Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2002/07

From: "Kevin Callahan" <kionon@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:37:34 -0400

> The older two are daughters. My son is 17. A few years ago, he was
> restricted in his internet use to times when I was at home. He is
> unrestricted now. I'm not a control freak!

I never suggested such. I was actually speaking of much earlier in my life.

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> All indications here are that they did a fine job of raising you. But not
> everyone does as well. The schools need to maintain discipline so that
> those who WANT to learn can do so free of distractions.

I often wanted exactly that, but I also understood that the school couldn't
and shouldn't do everything in its power to make that so. There are a lot of
things FHS could have done to its students to make it safer, but I'd argue
that the learning ENVIROMENT would be altered for the worse.

> "Team" punishment
> has always annoyed me, too, but if nobody is willing to finger they guilty
> party...

Most of the time, I didn't know, and there were times when I was the guilty
party, took the responsibility, and others still suffered for my acts. That
really angered me.

> >Yes, the criminal behavior is happening. It has been happening. The
answer
> >to solving crime has never been taking away rights, unless you're on one
> >extreme of the political spectrum or the other.
>
> The only "right" I want to see taken away is the "right" of criminals to
> break the law and get away with it.

Eloquently put, but impossible to achieve. There will always be crime, and
there will always be those who can get away with it.

Kevin Callahan

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