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Old 12-08-2004, 07:25 PM   #6
Illumina Drathiran'ar
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Originally posted by wellard:



If a teenage girl gives her friend a headache tablet, because her friend has a headache, would that make her a 'drug dealer' and give cause for suspension under this idiocy?

This mess is an inevitable result of not allowing reason or common sense the oxygen it needs to breathe. Without disrupting the topic I would venture to suggest that the three strikes and you are out rule with the removal of a judges trained use of applying common sense to balance society's need for justice is a very similar situation.
I agree with everything you've said here... About the headache tablet, though. I came from a school that DID suspend someone for giving out cough drops. I hate policies like that. They discourage independent thought and arbitrary obedience of rules without using judgement and yes, common sense.
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