07-11-2003, 01:10 PM
yah, guns suck.
and i don't mean guns, really, i mean their results.
and still, not that they kill, or harm, people, animals, whatever, but consider this:
i live about 60 miles away from littleton, colorado, where the columbine shootings occured. after that day, EVERYONE WAS PARANOID. our school had a semi- lock-down because someone was "afraid of the girl wearing the trenchcoat." everyone's bag had to be inspected, police became a common thing in the school, students getting arrested because of rumors, and a ridiculous "no-tolerance policy" with the school district was instated that will get you expelled for something you might not have anything to do with.
example: a girl going to a local high school on a cold day needs to pop the hood of her car, and realizes she can't do it without a lever. she eventually gets all done with it, goes to school, parks, and is later that day arrested for having a BUTTER KNIFE in the back seat of her car. she is expelled from school and banned from the school district 2 months from her graduation date.
now, i'm not saying the woman isn't a little think-headed, since she used a freakin butter knife as a lever to open the hood of her car, but was expulsion really necessary?
the policy is still effective today, and all the students have to deal with the random paranoias of not students, but adults that are "afraid" for their children.
i'm sorry, but i will never show up one day with a gun to shoot a bunch of strangers because i was depressed.
that's just as ridiculous as their parents.
(also, prayer in schools won't solve the problems of the world, you focus-on-the-family ######s :D).
and i don't mean guns, really, i mean their results.
and still, not that they kill, or harm, people, animals, whatever, but consider this:
i live about 60 miles away from littleton, colorado, where the columbine shootings occured. after that day, EVERYONE WAS PARANOID. our school had a semi- lock-down because someone was "afraid of the girl wearing the trenchcoat." everyone's bag had to be inspected, police became a common thing in the school, students getting arrested because of rumors, and a ridiculous "no-tolerance policy" with the school district was instated that will get you expelled for something you might not have anything to do with.
example: a girl going to a local high school on a cold day needs to pop the hood of her car, and realizes she can't do it without a lever. she eventually gets all done with it, goes to school, parks, and is later that day arrested for having a BUTTER KNIFE in the back seat of her car. she is expelled from school and banned from the school district 2 months from her graduation date.
now, i'm not saying the woman isn't a little think-headed, since she used a freakin butter knife as a lever to open the hood of her car, but was expulsion really necessary?
the policy is still effective today, and all the students have to deal with the random paranoias of not students, but adults that are "afraid" for their children.
i'm sorry, but i will never show up one day with a gun to shoot a bunch of strangers because i was depressed.
that's just as ridiculous as their parents.
(also, prayer in schools won't solve the problems of the world, you focus-on-the-family ######s :D).