Six-year-old suspended for pointing finger like a gun - Page 3

**Spats McGee** · January 6, 2013, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jasmith85

I know exactly how zero tolerance policies work. No matter what the circumstances if you break the rule you get the punishment.

Which is exactly why it means "I don't have to think any more." In the case of a zero tolerance policy against fighting, for instance, both the initial aggressor and the kid who is only defend himself wind up getting suspended. That's an absurd result, but quite predictable under a zero tolerance policy.

As so many zero-tolerance policies are in the area of fighting, violence, weapons and drugs, I sincerely doubt that they came about as a result of overly litigious parents. I'm unaware of any lawsuits filed because "my kid shoulda been allowed to bring dope to school like all the others."

mayosligo · January 6, 2013, 07:31 PM

To Mleake. Don't forget pictures of guns or drawings with guns in the picture.

CharlieDeltaJuliet · January 6, 2013, 08:29 PM

Pathetic.... If this is what our scociety is morphing into, it sickens me. I could almost cry thinking about what kind of world my daughter will grow up in.

johnbt · January 6, 2013, 09:01 PM

Guns bad, rockets good.

I see my Montgomery County high school still has the rocket out front. I figured they would have ditched it in the past 45 years.

January 6, 2013, 08:29 PM	#53
CharlieDeltaJuliet Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2012 Posts: 755	Pathetic.... If this is what our scociety is morphing into, it sickens me. I could almost cry thinking about what kind of world my daughter will grow up in. __________________ " The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government...." - Thomas Jefferson

January 6, 2013, 07:31 PM	#52
mayosligo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 301	To Mleake. Don't forget pictures of guns or drawings with guns in the picture.

January 6, 2013, 09:01 PM	#54
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	Guns bad, rockets good. I see my Montgomery County high school still has the rocket out front. I figured they would have ditched it in the past 45 years.