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Possibly, if any kind of administrator dares call it an explosion. I'm not in favor of zero-tolerance policies either, just acknowledging how common they've bec
by dangrossman 14y ago
Possibly, if any kind of administrator dares call it an explosion. I'm not in favor of zero-tolerance policies either, just acknowledging how common they've become. Packing a metal butter knife in a lunch box can lead to expulsion these days (it's happened several times, and made the news each time).
- dmxt 14y agoPlastic knife also count, my friend got suspensed from school for bringing that.
- pekk 14y agoOuch. Maybe now all our dishes and utensils can be small discs. Made of pleather.
- sdsfds 14y agoBetter yet, go Indian, eat with your hands.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoHey hands are among the deadliest of instruments! oO;
- illuminate 14y agoMight be used to choke someone! Stick to trenchers.
- Vivtek 14y agoA trencher could be a pretty effective blunt instrument. Intubation is appropriately American these days.
- chris_wot 14y agoWhat about farting in the playground? That's a small gaseous explosion, expulsion? Lets have preschoolers who throw Lego thrown in jail while we're about it. Honestly, this "zero tolerance" just ruins lives. You've just taken an A grade student who could be contributing to society and possibly put them into a life of poverty and disadvantage. That's great for society.
- snambi 14y agoI agree. The law cannot be applied word by word. If we start doing that each one of us is committing some crime every minute.
- powertower 14y agoSoda cans and farts are not the same thing as ammonia and bleach and drain cleaner being mixed together in a container. Those are serious acids and bases. And these analogies are crap.
- chris_wot 14y agoYou miss the point. Sure, the girl should have been punished. The issue is the degree. Her intent seems pure, it should have been taken into account!
- intractable 14y agoNo, the analogies are spot on. Anything in the preceding comments which seems ridiculous has been introduced by the concept of "zero tolerance", which precludes common sense. Zero means zero. If the rules are enforced as written - arguably as intended - this is what you get. The preceding comments just take the concept to its logical conclusion.
- csense 14y ago> each one of us is committing some crime every minute This statement is actually not absurd. Well, actually, it is an absurdity, but it's also an accurate description of reality. I was reading a comment by someone (I believe a law professor and criminal defense lawyer) who rode along with a highway patrolman in the US. They played a game, where the officer would follow a car, and the officer would win if he could name a legitimate traffic offense committed by the car, for which he could pull the driver over if he was so inclined. The officer won every time, usually within well under a mile. There are so many laws, and they are so complex, that just about anyone is probably guilty of something if you just look hard enough. Only the thin paper shield of the Constitution (in particular 4th and 5th amendments) is about the only thing that stands between just about anybody in the US and prison. For more, see this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
- randallsquared 14y ago> made the news each time Really? Citation needed, I think.
- webjprgm 14y agoImpossible. You could only cite cases where it did, not where it didn't. Or you could give personal witness of seeing a case that did not make it on the news. But no citation.
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- uptown 14y ago@randallsquared: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3758286&page=1#.UYETJSt4ZMg http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3758286&page=1#.UY... http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/student-suspended-for-butter-knife-in-school http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/student-suspended-for-bu...