Julie,
How very true.
Vinny
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From: "JULIE MELTON" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: How we have progressed as a society


> Subject: [EAofL] How we have progressed as a society
> 
> Scenario:
> Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
> 
> 1953 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes
> to
> his car and gets his to show Jack.
> 
> 2006 - School goes into lockdown, 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 fist fight after school.
> 
> 1953 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
> up
> best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
> 
> 2006 - 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.
> 
> 1953 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
> 
> Sits still in class.
> 
> 2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School
> gets
> extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
> 
> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++
> 
> Scenario:
> Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him
> a whipping.
> 
> 1953 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
> college,
> and becomes a successful businessman.
> 
> 2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to
> foster
> care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist
> 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 headache medicine to school.
> 
> 1953 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal who has a
> headache
> also.
> 
> 2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations.
> Car
> searched for drugs and weapons.
> 
> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ ++++
> 
> Scenario:
> Mary turns up pregnant.
> 
> 1953 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a
> special school for expectant mothers.
> 
> 2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies
> the
> ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion
> without
> her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be
> more
> careful next time.
> 
> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++
> 
> Scenario:
> Pedro fails high school English.
> 
> 1953: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
> 
> 2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper
> articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a
> requirement for graduation is racist. 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 can't speak English.
> 
> ++++++++++++ +++++++++
> 
> Scenario:
> Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July,
> puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
> 
> 1953 - Ants die.
> 
> 2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with
> domestic
> terrorism, FBI 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, hugs him to comfort
> him.
> 
> 1953 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
> 
> 2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.
> She
> faces 3 years in State Prison.