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From the Inbox... How true is this? by kc5sdy 2008-04-28 07:14:11
School - 1958 vs 2008

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1958 - Vice Principal comes over, admires Jack's shotgun, then goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.



Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.



Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2008 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.



Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2008 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.




Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.



Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by State. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is biased. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.



Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.

1958 - Ants die.

2008 - BATF, Homeland Security and FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI profiles Johnny as perspective serial killer and investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.



Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary takes Johnny to the school nurse, hugs to comfort him, returns to monitor playground.

1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2008 - Mary loses her job when school nurse reports her as sexual predator. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

[ Reply ]
  The first instance? Quite true... by esbita2008-04-28 07:16:49
    Only in the US by confused.brit2008-04-28 07:18:03
      That's your lookout. by esbita2008-04-28 07:20:57
        It kept us from being shot until you yanks brought by confused.brit2008-04-28 07:25:14
          Not getting into that discussion today. by esbita2008-04-28 07:26:48
            Fair enough. (n/t) by confused.brit2008-04-28 07:28:26
          because we all know there by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:01:06
            No, but we saw how dangerous guns were in the by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:04:53
              and your kids always had gangs by joecrouse2008-04-28 08:07:56
                Please leave music out of this by LJENS2008-04-28 09:52:49
              Somehow I managed to make it to 35 without... by RetiQlum22008-04-28 08:11:39
                That's right, scare us. (n/t) by Didactylos2008-04-28 08:13:36
                I said average idiot. by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:23:05
                  Those aren't average idiots by DesertRat662008-04-28 08:27:28
                    joecrouse's post below seems to say different. (n/t) by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:35:19
                      The numbers do not by DesertRat662008-04-28 09:08:47
                        how many just dont get reported by joecrouse2008-04-28 09:30:14
                          I would say very few by DesertRat662008-04-28 09:38:33
                          Same would be true for sports by hyzenthlay2008-04-28 09:52:12
                  That happens ALL the time. by joecrouse2008-04-28 08:29:15
                    That is exactly my point. (n/t) by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:34:12
                    All the time? by Ston2008-04-28 10:44:06
                      there is at least 1 idiot a year that get by joecrouse2008-04-28 21:46:53
              no. by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:18:56
                Yep, is less developed countries they by SaylorA2008-04-28 08:26:31
                  heck, read Romeo and Juliet by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:31:30
              I hear you're catching up by DesertRat662008-04-28 08:19:47
              So how's that kinfe ban working? by hyzenthlay2008-04-28 08:21:59
            PFB! by madjo2008-04-28 08:07:40
              sorry by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:21:18
                That was your interpretation of my statement. by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:26:11
                  It is exactly what you said. by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:29:10
                    I didnt say gangs in there I said Gangsta by confused.brit2008-04-28 08:45:41
                      even the most untrained person by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:53:32
                  Don't believe everything you see in the news... by jdelphiki2008-04-28 08:43:57
              You Rang Sir?? (n/t) by PFB13372008-04-28 09:43:46
          Fix that by introducing Gun Culture by veran2008-04-28 16:54:17
  You could move the first date up to 1984 and it'd by DesertRat662008-04-28 07:17:52
    I agree, but help me on this one by symbiont1b2008-04-28 07:29:40
      Two words by DesertRat662008-04-28 07:37:54
        And in 1984 the adults had grown up by joecrouse2008-04-28 07:56:34
        Yup by gilby2008-04-28 15:38:14
          PFB! by vdp2008-04-28 19:21:20
        Or maybe Rock-and-Roll? by vdp2008-04-28 19:22:44
  The last four are a bit over the top. by RetiQlum22008-04-28 07:21:26
    The aspirin one isn't farfetched at all. by esbita2008-04-28 07:23:14
  Several are bunk by hyzenthlay2008-04-28 07:28:19
    No, by MatthewDBA2008-04-28 07:43:21
      No here anyway by hyzenthlay2008-04-28 08:02:07
        you are an exception NOT the rule. (n/t) by joecrouse2008-04-28 08:09:48
          Well it's the rule across most of the Southwest by hyzenthlay2008-04-28 08:13:14
        depends on where you were by aprylmae2008-04-28 08:12:40
          My father said that word once when he was a kid. by RetiQlum22008-04-28 09:02:02
            rant was perfectly fine by aprylmae2008-04-28 09:13:14
        In the St. Louis area by MatthewDBA2008-04-28 09:22:54
          Baltimore City MD. by joecrouse2008-04-28 09:38:46
            NINA lives. (n/t) by josie_beller2008-04-28 22:13:39
    Yeah. That's the problem.. by jdelphiki2008-04-28 07:56:23
    1958: by veran2008-04-28 17:01:24
      have you SEEN those buicks by joecrouse2008-04-28 21:49:27
      Scenario: Johnny and Mark fall in love by josie_beller2008-04-28 22:21:06
  Pretty much all false. by Didactylos2008-04-28 07:31:21
    not quite. by joecrouse2008-04-28 08:00:03
      No, that's just media perception. by Didactylos2008-04-28 08:11:59
        Oh I never claimed the US wasnt paranoid (n/t) by joecrouse2008-04-28 08:24:32
      And in 1958, they overreacted to... by werehatrack2008-04-28 10:38:57
  The story about Billy reminds me of something that by techi8702008-04-28 07:35:45
  They missed one for the last point... by Rattler2008-04-28 08:27:43
  Mostly glurge. by werehatrack2008-04-28 10:18:09
    Not so... by azander2008-04-28 11:39:14
      Yup, in 1980 in Wyoming. by werehatrack2008-04-28 12:43:37
  It's all carp. by romandas2008-04-28 11:36:26
  Let me add one that is a counter point by ataraxia2008-04-28 14:23:33
    Well by gilby2008-04-28 15:45:08

 

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