I have to agree with this, zero tolerance, is zero tolerance. It's hardly fair to allow him to have a knife, even though he's a eagle scout. If he can have one on the premises it shows favourtism, where there's favouritism there's room for argument from other school goers, even, hell especially the less savory ones.fluffybacon said:[sub]Disclaimer: This post is more than it appears, think and you might see the hidden message and undertone! [/sub]
If he was breaking a rule, then he deserves the punishment for breaking that rule.
Fox News is no more or less biased than any other news network. Their opinion shows and news reports are different things entirely. Yes, they have more conservative opinion shows, but their news is just as fine, (and yes biased, seeing as everything else is biased as well) as any other.NeutralDrow said:Two things.AOTA said:i saw this on the news and had to share it.
Some Eagle scout, which is the highest rank you can achieve in Boy Scouts, was suspended from his high school for 20 days because he has a 2-inch pocket knife in his car.
Said pocket knife was part of a emergency survival kit that he had in his car, along with blankets, a pillow, an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat), and toiletries. Both his principle and the police officer that came out with him to his car said that he was not breaking any laws, and yet he was still suspended!
I personally think that this political correctness crap has gone way to far.
what do you all think?
link to original story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565520,00.html?test=latestnews
1. That's not political correctness. That's "Zero Tolerance" (and it's questionable, yes). Political Correctness would have been if they let him keep his knife due to religious beliefs.
2. You linked Fox News. I've seen enough of them by this point to completely eliminate them as any sort of credible source, especially with a concept like "political correctness," which is shorthand for "it's the liberals' fault."
ROFL....The King of Rock and Roll said:Fox News is no more or less biased than any other news network.
Sadly enough, and as hard as it is for me to admit, but that doesn't just apply to America.Rigs83 said:There is nothing common about common sense in America.
My question is: how did the school officials discover he had a knife inside an emergency survival kit in his car? It's not like he was waving it around or leaving it on the backseat. The knife was inside a survival kit...But Lansingburgh High has a zero-tolerance policy, and when school officials discovered that Whalen kept his knife locked in his car, he says, they suspended him for five days.
Some people just don't like poeple that are doing better than they are. The student probably overheard, or was told about the knife, and he decided to be a prick. Even worse, it may have been somebody from his own troop.deadman91 said:Whose the bastard who ratted him out?
I used to keep a pocket knife in my back-pack at school. Loads of people knew it, but they also knew that if any of them told the teachers they would regret it. No one likes a snitch.
Well you have to remember that the Law does this all the time, and shows favoritism. To be Honest, It is NOT easy to become an eagle scout, and anyone that is one should be allowed breathing room, since it was in his car.sms_117b said:I have to agree with this, zero tolerance, is zero tolerance. It's hardly fair to allow him to have a knife, even though he's a eagle scout. If he can have one on the premises it shows favourtism, where there's favouritism there's room for argument from other school goers, even, hell especially the less savory ones.fluffybacon said:[sub]Disclaimer: This post is more than it appears, think and you might see the hidden message and undertone! [/sub]
If he was breaking a rule, then he deserves the punishment for breaking that rule.
Although adding the extra 15 days to his suspension seems a little steep, I do hope the school explains this to West Point with his application, as he deserves it, he's saved a life?! That's a small group of people (when doctors and medics aren't included).
True. But the school parking lot is school property. So therein, he brought a deadly weapon onto school property. His morals might've been with good intent, but those are the rules. They're pretty stupid given the circumstance and I think he should've just recieved a warning (given he didn't want to stab anyone), but those are the rules. And that's life. Which no one ever said was gonna be fair. But a more fair punishment (which still should happen - since he knew the rules regardless of his intent) should be issued. Simply a warning would've done.Akai Shizuku said:This is retarded. It's part of his survival pack. And he left it in his car. He didn't carry it on him, he didn't bring it into the school, it's just in his survival pack.