The Further Pussification of America Options

[impala454]

This will be an ongoing thread for all of the great stories we hear such as not keeping score at the soccer game, people suing mcdonalds for being fat, parents suing the school bc their kid got stung by a bee, etc. When you make mistakes, it's not your problem, it's someone else's.

here goes w/the first one of the day:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4889008.html
so basically, these people were racing the train. the family is blaming the railroad industry for not having larger signs, lights, and crossbars that come down.

"This is a dangerous place and you [Railroad Commish] need to do something about it," grandfather Donald Moyers said. "I'm going to go on a crusade."

[Testm0nkey]

im sure its already been banned and the ban may have not appeared to be working. so if you get the kids used to the idea that they cant do PDA in school and will repeatedly be told to stop then that may lower the incidents of more riskier behavior. conditioning does work really well

school is school and yeah its different from a professional work environment because they are just kids but making out in public almost anywhere is fairly inappropriate. so it must be even more inappropriate in a school setting

[impala454]

im sure its already been banned and the ban may have not appeared to be working.

so if the ban on the specific (inappropriate sexual behavior) didn't work, why would a ban on something even more broad work? if they couldn't enforce something small, how could they enforce something so much more broad?

imho it's just more examples of school district administrators trying to get themselves in the news and tighten the reigns even more.

if this is allowed then what's next? will we ban touching completely? separate the girls from the boys? these kids will be so socially screwed up when they grow up, well... the name of the thread says it all.

[Psykopath]

so if the ban on the specific (inappropriate sexual behavior) didn't work, why would a ban on something even more broad work? if they couldn't enforce something small, how could they enforce something so much more broad?

imho it's just more examples of school district administrators trying to get themselves in the news and tighten the reigns even more.

if this is allowed then what's next? will we ban touching completely? separate the girls from the boys? these kids will be so socially screwed up when they grow up, well... the name of the thread says it all.

alright then, let's do what I believe you are proposing: no restrictions (even on sexual behavior).

I mean, if it doesn't work then why enforce it, right?



Like I said, this basically same rule was in place while I went to Lubbock High and it didn't cause any problems. The students, for the most part, abided by that set of rules.

[impala454]

alright then, let's do what I believe you are proposing: no restrictions (even on sexual behavior).

I mean, if it doesn't work then why enforce it, right?

no i'm just saying leave it the way it is and enforce it. it's like illegal immigration... there's nothing wrong with the laws, just the enforcement.

I went to a private school that banned all this. We couldn't even hug our friends of the same sex. In fact, unless we were playing sports, there was a rule where we had to be 6 inches away from everybody at all times. If we violated the 6 inch rule, it was automatic detention.

effin A

although it's a private school so i guess they can do whatever