arrested and tried,
> say- "the Mom" in the home of the drug dealer, she is
> as guilty as the drug dealer!
>
> *The judge has a 8.5" x 11" card with a color grid chart.. He looks
> at the laminated card as says: "Harboring a felon and aiding in his
> traffic in illegal drugs... 30 years with no probation" *Next!
>
> The Governor of Texas- G.W.Bush has executed 178 people, including
> the Christian-Carla Fea Tucker and excused only one! This in less
> than
> 4 years.. *His statement is this:
>
> "I've turned that job of capitol review over to the State Parole
> board and
> will not intervene in their decisions.. *I have only two criteria
> for my
> involvement-
> 1. Was the person convicted? 2. was the trial conducted under the
> law."
>
> Is his "justice" tempered with MERCY?
>
> *NO!... That is a abandonment of his LEADERSHIP!
> *It's the job of the Governor to review and grant stays to assure
> that
> no innocent person is killed by the state..
>
> Is this EAGLE SCOUT INNOCENT?
>
> *No! GUILTY!
>
> *Does this Eagle Scout deserve a hearing before a Judge to assess and
> moderate-dismiss or reduce the penalty for the violation of the rule?
>
> *YES! ...of course! *But so does every gang-banger diddy-bop
> hop head... who packs a ice-pick. *In the absence of the peace
> needed to conduct every case with "fairness" *Blind Justice takes
> it's place...
>
> *All have sined and deserve to die!
> Christ took our sin- and paid our penalty in full measure...
>
> *Arn't you glad we have savior like Jesus!
> Tho I would die and burn in Hell... Jesus came and stood for
> my sin...
>
>
> >
> >
> > I remember that the first murder was committed without a gun. It
> was
> > committed without a knife. It was committed with a rock. Abel died
> at the
> > hand of his brother.
>
> Murder is murder and the penalty of sin is death..
>
>
> >
> >
> > I remember in the Navy, we had some intruder drills. I had the
> misfortune
> > of being the "intruder" for more than one drill. One of the things
> people
> > are supposed to do in case of an intruder is to find "weapons of
> > opportunity" and confront the intruder. I assure you that I was
> most
> > thankful that the men in the engine room knew me, knew this was a
> drill,
> > and really did not intend to kill me. You would be amazed at the
> creative
> > deadly weapons that can be found -- large wrenches, hammers, etc.
> -- and
> > how intimidating they can be. All of these things are readily
> available in
> > a well-equipped high school auto mechanics or shop classroom.
> There is NO
> > WAY to totally eliminate weapons from schools or aircraft.
> Attempting to do
> > so only starts to eliminate useful tools.
>
> It ain't about tools-knives-guns... It's more about the society we
> desire to build
> and how we get there from here with everybody on board...
>
> *Look you assume the Eagle Scout has the same rights as we adult
> citizen's do..
>
> WRONG! *some of the right's we have as Adults are suspended in
> public schools
> such as "search and seizure" "privacy issues" for the health and
> safety of these
> minor's.
>
> -=A=-
>
>
> >
> >
> > There is a way to make our schools safer and to cut crime.
> Introduce the
> > students to Jesus Christ.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > An Eagle Scout in Savannah, GA was suspended today for being
> prepared. He
> > > > had an Axe, a shovel and a pocket knife in his car and he got
> suspended for
> > > > it. The school had a no weapons policy. and a zero tolerance
> policy. The
> > > > kid wasn't even aware that those were going to be construed as
> weapons.
> > > >
> > > > Iron Mike
> >
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