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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Zero tolerance for arson? Zero tolerance for assault? Zero tolerance for rape? Zero tolerance for assaulting a teacher?
Some things are pretty black and white.
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History has shown us, again and again, that almost nothing is black and white. Assault and rape certainly aren't black and white issues.
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What if this girl gets off with a warning only to come back and do it again causing serious injury? I'll tell you "what then": the same people bitching about using common sense not to punish a kid for "experimenting" with chemicals will be bitching about ignoring obvious warning signs.
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Unless the story changes, that position would be just as stupid as your current position.
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Originally Posted by Saul Good
The same hyperbole that leads an agenda-driven writer to say, "poor little kid was arrested for popping the cap on a water bottle" will turn to " students maimed by poisonous gas explosion after police ignored troubled student's previous attempts to detonate a container filled with dangerous chemicals on school grounds".
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The irony here being, of course, that you were being hyperbolic in the previous paragraph and are clearly pushing an agenda here.
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Originally Posted by Saul Good
The school did what it had to do. You bring chemicals onto school property and mix them in a container in an attempt to cause some unknown reaction? Get the **** out and explain it to the authorities. They can handle it. They can decide whether this was a harmless lapse in judgement or a dangerous action that was fortunate not to cause serious injuries. You want your kid to randomly mix chemicals and seal them in bottles? Do it away from my kid.
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Always great to hear from people who are in favor of a police state. They always serve as a great reminder of why I'm so opposed to one.