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Subject: 
Keeping Our Schools Safe
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Date: 
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:22:46 GMT
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/31/chicken.finger.gun.ap/index.html



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  Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
 
(...) school (which is good), you are not allowed to think about a gun. Thought police. Wonderful. Yet another reason the USA's public school system is way to messed up. eric (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
 
(...) Sure, have a talk with him. Yes, discuss things and talk to him about why it's inappropriate to be casual with mock violence. Suspension is just a bit severe for an 8 year old. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
 
(...) DaveE (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
 
(...) how incredibly undeniably ludicrous it is to punish someone for pretending poultry is a gun, let's focus on the scary comment in the last paragraph: "Sullivan said punishment for a threat "depends on the tone, the demeanor, and in some manner (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
 
(...) Would it be at all different if the 'victim' was peer? Would it be at all different if the aggressor were also saying "I'm going to shoot you with a gun" or something? Would it matter if the victim were traumatized by the event? Would it (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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