So instead of going after those kids who are "isolated, different, geek, nerd, goth, gay, fat, un-athletic, awkward, shy and outsiders" we should go after those who are "angry, contentious, insecure, aggressive, culturally indoctrinated, awkward, and insiders" so they won't tease and torment the first group?
Are we to believe that "Jock profiling" is any better the "Geek profiling" and shift the blame from the kids that loose it to those that "drive them to it".
Teasing and hazing and harassment have always been a part of the European style education system. Literature is full of examples of it, talk to your grandparents, read Lord of the Flies or Little House on the Prairie, just about any book talking about the pains of youth.
The rise of excessively violent and deadly behavior in children today can not be blamed on the ostracizing of the "different kids" alone or even in great part. The fact that parents don't communicate with their children or each other is a far greater contributing factor to school violence and teen suicide.
Just how is moderating a forum or other Internet information different from what happens everyday in real life.
I am rather certain a Paine and Jefferson didn't have the Tories down the road over to have heartfelt discussions about wither or not revolution was a good idea.
I can hardly see Martin Luther King inviting the Grand Wizard of the KKK over for coffee to discuss voting rights.
Can anyone else see ludicrousness of this? We gravitate toward those who share our opinions on things we hold important. If we find someone or their beliefs obnoxious or offensive we disassociate ourselves from them. Moderation serves the same exact purpose. You can filter out things you are not interested in or don't agree with. And that is a good thing.
Democracy does not work because everyone listens to a thousand voices and give equal credence to them all. Democracy works, when it works, because most people will vote for their own self-interests, which will often coincide with the collective interest. Now granted sometimes this backfires and you end up with short-sited bad laws, but they end up being righted overtime as people feel the pinch and vote in opposition. Democracy promises that the majority's voice, "the voice of the people", will be heard (and on that point it often fails). Democracy is never a guarantee that YOUR voice will be heard.
So, while YOU, personally, might not like smoke, there are others of us who CHOOSE to smoke and you should have the courtesy to respect their needs as well.
What kind of nitwit are you? Smoking is not some personal choice that effects no one but you. It isn't just that I personally don't like smoking, your second hand smoke is HARMFUL and IRRITATING. Why should I have "courtesy" and "respect" for someone that is puffing away and spewing toxins into the air my children and I are breathing?
If you are off sipping a beer in the next room it doesn't affect me at all, but when your carcinogenic secondhand smoke is floating around in the ventilation system it very much affects me. Chose to kill yourself slowly in your own home as much as you like, but stop adding to the air pollution for the rest of us who are smart enough to not smoke. And especially stop trying cram your smoke down other's lung by saying it is your right and choice.
I just surfed around the PINKERTON WAVE site and I hate to mention this, but NO WHERE is there anyplace on it that encourages students to call and report depressed geeks in dark cloths.
What it does encourage you to report:
Serious physical fighting with peers or family members.
Severe destruction of property.
Severe rage for seemingly minor reasons.
Detailed threats of lethal violence.
Unlawful possession and/or use of firearms and other weapons.
Other self-injurious behaviors or threats of suicide.
As you know I am working on a project involving the studies of lesbian relationships in 18th century Japan. I would love to include both the poetry of Hashi Hitmoi and some prints by various artist of the period but I am not able to locate this items except by going online and doing searches that will invariably lead to the viewing of many sites that go against State Law ***.**. By receiving your written permission I am aloud under the provisions of that law to view those sites on my office computer.
I have attached the appropriate paper work and would appreciate you help in completing it at your earliest convenience.
Thank you,
Me
Now since this person is your university supervisor and already presumably works in the same field as you, know the basics of what you are working on and likely has very similar beliefs on the topic (or you wouldn't be there). It should be no problem to get a timely approval.
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Are we to believe that "Jock profiling" is any better the "Geek profiling" and shift the blame from the kids that loose it to those that "drive them to it".
Teasing and hazing and harassment have always been a part of the European style education system. Literature is full of examples of it, talk to your grandparents, read Lord of the Flies or Little House on the Prairie, just about any book talking about the pains of youth.
The rise of excessively violent and deadly behavior in children today can not be blamed on the ostracizing of the "different kids" alone or even in great part. The fact that parents don't communicate with their children or each other is a far greater contributing factor to school violence and teen suicide.
I am rather certain a Paine and Jefferson didn't have the Tories down the road over to have heartfelt discussions about wither or not revolution was a good idea.
I can hardly see Martin Luther King inviting the Grand Wizard of the KKK over for coffee to discuss voting rights.
Can anyone else see ludicrousness of this? We gravitate toward those who share our opinions on things we hold important. If we find someone or their beliefs obnoxious or offensive we disassociate ourselves from them. Moderation serves the same exact purpose. You can filter out things you are not interested in or don't agree with. And that is a good thing.
Democracy does not work because everyone listens to a thousand voices and give equal credence to them all. Democracy works, when it works, because most people will vote for their own self-interests, which will often coincide with the collective interest. Now granted sometimes this backfires and you end up with short-sited bad laws, but they end up being righted overtime as people feel the pinch and vote in opposition. Democracy promises that the majority's voice, "the voice of the people", will be heard (and on that point it often fails). Democracy is never a guarantee that YOUR voice will be heard.
What kind of nitwit are you? Smoking is not some personal choice that effects no one but you. It isn't just that I personally don't like smoking, your second hand smoke is HARMFUL and IRRITATING. Why should I have "courtesy" and "respect" for someone that is puffing away and spewing toxins into the air my children and I are breathing?
If you are off sipping a beer in the next room it doesn't affect me at all, but when your carcinogenic secondhand smoke is floating around in the ventilation system it very much affects me. Chose to kill yourself slowly in your own home as much as you like, but stop adding to the air pollution for the rest of us who are smart enough to not smoke. And especially stop trying cram your smoke down other's lung by saying it is your right and choice.
What it does encourage you to report:
- Serious physical fighting with peers or family members.
- Severe destruction of property.
- Severe rage for seemingly minor reasons.
- Detailed threats of lethal violence.
- Unlawful possession and/or use of firearms and other weapons.
- Other self-injurious behaviors or threats of suicide.
But not just depressed anti-social behavior. Check it out here. http://www.waveamerica.com/In the US you are also allowed to append a written statement on most credit reports, but you have to know what is being reported.
Dr Keller,
As you know I am working on a project involving the studies of lesbian relationships in 18th century Japan. I would love to include both the poetry of Hashi Hitmoi and some prints by various artist of the period but I am not able to locate this items except by going online and doing searches that will invariably lead to the viewing of many sites that go against State Law ***.**. By receiving your written permission I am aloud under the provisions of that law to view those sites on my office computer.
I have attached the appropriate paper work and would appreciate you help in completing it at your earliest convenience.
Thank you,
Me
Now since this person is your university supervisor and already presumably works in the same field as you, know the basics of what you are working on and likely has very similar beliefs on the topic (or you wouldn't be there). It should be no problem to get a timely approval.