Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-20 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
That's pretty much what was going on at first, but then when the behavior didn't stop, things got ratcheted up a notch or two Really in these situations, unless the home deficiencies are addressed, School discipline and playground self-defense are only temporizing measures. In this case, due to

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-20 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Too bad we're dealing with five year olds here. Your kid could have helped train the other kid not to be despicable, if he's apply negative reinforcement for negative actions, not just negative reinforcement for existing. Example: flick the ear of the kid in front of you, catch an elbow in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-20 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
We had an interesting kindergarten situation with son #2. There was a kid in his class with 2 older brothers and some clueless parents. The kid was completely out of control, pushed other kids, would bother them in line by flicking their ear, then when they reacted would play the victim, would hit

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-19 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Waytago! Unfortunately, in my experience, the attacked was always punished. The attacker: sometimes, sometimes not. OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Our eldest daughter was being shoved and pushed in line by a larger male student in first grade. She was afraid to stand up for herself as they

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
As it so often happens, Zero Intelligence disciplinary systems mean that all bullying is tolerated/ignored until it gets so bad somebody is forced to defend him or herself. Zero Intelligence: so simple that even a school administrator can implement it. Mitch. > On September 18, 2018 at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Our eldest daughter was being shoved and pushed in line by a larger male student in first grade. She was afraid to stand up for herself as they had been told about the no tolerance of violence policy the first day, and she actually listened. We gave her permission to defend herself and promised to

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
mayhaps you were the asshat Herr Mann referred to, and din't like getting beat. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Gee, I don't miss those days at all. What's wrong with me? On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:57 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ah ... for the good old days, when you could

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
There's a real art to successful persuasion. On Sep 18, 2018 5:48 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: > Understand that she had no intention of harming the principal - she was > trying to make her understand what someone’s reaction would be in that > situation. She stood down and then asked

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Understand that she had no intention of harming the principal - she was trying to make her understand what someone’s reaction would be in that situation. She stood down and then asked the principal to reflect on her feelings about being put in a similar situation. She made her point, which

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My mom always went to bat for me in grade school. We did the same for our kid. The educaional bureaucracy demands constant vigilance to support children who lie outside the norms On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 5:38 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > She’s not a violent

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
She’s not a violent person, either, but when she’s wronged or her children are treated unfairly, watch out! Principal knew I was an employee, which is why I wasn’t there. I avoided anything that even hinted at the appearance of preferential treatment. -D > On Sep 18, 2018, at 5:31 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Gee, I don't miss those days at all. What's wrong with me? On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:57 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Ah ... for the good old days, when you could insult some asshat > git, sling insults, go to the parking lot, draw blood, maybe break a nose, > scrape a knee, and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Ah ... for the good old days, when you could insult some asshat git, sling insults, go to the parking lot, draw blood, maybe break a nose, scrape a knee, and either win or lose. For the day when men were men. On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:24:56 -0600 Craig via Mercedes wrote: > I haven't read these because my browser on this computer is old; I'll > need to switch to another computer to read them. I did find one I could read:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:54:33 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Found elsewhere, I haven't tried to investigate yet: > > Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, has left the Linux > Foundation after attacks from leftist freaks. Corey Dale "Coraline Ada" > Ehmke, a mentally ill

[MBZ] OT: Social Justice LINUX?

2018-09-18 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Found elsewhere, I haven't tried to investigate yet: Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, has left the Linux Foundation after attacks from leftist freaks. Corey Dale "Coraline Ada" Ehmke, a mentally ill he/she SJW of GitHub fame, has instituted a new Code of Conduct for Linux