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1967 vs 2007  

malewithbrains 50M
719 posts
7/15/2007 2:43 am

Last Read:
7/17/2007 9:14 pm

1967 vs 2007

scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.


1967- Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, 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 fistfight after school.


1967- Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - 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.


1967- Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007- Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.


1967- Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's Dad is arrested for abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister 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 aspirin to school.


1967
- Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.


1967- Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 -Pedro's cause is taken up by state. 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 cannot speak English.

Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.


1967- Ants die.

2007- ATF, 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.


1967- In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007- Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.


malewithbrains 50M
1895 posts
7/15/2007 9:20 am

    Quoting  :

So... you are admitting to hiding "drugs" in your kids' backpacks ? I think I am gonna call 911 now


HaloMisplaced 58F
791 posts
7/15/2007 10:14 am

My daughter hides ibuprofen in her backpack allll the time.... between migraines and "that time of the month".... I would rather her have it with her than miss the rest of the day of school to come home just to take LEGAL MEDICINE! sheesh


midniterydexoxo 53F

7/15/2007 7:47 pm

wow.... enlighting..... my my my how times have changed!

i can remember getting paddled in 3rd grade for missing homework, and i can remember that was the fuel for the fire, to get it done!






rm_Shazz1971 52F
1052 posts
7/16/2007 7:50 pm

sad, but true.

hmmm

but kinda funny all the same



A55mobile 96F

7/17/2007 5:01 am

I had to call my parents' friends "Mr" and "Mrs"... so do my kids call my friends. somethings wont change and it starts from respect and feeling it really not just superficial


countrygirl0903 60F

7/17/2007 8:36 am

This is so true ,, sad but true ,, and you wonder what will happen in the next 20 yrs ,,

A friend is someone that reaches for your hand and touches your heart !


malewithbrains 50M
1895 posts
7/17/2007 9:12 pm

    Quoting  :

as long as organizations as ACLU and PETA keep making a buck from the backs of the meek I don't think we'll be seeing any progress towards the better.

Look at it this way, '67 it was completely legal for me to lay my kid on my knee and give him a good spanking if he broke something. Today it is illegal, but he can't go around shooting cap guns either. Whose loss ?


malewithbrains 50M
1895 posts
7/17/2007 9:14 pm

    Quoting countrygirl0903:
    This is so true ,, sad but true ,, and you wonder what will happen in the next 20 yrs ,,
By the way it is... everyone is gonna get so pissed with the school system they are going to homeschool. I am doing it allready, and it is completely legal in our school to shoot shotguns


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