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| February 11, 2006
Posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:34 PM PST by Revel
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To: 1rudeboy
You're welcome. It's nice to be appreciated.
To: robertpaulsen; Thoeting; Mojave
This falls under the statute of "look-alike" drugs because that is how he presented it to his friends. Had he showed the sugar to his friends and said "this is sugar for a Science experiment" there would have been no punishment.
The title is misleading. He was in trouble not for bringing sugar, but for bringing a product and claiming it was a drug. The "just kidding" comment does not erase the claims he made.
111 Thoeting
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OMG. A voice of sanity and reason. Be still my heart.
177 paulsen
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OMG. Another callous voice for drug insanity without reason. Be still my heart.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:15:37 AM PST
by
tpaine
To: robertpaulsen
The posters...They remind me of teeanage boys snickering in a corner trying to think of ways to trick the principal of their school.
The kid brought a substance to school and claimed to his friends it was cocaine. The conversation was overheard by a custodian and reported. By law the principal must report this situation as he cannot make a determination of drug/non-drug.
The kid's mouth got him in trouble. Next time, if he brings sugar for an experiment, then he shouldn't claim it is cocaine.
The last time I checked at my neighborhood Safeway, powdered sugar is clearly labeled as powdered sugar without a side label saying "but, maybe it's cocaine? hee hee hee"
To: wintertime
As for inner city schools, some minority families in inner city Baltimore were working second and third jobs for the tuition for such schools like you mention ($3000/yr tuition). These were the families that realized that the public schools in the inner city were little more than day-care centers. I have seen such "day care centers" in Newark NJ.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:21:05 AM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: robertpaulsen
Thanks for that.
I guess I fall into that 1/3 of our population that desires neither making or enforcing a bunch of silly rules, nor being governed by them.
You know, sort of like the attitude and position of the people who fought the Revolutionary War in this country.
How idiotic of me.
To: Squantos
5 hours south of here, I can buy all the cold and allergy medication I want without showing anything but currency.
I'm thinking about it.
To: robertpaulsen
I hear you. Congress should have just prohibited all medicines containing pseudoephedrine and been done with itIf allowed to continue unchecked, I do believe we will be legislated and regulated back into the Middle Ages.
To: Revel
Not only did this kid have something that looked like cocaine in the bathroom, but the sinks in the bathroom dispensed a liquid that looked just like vodka.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:25:52 AM PST
by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
To: digitalbrownshirt
As a dad of a couple of former 12 year old boys I could see them acting like idiots with their friends.
I could see me doing something like this. I probably would have too if I would have thought of it.
189
posted on
02/12/2006 7:27:21 AM PST
by
John D
To: elkfersupper
I do believe we will be legislated and regulated back into the Middle Ages.For your own good mind you, for your own good. /s
190
posted on
02/12/2006 7:29:39 AM PST
by
csvset
To: robertpaulsen
I wonder how many people realize that practically the only reason this sort of a law is on the books in Illinois (and probably most other states as well) is to prevent some con-man from claiming in court, "hey judge, I know the undercover cop busted me for selling him a bag of dope, but it wasn't dope . . . it was oregano."
To: Thoeting
Next time, if he brings sugar for an experiment, then he shouldn't claim it is cocaine. Too simple for the drug posters.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:44:09 AM PST
by
Mojave
To: Revel
these are pathetic times. America has gone insane. It's like the people allegedly fighting the war on some drugs are all on drugs...or should be.
To: elkfersupper
"I guess I fall into that 1/3 of our population that desires neither making or enforcing a bunch of silly rules, nor being governed by them."First of all, the time to fight school policy is before your child breaks that policy, not afterwards.
Second, you're saying that you would support a school policy that allows kids to bring look-alike drugs to school? Geez, maybe they could use Monopoly money and do fake "deals" in the hallway between classes. Oh, and have fake drive-bys with fake guns.
You would, of course, allow look-alike guns, right? Hey, what's the harm?
And none of this would detract from a quality education.
To: Thoeting
The kid brought a substance to school and claimed to his friends it was cocaine. The conversation was overheard by a custodian and reported. By law the principal must report this situation as he cannot make a determination of drug/non-drug. ( Thodting)
Thoeting,
I agree with you the principal was boxed in legally and had few rational options.
My question to parents is, Why are you allowing your precious children to attend such a "box" filled with fruitcake laws?
To: Revel
A "look-alike drug"?
Shouldn't that be a "drug look-alike"?
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:54:41 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
To: elkfersupper
"I do believe we will be legislated and regulated back into the Middle Ages."Only with our permission. We have an opportunity every two years to elect a whole new group to write our laws.
To: robertpaulsen
Second, you're saying that you would support a school policy that allows kids to bring look-alike drugs to school? ( Roberpaulsen)
Robertpaulsen,
Saying that I do not approve of "look-alike" drugs at does NOT mean that I approve of hauling a kid off to the police station if he does it.
I phone call to the parent, and a stern chat with the principal should be enough in most rational situations.
Government schools are child abuse. That is what has happened to this boy. Emotional Child abuse!
Geeze! An people wonder why boys are foundering in government schools and not making it in college?
To parents who are still sending children to government school:
WHY on earth are you doing this?????
To: Revel
My nephew had to go to court and pay fines for bringing that shreeded beef jerky that looks like a can of tobacco to school last year.
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posted on
02/12/2006 8:00:26 AM PST
by
Siouxz
( Freepers are the best!!!)
To: wintertime
Once the child has a substance he has claimed is an illegal drug, how is the principal supposed to verify that it is indeed powdered sugar? I for one am NOT sticking my nose into a substance and making a guess, nor am I "tasting" it to guess what it is. I've never used cocaine and do not have any idea what it looks like.
Sorry, not my job to endanger my life.
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