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To: E who wrote (12984)	5/15/2002 2:29:47 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Strange and complicated...yes, indeed. The complications can sometimes be removed, but the strangeness remains. "but it's almost like you want them to walk around like robots,'" said Mrs. Godec" Perhaps some day we can eliminate all intelligence, emotion, and freedom at birth. That way, when we put a gun in their hands, we will know it is for a good cause... Nice to see you wandering around, E. I'm gonna make a few posts while I listen to CNN.

To: E who wrote (12984)	5/16/2002 10:54:25 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Thanks for posting that E. I crossposted it on to another thread and then replied to a reply to it. The reply was "Disgusting. This is so far removed from anything sane, one has to wonder what words to use to describe the stupidity of these actions. Plus, the one week detention seems to be added after the fact as a "bonus." That principal is wrong. " Message 17475308 To which I said "Zero tolerance policies are usually bad ideas. Not that there is nothing that we should have no tolerance for, but no one announces a zero tolerance policy for murder or terrorism, and what would it mean if you did announce it. Instead these policies get applied to things like guns in school (or pictures of guns, or pointing a finger or a piece of chicken at someone and saying bang), or drugs (where a girl who gives her inhaler to another student on a bus, when the other student is suffering a severe asthma attack, get suspended for distributing drugs). Zero tolerance often means don't think, just attack anyone who has even a hint of something, or maybe just talks about something, that you don't like. Tim "