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School Spying Scandal Gets Even More Bizarre
Several sources following the recent school webcam spying debacle are reporting that an even stranger twist has surfaced. The student in question that was disciplined for an "improper act" was apparently accused of either drug use or drug selling. Turns out he was eating Mike & Ike candy, not popping pills. While there is probably more to this story than has made it to the general public, the officials involved have done a particularly bad job of actually managing the events.
Not really. There are people out there--probably a lot of them--who think that the ends justify the means. That's the entire premise of contemporary evangelical Christianity and other extremist religions.
And if the ends justify the means, then they'll likely overlook the privacy aspect in order to punish this kid for doing drugs. If that's what the disciplinary action was about, he absolutely must rebut that.
Still legal, for a short time.
However, the Obama we-hate-fat-kids panel will soon fix that loophole.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Most folks tend to "stay safe" by not experimenting with drugs, illegal or otherwise. Just saying... not all kids are automatically predisposed to drug experimentation and for those that are, well, safety and drugs seem mutually exclusive anyhow.
Beware of the Leopard.
not all kids are automatically predisposed to drug experimentation
Ah, I see you were home schooled. Try getting out to the public (or even private) schools sometime. You will re-think your statement.
"But this one goes to 11!"
Christianity is extremist because christian groups attempt to force people to share their beliefs. I'm sure it's hard for a christian to see the problem with this, because the beliefs are already believed inside the christian head.
As a nonchristian, any christian attempts to make me follow what are silly christian rules (don't abort pregnancies, don't buy liquor on Sunday, don't have sex outside of marriage... and so on) are ridiculous because such rules have no basis in logic, just beliefs that I don't share.
Hence, extremism. I don't have to please your god, and any attempt to make my life conform to rules that have such an aim is wrong on every level.
Anarchy or big brother? I choose the former. Anarchy is the REAL democracy, and the only solution for the U.S.A. (the second best solution is National Socialism, the ideal form of socialism) And for those who think I am a Xth-grade-level kid, I am a PhD student in Computer Science from University of Chicago, more educated that most /. dumbass.
And when shit happens in this country? I will be the first one to jump on the plane and go back to India.
Tolerance implies looking down on other people, put up with their flaws and feel sorry for them.
You need to revisit the dictionary; that is the definition of condescension, not tolerance. Tolerance is where you accept that other people have the right to be or believe who or what they are or choose. Asserting that your religion is the only true one, and that your god is the only god to people who are not interested is not tolerance, no matter what name you do it in.
Christians are called to change the world and right wrongs rather than just sit there smugly "tolerating" others.
Jesus [allegedly] called upon his followers to do unto others as they would have done unto them. So if you welcome people trying to convert you to their faith, by all means, attempt to convert them to yours. But if you won't consider the potential validity of their religious views, it is hypocritical to both preach to them and to consider yourself a follower of the Christ.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Tolerance does not mean you cannot say someone is wrong.
No, it means accepting that they have a right to hold an opinion you believe is wrong. And religious tolerance is what permits you to hold your own religious views. If we go killing all the heretics, all that's required to get you dead is to get something you believe in declared a heresy.
Ultimately, nobody wants to have your religious views forced upon them. You can't help people that way. This is why the best approach is to prove the validity of your views by walking your talk and making the world a better place as a result. If you can't do that, why should anyone care what you think?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
"And you're girlfriend, she's hot. I think I'll rape her..."
Have sex with Indian girl = guaranteed AIDS
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