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thibodeaux 
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2012,10:17 |
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I've been saying this for a while:
QUOTE ‘zero tolerance’ policies, far from existing to protect the kids or whatever their supporting propaganda says, exist only to protect those people – namely the bureaucrats who apply them. People in mid-level, white-collar, low-productivity bureaucratic jobs need such things as ‘zero tolerance’ and other mindlessly reality-immune policies so that their cushy existence can be hermetically-sealed from all possible criticisms and setbacks. Sweeping and uniform, such a policy requires no judgment whatsoever which means that no one can be held responsible for their failure or any damage they may cause.
This is also how TSA operates. They MUST follow The Rules, because if they do that, they can't be blamed.
Some of the blame for this mentality, of course, must be place upon the lawyers who sue anybody and everybody.
Edited by thibodeaux on Aug. 30 2012,10:17
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2012,10:42 |
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Lawyers don't sue unless someone pays them to.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2012,11:46 |
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(TPRJones @ Aug. 30 2012,13:40)
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(Malcolm @ Aug. 30 2012,13:27)
QUOTE Maybe the citizenry should pull its collective head out of its ass and not vote for them. Sadly you can only vote for candidates on the ballot, which are usually all lawyers. And if you don't vote they call it apathy.
You can always do a write-in, but that takes getting loads of people to write down the same series of letters on the same day. That's more forethought than large groups of this species can handle. And fuck "no voting" = "apathy." By voting, you're giving your implicit consent to a bloated, corrupt, and worthless system of choosing officials.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2012,12:18 |
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"Go ahead, throw your vote away."
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2012,13:42 |
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(thibodeaux @ Aug. 30 2012,14:23)
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(Malcolm @ Aug. 30 2012,13:42)
QUOTE Lawyers don't sue unless someone pays them to. Ok, fine. Can I at least blame the judges that allow these cases to proceed?
Who are, naturally, former lawyers all taught that independent thinking and straying from precedent are dangerous.
It isn't just mid-level, white-collar bureaucrats who need these laws. All types of lowlife can benefit from imposing double-think on those under their thumb.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Oct. 03 2012,04:34 |
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(GORDON @ Aug. 30 2012,14:08)
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(Malcolm @ Aug. 30 2012,13:42)
QUOTE Lawyers don't sue unless someone pays them to. There is a term I can't recall at the moment.... it means entrepreneurial litigation. Lawyers send, for example, handicapped people into local businesses to see if the business is compliant with accessibility laws, and if not the lawyers can threaten/blackmail/whatever the company into paying up if they don't want to get sued.
http://www.news10.net/news....assment
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thibodeaux
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Posted on: Oct. 03 2012,08:19 |
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For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petard, an't shall go hard
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TPRJones
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Zero Tolerance policy kills an asmathic kid.
Someone at the school should be charged with manslaughter in this case, IMO.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Dec. 13 2013,18:18 |
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I'd go depraved indifference. This is beyond manslaughter.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Dec. 13 2013,18:22 |
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Yeah, they killed a kid by separating him from medication a doctor said he'd need to avoid breathing problems. Will depend on how close of buddies the local prosecutor is with the head of the school board.
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