nah you didnt get it, I consider getting the cops as an extreme measure, which you explain was alright because desperate times call for desperate measures. It wasnt a comparison at all, it was just pushing even further in the extreme.
and by pushing it even further in the extreme, the point is lost entirely, as believing calling cops is somewhat justified and believing child abuse is somewhat alright is a completely different thing. that 'argument' doesnt help your case, its just stupid.
You definitely overhype the "backlash of fantatic parents" that would come out of something like this. As a matter of fact, I'd be way more pissed as a parent if they called the cops for something like that then if they didnt. I cant think of what I would do if that would have happened to my own daughter.
your personal views dont fucking matter, to be blunt. youre a canadian, and youre obviously not a right-wing christian. obviously youd be pissed that they called the cops. fuck, i would too! but that doesnt change the fact that most parents want to be reassured, however stupid it may be, that the zero tolerance shit is being enforced to the full extent that it can be.
you definitely overhype the intelligence of the average american parent.
This same kind of situation must have happened countless times. A student bringing a knife to eat in school not knowing he/she couldnt, but this is the first time we hear a story about it because it is the first time it was handled by absolute nut cases and it annoys me that you guys feel the need to dig deep and find why this was probably the best thing to do when in no fucking stretch it was.
well first of all, youre operating under an assumption that could easily be false. i dont think the number of kids who dont realize that theyre not allowed to bring fucking steak knives to school is very high.
second of all, your reasoning for it being the first time we've seen this is also ridiculous. you live in montreal, you obviously dont go reading about news that happens in florida, and i highly doubt you read very much other local shit. i didnt mean to sound insulting, i frankly dont see why anyone would do that with any frequency. and
with that said, the only reason you heard about this is because the topic starter showed it to you.
and frankly, it really fucking annoys me that you seem so intent on completely ignoring my actual stance on the issue. i do NOT think it was the best thing to do. i just think that from the school's perspective, given the pressure theyre under, it was logical, and i dont really blame them, i more blame the zero tolerance policy that theyre essentially forced to adopt.
