What's wrong with our society?

[SeerSGB]

I got out of highschool before Columbine. I carried a pocket knife the whole time-- it's the way I was raised, a man carried a pocket knife, a pen, a pad of paper, and a lighter, and a money clip (I carried a wallet). I had friends that brought guns to school, one that used to shoot beer cans on the back parking lot.

And, yeah, I expect parents of a 6 year old to check the kid's bags before he leaves and when he comes home. In fact, my son's former school requires it of parents.

When I was in Scouts we had it drilled in our head over and over: Break the rules, you pay the price. You do something, you take your punishment like a Scout and you don't try to blame it on something else or explain it away, you stand up and say "Yes, I did it".

 

[Jan]

This country is losing more and more common sense very day. You talk about "teaching the kid responsibility" -- well, how about doing it through the actions I listed above?

Whoops, that makes too much sense.

The Cub Scout in question was caught up in a Zero Tolerance policy that would have even required him to go to reform school for a short time. The Zero Tolerance was put into effect to prevent racial profiling/discrimination. This particular case was reviewed and the kid's back in school, I'm pretty sure.

Jan

 

[JuanBolio]

Everyone uses it as a defensive measure. Why do you think people feel the need to shit on others to make themselves feel better? Could it be because they have their own issues and insecurities and this is the way they "defend" against them-by striking first?

Striking first is not a defensive action, even if the underlying psychology works out that way. I don't strike first, and to my way of thinking that gives me the moral high ground.